City : Calgary

Category : Business Professionals

Industry : Oil and Gas

Employer : Suncor

LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta (CA-AB)
JOB NUMBER: 67801

Why you should join us:

We are looking for a servant leader who will bring passion and mentorship to teams and leaders in evolving mindset supporting the adoption of agile values, principles, and ways of working. As an Agile Coach at Suncor, you will guide teams and leadership to motivate, organize, and operate without direct oversight authority. You will work in creating an environment that allows teams to become high-performing and value focused. The courage and enthusiasm you bring to this role will allow you to showcase your skills in doing, advising, teaching, facilitating, and coaching at various levels within Suncor.

As an Agile Coach, you support teams and leaders in their continually developing their agile maturity through hands-on participation, feedback loops, facilitation, and a coach approach of thought-provoking questions. You will support the development of self-organizing teams that will be able to demonstrate an agile mindset that will manifest through agile practices and techniques given different project contexts. A successful outcome will be a psychologically safe team focused on value creation for their customer while continually improving themselves, organizational processes, and the end-product. You will directly support the organization’s digital transformation (known as Suncor 4.0). This role requires seamless navigation in a large, matrixed organization spanning different technical and business domains.

You will use your expertise to:

• Lead, develop, champion, and drive the cultural adoption of agile-based mindset support by delivery practices across the Suncor Digital departments, including direct participation and leadership in organizational change management activities
• Develop agile capabilities and increased maturity of agile values, principles, and behaviors to various supporting organizations, including delivery partners and vendor organizations
• Develop coaching agreements with teams, individuals, and leaders to support measurable achievements
• Support the development of Agile ways of working within Suncor
• Help teams develop and execute the entire agile project, including release planning, funding strategy, milestones, deliverables, releases, and interdependencies to manage successful outcomes
• Adopt appropriate coaching stances (context appropriate) to inspire individuals and teams to perform at a higher level
• Influence behaviors of leaders at all levels and without traditional hierarchy
• Recruit, develop, and mentor scrum masters as required
• Develop and mentor product owners as required
• Lead, execute and coach the various agile ceremonies, work methods, and practices to project teams, including refinement, planning, retrospectives, estimation, and team forming and development
• Ensure primary agile roles are staffed appropriately, responsibilities understood, on-boarded into the project in a timely fashion, and suitably performing to meet project needs and objectives
• Lead escalations along with recommended approaches to leadership on an as-needed basis
• Support enterprise agile adoption and the Agile Center of Excellence by defining agile delivery norms, maturing our product model adoption, assisting in identifying agile improvement opportunities, and Suncor’s agile capability development

We’d like to review your application if you have…

Must-haves (minimum requirements):

• Five years of prior leadership experience
• Five years of agile delivery experience with delivery into enterprise organization
• Five years of previous project/program management experience, including using traditional/predictive delivery approaches
• Three years Agile coaching experience working with multiple teams and leadership
• Prior work experience working within large matrix-based organizations
• Strong relationship management skills including internal customers, vendors, and within the team
• Experience with and understanding the value of agile tools supporting Backlog management (specifically JIRA and Confluence), Continuous Integration, automated testing, etc.
• Practical, preferred mastery, of enterprise scaling frameworks such as Disciplined Agile Delivery, Lean Kanban, or Scaled Agile Framework for enterprises (SAFe)
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, computer science, management, or related field
• Demonstrable capability of agile framework such as Scrum, Kanban, or XP
• Demonstrable capability in agile work practices
• Demonstrable capability of coaching, facilitating, and developing other individuals
• Knowledge of IT governance processes, standards, and procedures
• Alignment with our values: safety above all else, stronger together, operational discipline, curiosity and lifelong learning, and act with integrity

Preference for:

• Agile Certifications, such as: Certified Scrum Master / Professional Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Product Owner /Professional Scrum Product Owner, or Kanban Certified Practitioner designation
• Coaching Certifications, such as: Kanban Consultant, er, Scrum Master Certified Enterprise Coach, and/or Certified Team Coach designation
• Project Management designations such as PMP or PgMP

Where you’ll be working, your work schedule, and other important information:

• You will work out of our Calgary head office, located in the Suncor Energy Centre at 150 – 6th Ave SW
• Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday
• We have numerous Employee Inclusion Networks who work together to help foster an inclusive and respectful culture and drive positive change at Suncor. Current networks include both Workplace Inclusion Networks (focusing on inclusion and respect for all), and identity-focused networks (focusing on building community and a sense of belonging and allyship for different groups)
• Suncor is aware that some job seekers have received false employment offers from an individual or organization posing as Suncor. All recruiting is conducted through our Careers site, your resume needs to be submitted to this site if you would like to be considered for a role. To learn more about false recruiting offers, click here. 
• We require qualified and safety-focused employees for business-critical roles that maintain our commitment to operational excellence and reliable operations. We are using technology to conduct virtual interviews to adhere to physical distancing recommendations and we are well set up for remote onboarding and orientation 
• Suncor encourages everyone to do their part and support global efforts to limit the impact of COVID-19 with good hygiene practices, physical distancing, and with care and consideration for the people around you. For more information on how we’re responding to COVID-19, click here. #StrongerTogether

Why Suncor?

We are Canada's leading integrated energy company with a business portfolio that includes oil sands development and upgrading, offshore oil and gas production, petroleum refining, and product marketing under the Petro-Canada brand. Our global presence offers rewarding opportunities for you to learn, contribute, and grow in a variety of career-building positions. We live by the value of safety above all else – if it isn't safe, we don't do it. Our strong track record of growth and a focus on sustainability mean tremendous potential for the future. Learn about our purpose and values.

In addition to rewarding job opportunities, we offer an attractive employee package, including:

• Competitive base salary, compensation programs, and an annual incentive program
• Flexible benefits package
• Rewarding pension and savings plans

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• Read our Suncor Connections newsletter to see what we’re doing in the communities we live and work in

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and respected. We will consider accessibility accommodations to applicants upon request. Through the Journey of Reconciliation, we are progressing the way we think and act to build greater mutual trust and respect with the Indigenous Peoples in Canada. 

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