Senior Director, Agile Centre of Expertise

Define, maintain, and continuously evolve enterprise standards for the Agile Coach craft, ensuring alignment to the E2E operating model and transformation roadmap.,Ensure consistency of agile tooling, ceremonies, frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban), OKR guidance, QBR facilitation, and performance metrics.,Embed the E2E operating model at scale by reinforcing role clarity, leadership expectations, and agile ways of working across Crews and Squads.,Establish governance mechanisms to monitor coaching quality, maturity progression, and alignment to enterprise standards.,Identify systemic impediments and recommend operating model improvements in partnership with Domain and COE leaders.,Build and lead a high-performing team, ensuring strong development pathways from novice to mastery.,Coach and develop leaders, strengthening their capability in performance management, talent development, and culture building.,Foster a culture of continuous learning, growth mindset, psychological safety, and servant leadership across the Agile Coach community.,Establish structured capability uplift programs (training, communities of practice, mentoring, peer coaching).,Determine and execute the strategic workforce and capability plan (capacity, skill mix, leveling, succession, recruitment).,Ensure Agile Coaches effectively embed E2E Op Model principles and leadership behaviours that increase flow of value, strengthen team empowerment, and enable sustainable performance.,Drive measurable improvement in delivery maturity, continuous improvement practices, and culture evolution across Crews and Domains.,Build strong partnerships with Crew Leads, Product Owners, Crew Tech Leads, and Domain Leads.,Promote knowledge sharing and cross-domain collaboration to accelerate enterprise-wide maturity.

Embrace and advocate for change; continuously evolve thinking and working methods.,Apply thought leadership and complex concepts to refine strategic objectives.,Motivated by collective success and able to foster an inclusive team environment.,Possess excellent relationship-building skills and ability to influence diverse stakeholders.,Detail-oriented with strong critical thinking skills to inform decision-making.,Strong planning skills to develop project/work plans and coordinate complex initiatives.,Proven ability to lead in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, managing multiple complex activities under tight time frames.,Ability to investigate complex problems, make sense of information, and communicate detailed information meaningfully.,Demonstrate well-developed judgment and problem-solving skills.,Possess strong communication and interactive skills for effective communication at all organizational levels.,Acts like an owner, taking initiative and delivering results.,Experience with large change initiatives, delivering overarching strategies related to change and communication.,Balance LOB and CIBC-wide perspectives with specific partner/stakeholder needs and resource constraints.,Lives by values of trust, teamwork, and accountability.

Must be legally eligible to work at the specified location(s) and possess a valid work or study permit.,May require completion of attribute-based assessments and other skills tests (e.g., simulation, coding, French proficiency).