Verticalmove, Inc
Senior Agile Program Lead (Senior Agilist)
Verticalmove, IncCanada17 hours ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology

Fintech SaaS | North America (U.S. & Canada)


We're a well-funded, private B2B SaaS company in financial services is modernizing digital banking through a cloud-native, API-first platform. Their products power consumer and business banking experiences, account onboarding, and branch-to-digital workflows for a wide range of financial institutions. Security, data-driven personalization, and scalability are core to the platform.


Why Join


  • Shape the next generation of AI-powered, API-first banking experiences.


  • Lead high-visibility, design-led initiatives with strong product and engineering partners.


  • Competitive compensation with meaningful benefits; growth opportunities across multiple product lines.


The Role


  • Facilitate product-level agile events, workshops, and coaching sessions


  • Maintain documentation, metrics, and improvement plans for agile practices


Product Strategy, Vision, and Planning:


  • Define and own agile methodology, values, and principles for the product in partnership with Product Managers


  • Enable the product to continuously experiment and evolve strategy using outcome-based feedback loops


  • Maintain transparency through regular communication of agile outcomes and impediments to stakeholders


  • Define best practices for planning activities including product roadmaps, OKRs, PI planning, and cross-team collaboration


  • Coach Product Managers and Agilists on agile ways of working to build strategic and tactical capabilities


  • Act as a transformational advocate for agile and product mindsets across teams


Product Design and Development:


  • Ensure teams are staffed with the right roles and skills to meet objectives


  • Collaborate with Product Managers to prioritize and communicate roadmaps across Product Owners and teams


  • Own and facilitate product-level agile practices including PI planning, product syncs, and business reviews


  • Manage risks, dependencies, and the flow of value across the product and with external teams


  • Simplify governance, audit, and compliance requirements in collaboration with Product and Risk/Compliance teams


Performance Measurement and Optimization:


  • Lead agile surveys and retrospectives to guide product-level agile maturity and roadmap development


  • Establish and monitor product-level metrics to drive outcomes and support continuous improvement


Required Experience:


  • Operational knowledge of large Agile programs (5+ teams) and frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, DAD, Nexus


  • Expert in running program-level operations and transformations


  • Able to define and execute product transformation strategy based on business needs


  • Skilled in Agile team structuring and product startup processes


  • Proficient in Value Stream Mapping and improving delivery flow


  • Master-level skills in continuous improvement and cross-team facilitation


  • Able to coach leaders, stakeholders, and other Agilists across the product ecosystem


  • Master-level Agile coaching and facilitation experience


  • 4+ years leading Agile transformations at the product or release train level


  • Experience coaching teams from inception to maturity for sustainable delivery and speed


  • Facilitated Agile Release Trains and led delivery using Kanban


  • Coached senior leaders and stakeholders (director level and above preferred)


  • Led multi-team change initiatives and coached other facilitators and change agents

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