Agile Delivery Lead

Data Elephant is hiring an Agile Delivery Lead to build and lead our delivery management capability as we scale our delivery practice.

We specialize in helping organizations modernize their data platforms and unlock value from analytics, AI, and cloud technologies. As our client portfolio grows, we are looking for a delivery leader who can ensure our projects are executed with consistency, strong agile practices, and exceptional delivery quality.

This role will lead our project management and business analysis capability, overseeing our PMs, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and BAs and establishing the frameworks, processes, and coaching required to deliver complex data, strategy, analytics, and AI initiatives successfully.

In this role, you will work closely with Engagement Leads, Architects, and Engineering teams to ensure projects run smoothly - from requirements discovery through delivery, while maintaining strong delivery discipline across the organization.

This is a leadership role focused on delivery excellence, agile best practices, and operational rigor across our consulting engagements. As we deploy project teams to various projects from Data Strategy to Migrations to Engineering of pipelines and net new data environments, The Agile Delivery Lead ensures these teams operate effectively and consistently across engagements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

DELIVERY EXCELLENCE

Own and evolve Data Elephant’s delivery management framework for data, analytics, and AI projects

Establish consistent practices for Agile Project Delivery, Project Planning, Backlog Management, Sprint Ceremonies, Requirements Management, User Stories, and Project Health Monitoring

Ensure engagements are delivered with predictability, transparency, and high quality

Establish and maintain strong Agile/Scrum practices across the organization, ensure agile practices are adapted appropriately for data and platform delivery projects

Conduct delivery healthchecks in partnership with Account Delivery Lead across active engagements

Support project teams in navigating delivery complexity while maintaining transparency and trust with clients

Define best practices for delivering projects; introduce tools and frameworks that improve delivery visibility and success, and team coordination

Help scale Data Elephant's ability to deliver multiple complex projects simultaneously

PM/BA MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Manage and mentor a team of Project Managers / Scrum Masters and Business Analysts and provide coaching on Agile practices, stakeholder management, delivery governance and consistency

Hire and lead a team providing coaching, performance management, career progression, etc.

Ensure team is delivering with consistency and in accordance to client expectations

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

8+ years of experience in project delivery, program management, or PMO leadership

Experience leading Agile delivery teams in consulting or technology environments

Experience managing or mentoring Project Managers, Scrum Masters, or Business Analysts

Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, hybrid approaches)

Experience delivering data platform, analytics, or cloud transformation projects

Ability to manage delivery across multiple concurrent engagements

Excellent communication and organizational leadership skills

Strong problem-solving ability and attention to delivery quality

Experience working in complex, enterprise client environments

Experience in Energy, Transportation, Construction or Real Estate an asset

Data, analytics, AI, or cloud platform project experience a must

Consulting or professional services environments

Come be a part of one of Canada's fastest growing boutique consulting firms. We offer a remote-first, engaging, creative and cohesive working environment. We get to lead our clients on their data journeys and provide them a unique, flexible and engaging consulting experience, led by a team of industry experts.