Release Train Engineer- Charlotte, NC or Chicago, IL

Job Description:
Responsible for optimizing the flow of epics/features and the value delivered by a smaller Agile Release Train (ART). Coordinates and facilitates the ART ceremonies, manages dependencies across teams in the ART, and provides visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment. Ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly and protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery. Manages financials for the ART and assist with resource planning. Helps define norms/agreements for the ART and enforces the agreements. Coordinates and facilitates ART ceremonies - e.g. Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync (or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, Retrospective. In collaboration with the PM, ensures the program has a healthy product/program backlog. Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the ART. Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments. Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership. Ensures Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART. Measures ART delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities. Captures data to help determine/track product funding and resource acquisition needs. Individual Contributor
Global Banking Technology - (GBT):

• Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world
• Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully
• Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals
• Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience
• Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs
• Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital

Overview:
Looking for a Release Train Engineer for managing several teams over many programs. This role is responsible for optimizing the flow of Deliverables/Epics/Stories and the value delivered by a complex/very large Agile Release Train (ART), and is focused on serving the needs of the train to drive performance and growth.
Responsibilities:
Coordinating and facilitating the ART ceremonies, managing dependencies across teams in the ART, and providing visibility into the health of Deliverable/Epic/Story delivery and the overall program increment. This role ensures impediments to Deliverable/Epic/Story delivery are resolved quickly, protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery, and drives continuous improvement for the ART. Will be facilitating synch points between business and technology leaders. In addition, promote and coach the Agile mindset and principles, enabling the ART to become high-performing as one cohesive team.

• Guide and coach the teams on the Agile Release Train (ART) on Scrum practices, and develop their understanding of Agile principles
• Help define norms/agreements for the ART and enforce the agreements
• In collaboration with the Product Manager/Owner, ensures the program has a healthy product/program backlog. Facilitate dependency management/risk management /impediment removal for the ART
• Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments
• Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership
• Ensure Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART
• Measure ART delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities
• Capture data to help determine/track health and deliverables
• Mentor scrum masters

Required Skills:

• Experience leading technology projects
• Strong knowledge of Agile and CI/CD tools
• Has knowledge of software development and Quality Assurance Testing practices
• Has strong Project Management Skills
• Knowledge of automation and continuous delivery practices
• Awareness/ ability to learn the architecture and design of the applications
• Ability to Identify risk/dependencies and quantifies the impact it has on the business/technology and what controls are to be used to resolve
• Facilitates collaboration within and across teams; across trains and across lines of business
• Experience leading large scale transformation programs, involving business process and change
• Experience delivering large scale IT solutions leveraging Agile or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Strong knowledge of JIRA and basic knowledge of Confluence
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Desired Skills:

• SAFe RTE or SPC certification

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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