What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Vice President, Release Train Engineer position at BNY External Career Site?
At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000 employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.
We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Release Train Engineer to join our team. This role can be based out of our Pittsburgh, PA offices – Hybrid.
Overview: The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) or product. The RTE’s major responsibilities are to facilitate development events and processes, assist teams in delivering value, and drive relentless improvement. This role involves communication with stakeholders, escalation of impediments, risk management, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events and processes.
- Assist teams in delivering value and achieving objectives.
- Communicate with stakeholders and escalate impediments.
- Manage risks and dependencies, ensuring alignment between strategy and execution.
- Drive continuous improvement and integration.
- Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in SAFe and Agile methodologies.
- Manage and optimize program flow, facilitating PI Planning and readiness.
- Aggregate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives.
- Track and report status, ensuring value delivery.
Competencies:
- Agile Leadership: Intermediate
- Agile Methodologies: Advanced
- Business Process Improvement: Intermediate
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Intermediate
- Facilitation: Intermediate
- Kanban: Advanced
- Lean: Advanced
- Project Management: Intermediate
- Project Planning: Intermediate
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): Advanced
- Scrum: Advanced
- Servant Leadership: Advanced
- Written and Oral Communication: Advanced
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business or technical-related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8-10 years of experience in providing consulting advice to senior IT and business management required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, practices, frameworks, and methods.
- Understanding of company organizational model, structure, and Agile journey history.
- Effective facilitation and teaching methods.
- Coaching and mentoring approaches, including the distinction between the two.
- Ability to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across multiple parties.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Experience successfully running agile projects of varying size and complexity.
Personal Attributes:
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Decision Making
- Extended Network Thinking
- Feedback Avocation
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Optimism
- Resilience
- Servant Leadership
- Social Intelligence
- Strategic Communication
- Systemic Thinking
- Team Orientation
Additional Information:
- No direct reports.
- Modified based upon local regulations/requirements.
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:
- America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
- World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024 · Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
- “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
- Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
- Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023
Our Benefits and Rewards:
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter
Equal Employment Opportunity: BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team—one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients, and communities we work with and serve—and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.
