Release Train Engineer role (SAFe Certfied)

Job Purpose : The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a relatively new role for Insurance. This role is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART). This role is considered the Chief Scrum Master who facilitates program-level processes and program execution, escalates impediments, manages risk, and helps drive program-level continuous improvement. In addition to facilitating program events, RTEs are responsible for keeping both scrum team members and business and technology leaders apprised of progress against objectives.

Release Train Engineer role (SAFe Certfied)

Job Requirements :

• The RTE's focus is to deliver value by managing and / or facilitating program level processes, execution, Innovation, Program Dashboard Management, Team Integrations, Escalate Impediments, Manage Risk, and continuous improvement to deliver value
• Agile Team structure (SAFe), 3 years
• Software development lifecycle understanding and process, 5 years
• Superior delivery experience and skills including planning, facilitation, leading, communicating, and organizing, 5 years
• Be an advocate, Coach, and educator within Insurance of Agile best practices (e.g., epics, Capabilities, features, program backlog management and facilitation, train-level metrics)
• Maintain a strong connection with people outside the organization to bring in recent research, data, and tools that can continue to mature Agile at Insurance especially enabling Built-In Quality Practices Job Responsibilities
• Manage the relationship with Product Managers, AVPs and VPs of IT Management, the Lean Portfolio Manager and other leaders to refine program backlogs
• Facilitate the agile processes at the program level, including planning periodic reviews and planning sessions with team and product stakeholders, such as ART Synch, Release Planning, System Demos & Solution Demos, the Inspect & Adapt Workshops, and the Scrum of Scrums
• Establish and communicate the Iterations and Program Increments (PIs) cadence with the Business Roadmap
• Facilitate the management and prioritization of all work and ensure alignment to the strategic roadmap
• Collaborate with the appropriate individuals to translate business strategy into technology strategy and ensure that capabilities required by the business are enabled
• Foster communication and collaboration between Agile teams within the Agile Release Train (ART) and all appropriate stakeholders
• Use tools to manage and improve flow of value through the ART
• Manage the program backlog that feeds work to the ART
• Remove barriers and impediments to ART effectiveness
• Identify enterprise-level continuous improvement opportunities and drive implementation
• Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness and the PI Planning Event
• Optimize PI Planning readiness by fostering preparation of Vision, Backlogs, Roadmap and Ideation processes
• Facilitate relentless improvement for the ART through continuous improvement opportunities and ART Inspect & Adapt sessions
• Matures Agile practices of ART's teams and stakeholders
• Depending on tier level, execute on the workforce strategy for the workstream(s), inclusive of vendor partners, such that the ratios of employee / vendor, onshore / offshore, HIG offices, skill and technology needs are considered to achieve an optimum balance
• Track and communicate key ART metrics, including impediments execution progress and business value delivery
• Collaborate with IT leadership to define tolerable risk levels and manage / mitigate ART risks and dependencies
• Report planning results and epic status to senior management, business owners, product owners and other stakeholders
• Ensure all teams on the ART adhere to established governance models
• Maintain scorecards or productivity metrics consistent with Agile governance standards
• Partner with integrating LOB application Teams and application Production Support / Reliability Engineering teams
• Partner with and manage vendor implementation partner and 3rd party vendor integrations
• Manage and oversee resource planning and financial management for application Team
• Foundational understanding of application technology framework to guide and support team in delivery; demonstrated ability and desire to learn new technologies
• Matrixed reporting, provides coaching / feedback to ensure team success