Release Train Engineer

Role:Release Train Engineerlocation- Remote • SAFe Lean Portfolio Management • SAFe Release Train Engineer• Plan, lead, organize, and motivate the Agile Release Train • Facilitate successful delivery of business value within an agile framework, with the focus of managing dependencies between the teams on the train • Facilitate Scrum of Scrums, PO Sync and/or ART sync, PI Planning Events, System Demo, PI retrospectives • Track, escalate, and/or remove ART-level impediments, track and report on feature progress while driving continuous improvement at the ART level • Collaborate with Product Managers and Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning and keep Program backlog healthy and prepared for execution • Partner with release management in production deployment activities • Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners and other stakeholders on Agile best practices • Work with Product Owners and Product Managers to drive development of release and feature roadmaps • Identify, manage, and mitigate risks for the ART. Escalate when necessary to address the blockers. • Aggregate team(s) PI Objectives into an overall Program set of objectives to demonstrate alignment of work with Product Roadmaps • Facilitate decision-making regarding priorities and trade-offs by partnering with Product Management and Architects • Act as a change agent to drive the acceptance and adoption of agile using a structured approach • Establish release coordination activities by establishing a rhythm of release activities within the ART • Facilitate the Release Train-level Planning by engaging with all relevant stakeholders and teams • Ensure visibility and effective interactions using ceremonies and tools that reach across the ART to facilitate speedy responses to impediments • Connect ARTs with the right stakeholders as needed to ensure ARTs continually have everything they need to plan and work effectively • Establish Release Train flow measures by measuring the flow of high level items (epics and capabilities at the train level to reveal development and delivery performance • Assist the ART with connecting to their customers to ensure customer input is aggregated at a higher level • Assist organizational leadership with alignment of the ART to the Value Stream and the relentless and continuous improvement of our ways of working • Responsible for understanding and applying risk management discipline in decision making, and responsible for the ART’s risk management.