Senior Release Train Engineer

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the coordinated preparation and execution of release planning for the ART.
• Works with the ART team to prioritize features for the next program increment (PI) planning cycle.
• Facilitates the ART team's refinement of features to meet the Feature Definition of Ready.
• Communicates and coordinates with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Ensures effective communication and coordination for and during quarterly planning.
• Manages change to the ART's PI plan and the impacts of those changes.
• Facilitates ART transparency with external parties and teams on the release train.
• Facilitates backlog management and ALM tool data integrity for accurate reporting.
• Facilitates ART reviews with organizational leaders and stakeholders to provide clarity on expected value delivery and gather stakeholder feedback.
• Facilitates the System Demo.
• Facilitates coordination of major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams or ARTs are involved in development.
• Facilitates the coordination of initiatives that cross multiple release trains.
• Facilitates resolving or reporting escalated issues involving risk or dependency management.
• Supports Scrum Masters and teams in resolving impediments, dependencies, and risks.
• Assists in the execution of product vision.
• Facilitates production support and relentless improvement of operational workflows and communication.
• Coaches the Agile release train to improve in the implementation of Agile processes, practices, and mindset.
• Maintains project delivery capabilities without AI while preserving human skills and judgment.
• Leverages AI as a co-author to deliver complex messaging that drives decisions.
• Leverages AI insights to analyze program performance and predict capacity needs.
• Makes evidence-based improvements that increase delivery predictability, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Drives enterprise process evolution using AI to markedly reduce time to create CAI Internal Knowledge artifacts and ensure all solution delivery knowledge management is positioned for AI first accessibility.

Qualifications

• Currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience as a Release Train Engineer.
• The right candidate could have a different combination of education and experience, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience, a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience, or 8 years' experience with 4+ years' experience as a Release Train Engineer.
• Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software.
• Experience in stakeholder management with Director and above leadership.
• Experience applying Lean Thinking and Systems Thinking in large organizations.
• Experience with Lean Portfolio Management facilitation for program, portfolio, or executive-level.
• Experience working in an Agile organization using Scrum, XP, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), or other scaling model.
• Agile Certification (CSM, PSM, PMI-ACP, or related).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) SAFe Agilist (SA) or other SAFe certifications preferred.
• Servant leader and communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Compensation: Base salary in the range of $101,500.00 - $169,100.00.
• Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, seven paid holidays, up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually, and additional paid time off for various reasons.