Release Train Engineer (RTE) Marketing & Digital Data Technology

Key Responsibilities

Agile Release Train Leadership

Lead and coach the Agile Release Train to ensure alignment with strategic priorities and consistent delivery of value across multiple Agile teams/pods.
Act as the primary facilitator and coordinator for ART-level events and execution.
Promote a culture of transparency accountability and continuous improvement.

Program & PI Execution

Initiate and follow up on processes across the Global Technology and Global Information Security domains on a regular basis and tracked to completion to ensure that SLAs are met.
Initiate and follow up on contract creation in the Global Technology group on a regular basis and tracked to completion to ensure that SLAs are met.
Contribute in the Planning facilitation and execute key ART ceremonies including:
oProgram Increment (PI) Planning
oART Sync / Scrum of Scrums
oSystem Demos
oInspect & Adapt workshops
Track ART progress against PI objectives and commitments; surface risks dependencies and impediments early.
Optimize flow of value using program boards metrics and Kanban systems where necessary.

Dependency & Risk Management

Coordinate cross-team and cross-domain dependencies to ensure smooth delivery across the ART.
Identify escalate and help resolve systemic impediments and delivery risks.
Partner with Architecture Security and Platform teams to ensure delivery alignment with governance and quality standards.

Metrics & Continuous Improvement

Use meaningful flow and delivery metrics to drive insights and improvements (e.g. predictability throughput dependency aging).
Work with Scrum Masters to facilitate retrospectives at the program level and ensure action items translate into measurable improvements.

Qualifications & Experience

Required
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or equivalent experience.
7 years of experience in Agile delivery program management release management or software delivery.
23 years of experience as a Release Train Engineer Senior Scrum Master Project Manager or similar large-scale role.
Strong working knowledge of SAFe Agile principles and Lean practices.
Hands-on experience with Agile tooling (e.g. Jira Confluence program boards).

Preferred
SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification.
Experience operating in large enterprise or matrixed technology organizations.
Experience working in an enterprise data warehouse environment (i.e. Snowflake etc.).
Understanding of data warehouse analytics and ML terminology and technology.
Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices.
Strong facilitation communication and stakeholder management skills.

Key Competencies
Servant leadership and coaching mindset
Program-level facilitation and conflict resolution
Systems thinking and value stream orientation
Strong organizational and execution discipline
Comfortable operating across business and technology domains

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