Release Train Engineer

About

The Role
Team  V1 Technology Engineering - Platform Engineering
Working Pattern -  Hybrid  2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or London Office. Full time hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:
Highly experienced SAFe Leadership
Proven Agile Coaching Capability
Strong Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
What this role is all about:
Were looking for an inspiring Release Train Engineer who combines deep expertise in scaled agile practices with a passion for developing people and driving relentless improvement. In this role, youll lead Product Delivery Stream (PDS) scaled agile events, coach leaders and teams on SAFe agile ways of working and optimise the flow of value to customers. Youll play a key role in enabling the LACE (Lean-Agile Centre of Excellence) transformation roadmap ensuring improvements are effectively cascaded to your PDS and teams.

Key Actions    Facilitate PI Planning - Organise and lead PI Planning events, ensuring teams and stakeholders are aligned on objectives, priorities and dependencies for the upcoming planning interval
Support PI Execution - Monitor progress against PI objectives, help resolve Product Delivery Stream impediments, support risk management and stakeholder engagement, and facilitate key scaled agile events including PDS Syncs and System Demos
Coach the Product Delivery Stream - Lead and mentor Scrum Masters while coaching leaders and teams, fostering collaboration, capability development and agile maturity across the PDS
Optimise Delivery Flow - Drive improvements in the flow of value across the PDS by removing bottlenecks, limiting work in progress and streamlining processes to maximise delivery outcomes
Drive Continuous Improvement - Foster a culture of learning and improvement through Inspect and Adapt sessions, encouraging experimentation and the adoption of more effective ways of working
Support Agile Transformation - Contribute to the agile transformation roadmap by embedding new practices, cascading changes across the PDS and providing feedback to support successful implementation and ongoing improvement
What do you need to thrive?
SAFe RTE and Leading SAFe accreditation
2+ years' experience as a Release Train Engineer within a software delivery environment
Experience working with Scrum and scaled agile frameworks (SAFe)
Proven people leadership and coaching experience
Experience facilitating PI Planning and other scaled agile events
Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
Experience driving continuous improvement and agile transformation initiatives
So, whats in it for you?
Bonus Schemes  A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
A pension of up to 12% We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
Our award-winning Vitality health insurance  With its own set of rewards and benefits
Life Assurance  Four times annual salary
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, w  e will:
Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been
Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
Give you the space to try, fail and learn
Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
Recognise and  reward  you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
Be there for you when you need us
Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

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