Associate Director, Release Train Engineer

Associate Director, Release Train Engineer

Stellantis Financial Services (SFS) is the new captive finance company for one of the world's leading automakers and a mobility provider with iconic brands including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys.

Our exciting growth provides opportunities to advance your career as we successfully lead products and services from a small to midsize company in just a few years. Join our world class team and culture and contribute to our core mission which is enhancing our customer's experience.

The Associate Director, Release Train Engineer, serves as a servant leader and coach for multiple agile teams, facilitating ART events and processes while assisting teams in delivering value. The RTE is responsible for driving alignment across teams, removing organization level impediments, managing risks in agile teams and across various project dependencies, and fostering relentless improvement. Acting as a key liaison between business stakeholders and delivery teams, the RTE ensures transparency, effective communication, and adherence to lean and agile principles.

This role requires strong leadership, facilitation, and problem‑solving skills to enable predictable delivery and continuous flow of value across the enterprise.

• Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Ensure alignment of teams to the Product vision, objectives, and roadmap.
• Drive continuous improvement across multiple ARTs by identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions.
• Manage and communicate program‑level risks across various ARTs and project portfolios, dependencies, and impediments; elevate as needed.
• Collaborate with Product Management, System Architects, and other stakeholders to ensure value delivery to end‑customer.
• Maintain transparency through effective use of metrics, dashboards, and reporting.
• Support and coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Technical leaders in Lean‑Agile principles.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and relentless improvement across teams.
• Coordinate with other RTEs, Solution Train Engineers and third‑party vendors for cross‑ART dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with organizational governance and delivery standards.
• Help create standard operating procedures along with templates and artifacts across various agile teams and agile projects.
• Additional responsibilities may be added as business needs evolve.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Minimum 7 years in technology delivery (e.g., Scrum Master, Technical Program Manager) and a minimum 5 years in leadership roles.
• Expert in SAFe and Lean‑Agile principles, with hands‑on experience facilitating PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events for ARTs or multi‑team programs.
• Proven ability to manage program‑level risks, dependencies, and impediments across multiple teams (4–8).
• Skilled in using delivery metrics (predictability, flow, velocity, WIP, defect trends) to drive continuous improvement.
• Proficient with Jira and/or Azure Dev Ops, including boards, roadmaps, dependency mapping, and dashboards.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, influencing cross‑functional teams and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor teams, resolve conflict, and lead cultural change through strategic thinking and organizational change management.
• SAFE SPC, SSM, POPM, RTE; knowledge of auto finance operations and regulatory frameworks (Dodd‑Frank, CFPB) is a plus.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree typically in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, Organizational Development, Engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in Agile…