Principal Release Train Engineer

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The Vice President (VP), Release Train Engineer (RTE) will serve as a strategic leader within the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) organization. This role combines Agile leadership with Technical Program Management expertise to drive enterprise-scale delivery of technology initiatives. The AVP will partner closely with Senior Vice Presidents and cross-functional stakeholders to align roadmaps with business priorities, provide transparent executive-level status reporting, and coach delivery teams to achieve operational excellence.

• Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events (e.g., PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Scrum of Scrums), ensuring alignment to organizational goals.
• Drive continuous improvement across delivery teams, embedding Agile best practices in Technology Infrastructure & Operations.
• Remove delivery impediments by coordinating across teams, leaders, and external stakeholders.
• Serve as a servant leader and coach for ART members, leaders, and stakeholders.
• Manage large-scale programs and portfolio deliverables, ensuring scope, timeline, budget, and risk are effectively governed.
• Partner with SVPs and senior stakeholders to develop and maintain program roadmaps that align with strategic objectives.
• Deliver clear and concise executive-level updates, dashboards, and status reporting for technology and business leadership.
• Coordinate across multiple initiatives to ensure dependencies are understood, managed, and communicated effectively.

• Agile Release Train Leadership :
  Serve as the primary servant leader for the Agile Release Train, Facilitate ART events, including: PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt Workshops. Ensure alignment between business priorities, technology strategy, and ART execution. Drive adherence to Agile, Lean, and SAFe principles.
• Program Execution & Delivery :
  Monitor and communicate ART progress toward committed Program Increment objectives. Identify, track, and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and blockers across teams. Escalate and resolve impediments that impact delivery timelines and business outcomes. Facilitate coordination among multiple Agile teams to achieve program objectives.
• Stakeholder Management :
  Partner closely with Product Management, Product Owners, Business Owners, Architecture, Portfolio Management, and Technology Leadership. Provide transparent reporting on ART performance, delivery status, risks, and capacity. Facilitate decision-making and alignment among business and technology stakeholders. Support executive communications regarding program health and delivery outcomes.
• Continuous Improvement :
  Drive continuous improvement initiatives across teams and the ART. Utilize metrics and performance indicators to identify opportunities for optimization. Coach teams and leaders on Agile practices, servant leadership, and Lean-Agile mindset. Facilitate problem-solving sessions and root cause analysis efforts.
• Dependency & Risk Management :
  Maintain visibility into cross-team dependencies and delivery commitments. Coordinate mitigation strategies for delivery risks and resource constraints. Collaborate with Portfolio Management and leadership teams to ensure strategic alignment.
• Agile Coaching & Enablement :
  Mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and team leaders. Promote Agile best practices and organizational Agile maturity. Support teams through transformation and change management initiatives. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.

We're looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness , act with integrity , and are driven to help our clients succeed . We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

• Consistently deliver Program Increment commitments.
• Improve predictability and delivery performance across the ART.
• Reduce…