Associate Release Train Engineer (Hybrid)- Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC Health Plan is seeking an Associate Agile Release Train Engineer (RTE) to help us continue our Business Agility journey and goals. They will lead an Agile Release Train (ART) s team of teams through the preparation, facilitation and delivery of our Program Increments (PIs). Reporting to the Sr. Director of Business Agility, the Associate RTE is a critical role within the Health Plan's agile ways of working, anchored in relentless improvement, agility, design-thinking, and customer-centricity.

The Associate RTE will partner with Product Management, Architects/Engineering, and ART leaders to leverage Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) processes, tools and mechanisms in support of a successful roll-out of Business Agility best practices, events and ceremonies for a single Agile Release Train. The candidate brings a positive attitude, sense of urgency and a proven track-record of team building and lean product delivery.

By leveraging excellent communications skills, they work effectively with cross-functional team members and other roles. As a servant leader, RTEs use experience, facts and soft-skills rather than authority to achieve goals. They put our customers first and are passionate about delivering value.

This is a full time position working Monday through Friday daylight hours and will be a hybrid position consisting of working from home and in office which is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Responsibilities:

+ Coach ART leaders, ART teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.

+ Prepare and lead ART events, such as Program Increment (PI) Planning, and PI Execution ceremonies.

+ Facilitate PI readiness by ensuring available visions, roadmap and prioritized Feature backlog for the ART's PIs.

+ Work closely with Product Management, Product Owners and Scrum Masters, Business Owners, ART leadership, System Architects, and other shared functions to support the ART in delivering committed PI Objectives.

+ Facilitate the flow of value through the ART using the Program Kanban system for Feature readiness and delivery.

+ Drive cross-team, ART and departmental impediment escalation, planning, collaboration, and coordination, including inter-ART dependencies

+ Provide regular and open communication across the ART and stakeholders for transparency of progress and impediments via ART Syncs and System Demos.

+ Help manage risks and dependencies, and escalate and track impediments.

+ Work with Product Management, Product Owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.

+ Promote the use of Dev Ops culture and Continuous Delivery Pipeline for releasing.

+ Drive relentless improvement via Inspect & Adapt workshops, along with acting as a binding agent that connects teams.

+ Champion the use of Business Agility self-assessments and Flow metrics for the ART and review with the ART to identify improvement opportunities.

+ Support scrum ceremonies for the teams where needed.

+ Keep an objective perspective on issues and troubleshoots by applying agile principles.

+ Perform other duties as assigned to accomplish organization goals and objectives.

+ Bachelor degree preferred, or high school diploma/GED with 10+ years of relevant experience.

+ 2+ years of Scrum Master experience, or Program Management within an Agile delivery environment.

+ 6+ years of experience in a professional environment.

+ At least 1 SAFe certification required.

+ Experience running agile projects/programs of varying size and complexity.

+ Strong servant leader, motivator, educator, and coach.

+ Ability to interact and communicate effectively with senior leadership.

+ Strong facilitation, strategic thinking, problem solving, and leadership skills.

+ Exceptional leadership and strong executive reporting skills.

+ Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.

+ Ability to function in a team-oriented environment and influence staff, colleagues, and superiors.

+ Ability to coach and motivate diverse agile teams and juggle multiple tasks.

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Experience with Microsoft Azure Dev Ops, Apptio, and/or Jira (preferred)
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

At least 1 SAFe certification required. Act 34. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/VeteranUPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran