Release Train Manager - Enterprise

Position: Release Train Manager - Enterprise Applications
You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences, community involvement, and the valuable lessons you've learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, the knowledge you've gained, and the personal interests that shape who you are.
* Lead, hire, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of Scrum Masters to support the Enterprise Applications & Solutions ART.
* Leading ART PI Planning, program execution, scrum, and ART synch events
* Coaching Scrum Teams in relentless improvement
* Creating transparency using metrics to drive positive change
* Facilitating resolution of dependencies, impediments, and risks amongst the scrum teams
* Building high-performing teams – Focus on ever-improving team dynamics and performance
* Enabling organizational effectiveness – Work with other stakeholders to help the team contribute towards improving the overall development Value Stream
* Exhibits Lean-Agile leadership – Exhibits the behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader with a Lean-Agile Mindset. Helps the team embrace SAFe Core Values, adopt, and apply SAFe Principles, and implement SAFe practices.
* Facilitates the team’s progress toward team goals – Trained as a team facilitator and is continuously engaged in challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity. Assisting the product owner(s) in maintaining and prioritization of the product backlog.  Helps the team focus on daily and Sprint Goals in the context of the current Program Increment (PI) Objectives.
* Leads team efforts in relentless improvement – Helps the team improve and take responsibility for their actions; facilitates the team retrospective. Teaches problem-solving techniques and helps the team become better problem-solvers for themselves.
* Eliminates impediments – Many blocking issues will be beyond the team’s authority or may require support from other teams. The RTM supports the team in addressing and eliminating these issues to improve the likelihood of achieving the objectives of the Sprint and PI.
* Builds a high-performing team – Focuses on ever-improving team dynamics and performance. Helps the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Escalates people problems to management where necessary, but only after internal team processes have failed to resolve the issue; helps individuals and teams through personnel changes.
* Responsibilities on the train – The RTM leads the train and helps coordinate inter-team cooperation and helps the team operate well on the train.
* Coordinates with other teams – The RTM supports the team’s efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other teams. They frequently represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS), helping the team remain aware of opportunities to engage and improve program effectiveness.
* Supports estimating – Guides the team in establishing normalized estimates and helps the team understand how to estimate Features and Capabilities.
* Other duties as required.
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
* Must have 5+ years of experience as a Senior Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer.
* Minimum 5+ years supporting IT technical projects, such as software development and delivery.
* Agile Tools experience (i.e. Jira, Confluence, TFS, Dev Ops, etc.).
* Thorough knowledge of Scrum framework and application of core Agile values and principles in managing Product Development and Delivery, SAFe Agile preferred.
* Experience in successfully delivering medium/large size projects with minimal direction.
* SAFe RTE and CSM certifications are strongly preferred.
* 3+ years of experience with Jira and/or Jira Align is strongly preferred.
* 3+ years of experience as a people manager is preferred.
* Servant leader with a growth mindset.
* Strong operator mentality with a “get it done” attitude, capable of balancing high-level strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
* Demonstrated ability to…