Release Train Engineer - Vice President

The Release Train Engineer plays a meaningful role in delivering high-quality modern solutions as part of the Agile Release Train (ART). This role will be accountable for acting as a servant leader and Agile coach to the teams on the ART and as a change agent, evangelizing the tenets of Agile and Scrum across Functions and Finance Risk Technology.

Responsibilities:

• Develop deep productexpertise, becoming an SME on program‑level Epics, scope, dependencies, risks, and sequencing.

• Drives PI Readiness by ensuring Features/Epics are well‑defined, prioritized, decomposed, dependency‑mapped, and reviewed with PMs, POs, and Tech Leads well ahead of PI Planning.

• Maintainsa holistic dependency map across teams, coordinating mitigation strategies, sequencing, and cross‑team communication.

• Lead readiness checkpoints to ensure architectural runway, backlog health, risk visibility, and stakeholder alignment prior to PI Planning.

• Ensure smooth PI execution by enablingimpedimentremoval, reinforcing flow, andmaintainingalignment with Product and Engineering leaders.

• Build strong, trust‑based relationships with Business Owners, Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Tech Leads, and Scrum Masters.

• Facilitateprogram‑level ceremonies including PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect & Adapt, and System Demos.

• Support consistent delivery by reinforcing practices that drive predictability, built‑in quality, and operational excellence.

• Maintainandleverageprogram metrics (predictability, flow, quality, risks, dependencies) toidentifyimprovement opportunities across the ART.

• Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing value delivery to customers

• Ensure risk and compliance goals are met through enablement of high code quality, robust backlogs, and reduction of technical debt 

• Enable the removal of or escalate impediments to the Scrum Teams or ART progress

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to become a product SME with deep understanding of Epics, value streams, data flows, systems, and program dependencies

• 7+ years working in anAgile environmentwithdeepunderstanding of Scrum, Kanban, Scaling Agileand LeanAgile Frameworks.

• 5+years workingin an Agile environmentasaSAFeRelease Train Engineer (RTE), Scrum @ Scale Scrum of Scrums Master (SoSM), or similar roles from other scaling frameworks.

• ExpertknowledgeinJiraand Zephyr Enterprisewith ability to createdashboards, team boards, and Planview

• Expert in facilitation, problem solving and influencing outcomes

• Expert knowledge of best practices in value driven development (requirements management,prototyping, hypothesis driven development, usability testing).

• Strong knowledge of technical engineering best practices including test driven development, continuous integration, DevOps.

• Demonstrated knowledge of common practices to manage risk from risk identification through mitigation and monitoring

 Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• SAFeRTE, Scrum Master and Agile Certifications arepreferred