Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years' experience in a related field.
4+ years' experience in a Release Train Engineer role; or 5+ years' experience in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title.
Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software.
Experience using ALM tools preferred; Rally or Target process experience is a plus.
Position requires minimum 2 days / wk in-office; candidates must live in metropolitan area of job location.
Preferred
Experience leveraging and interpreting agile metrics.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate large planning and solutioning sessions.
Understanding of Agile at scale philosophies & methodologies.
Experience with Organizational Change Management practices.
Experience working in an Agile organization using Scrum, XP, Kanban, or Agile at scale practices.
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Benefits
Job DescriptionThe Senior RTE is accountable for the overall coordination, execution, and delivery of value through the program, while ensuring alignment with the company's strategy, commitments, and goals.Primary Duties and ResponsibilitiesOversees release trains (groups of agile teams) that are of strategic importance to our business and have complex scope and interdependencies.Has responsibility for facilitating ceremonies and work management for both the Release Train Team, as well as a subset or all of the delivery teams associated with that Release Train.Facilitates the coordinated preparation of release planning for the release train and delivery teams, including communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.Actively manages the backlog, as well as ALM tool data integrity for accurate reporting. This includes the collection of metrics and KPI's.Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams, release trains, or solution groups are involved in development.Resolve/report a wide range of issues and manage dependencies and risks across the ART, between ART's, as well as across delivery teams.Leverages agile delivery metrics and regular Agile ceremonies to identify and drive continuous improvement, in order to maximize organizational performance and execution against the backlog.Regularly participates in the RTE and SM Community of Practice, helping the organization to maintain alignment, learn new techniques, and improve technical and quality practices.Work with RTE and SM community to determine ways to help ARTs across the company improve cross-training and solution group coordination and collaboration.Applies Agile principles and methodology solutions with a pragmatic, stakeholder-management approach.The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation withPaid time offRemote work optionsFlexible schedule
Additional Information
Company
Cox Automotive - USA
Job Family Group
Engineering / Product Development
Job Profile
Sr Release Train Engineer
Management Level
Individual Contributor
Flexible Work Option
Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week
Travel %
Yes, 5% of the time
Work Shift
Day
Cox Automotive · Austin, TX