Sr Program Manager (Release Train Engineer) - 100% Remote
Posted 2 weeks ago by 1751437940
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Sr Program Manager (Release Train Engineer) role is a long-term contract position focused on facilitating PI Planning events and optimizing flow within Agile Release Trains (ARTs). The position requires a strong background in Agile methodologies, particularly in the railroad or transportation domain, and involves significant coaching and leadership responsibilities. The role is fully remote with quarterly travel to specific locations for planning events. Candidates must possess relevant SAFe certifications and demonstrate effective communication and coaching skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate PI Planning, including logistics and ART backlog readiness
- Coach alignment to Enterprise Strategy and cascaded OKRs
- Support PI Execution and track progress using various metrics
- Facilitate ART synchronization events and support backlog refinement
- Promote DevOps and continuous delivery practices
- Establish pull systems to optimize flow of value and improve flow measures
- Drive relentless improvement plans and collaborate with transformation teams
- Act as a servant leader, supporting teams in problem identification and decision-making
Key Skills:
- SAFe Release Train Engineer 6.0 certification
- Scaled Agile Practice Consultant 6.0 Certification
- Agility Insights Facilitator Certification
- Strong coaching and facilitation skills
- Experience in the railroad or transportation domain
- Excellent communication and public speaking abilities
- Ability to foster team development and systems thinking
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Note: preferred or candidates from Rail road or transportations domain experience
Must have:
- SAFe Release Train Engineer 6.0 certification
- Scaled Agile Practice Consultant 6.0 Certification
- Agility Insights Facilitator Certification
- Help the ART Prepare for PI Planning (Logistics, ART backlog Readiness, WSJF, etc)
- Facilitate the 2day in person PI planning event
- Coach alignment to Enterprise Strategy and cascaded OKRs
- Support PI Execution
- Track progress; ART Predictability Measure; Velocity; Cycle Time, and other Flow metrics
- Facilitate ART synchronization events (Coach Sync, ART, Sync, Architect Sync, PO Sync, I&A, IP Iteration, System Demo)
- Support ART backlog refinement
- Promote DevOps and continuous delivery
- Assist Business Owners in understanding their role and assigning business value
- Coordinate planning efforts with other ARTs
- Coach the ART
- Coach with powerful questions
- Coach Scrum Masters/Team Coaches in ART and Team Events and practices
- Coach ART roles including system architects, product management, business owners, etc.
- Establish pull systems to optimize the flow of value
- Establish ART flow measures
- Improve the flow of value
- Facilitate value stream mapping
- Reduce or eliminate cross team dependencies
- Improve Relentlessly
- Drive ART relentless improvement plan and roadmap through Agility Insights TeamHealth Assessments and Inspect & Adapt events
- Promote built-in quality practices in Coach, PO syncs and CoPs
- Collaborate with Value Management Office and Lean Agile transformation team
- Listen to and support teams in problem identification and decision-making
- Create an environment of mutual influence
- Understand and empathize with others
- Encourage and support the personal development of each individual and the development of teams
- Think beyond day today activities and apply systems thinking Support the teams commitments
- Be open and appreciate openness in others
- Comfortably be the face of the ART and excel at public speaking in front of large audiences