Senior Release Train Engineer

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, 15% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $99,000.00 - $165,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Senior Release Train Engineer’s (RTE) primary purpose is to lead Agile Release Trains (ART) to success and navigate the complexity of delivering software consistently in large environments The Senior RTE resolves and escalates impediments, manages risk, assures value delivery, and drives program-level continuous improvement. They play a critical link between multiple scrum teams; facilitating communications, opening the flow of information, and sharing important progress updates to ensure all teams involved in the ART are focused on successful delivery. The Senior RTE is accountable for the overall coordination, execution, and delivery of value through the program while ensuring alignment with company strategy, commitments, and goals.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Oversees small to medium-size release trains with complex scope and inter-dependencies.

• Facilitates the coordinated preparation of release planning for the release train, including communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.

• Responsible for backlog management as well as ALM tool data integrity for accurate reporting.  This includes the collection of metrics and KPI’s.

• Manage change to the current delivery plan and continuous backlog

• Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams, release trains, or solution groups are involved in the development

• Resolve/report issues and manage dependencies and risks across the ART and between ART’s.

• Drive continuous improvement through the facilitation of retrospectives quarterly, or more often as needed, to improve backlog management, release train reviews, sprint reviews, or release train coordination and higher-level function.

• Active participation in the RTE Community of Practice helping the organization to maintain alignment, learn new techniques, and improve technical and quality practices.  Work with RTE community to determine ways to help ARTs across the company improve cross-train and solution group coordination and collaboration.

• Empower teams to be owners of their products and processes

• Support teams commitments and continuous growth.

WHO YOU ARE

Qualifications

• 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 2 years’. experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years’ experience in a related field

• 3-5 years’ experience as RTE, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Project/Program Manager.

• Must have experience with collaboration and influence with Director level stakeholders

• Must understand the difference between being Agile and doing Agile

• Understands Lean thinking and implementation

• Servant leader and strong communicator with strong interpersonal skills who can:

  • Listen and support teams in problem-identification and decision making

  • Encourage an environment that values mutual respect, openness, and courage

  • Persuade by influence rather than authority

  • Understand and empathize with others

  • Think beyond day-to-day activities

• Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software.

• Experience applying Lean Thinking and Systems Thinking in large organizations.

• Experience with Lean Portfolio Managem