Summary
The job is for an Agile Release Train Manager at Navy Federal. The role involves managing the agile release train, planning and executing PI Planning, removing impediments, owning escalated issues, delivering PI Objectives, and more. Ideal candidates should have experience with Service Now and ADO, and be certified as a Scrum Master and RTE.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field – or - the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Significant experience working in an agile transformation successfully coaching and transitioning teams, programs, and portfolios
- Scrum Master and RTE Certifications with extensive experience working in a SAFe and non SAFe environment
- 10+ years of combined experience working within Information Technology as a Project Manager, Program Manager, Scrum Master and/or Release Train Engineer
- Experience coaching agile teams and assessing their development maturity
- Experience working with tools such as Jira, Rally, Azure DevOps, etc
- Experience in creating reporting metrics and dashboards that illustrate the flow of value
- Experience in leading successful delivery teams
- Experience in software development managing multiple teams across a product area
- Experience as a Scrum Master or Delivery Lead in leading transformation
- Successful track record implementing Agile methodologies
- Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors
- Experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff
- Ability to coach and mentor scrum teams and empower the delivery teams to embrace agility
- Ability to remove impediments that impact the team’s planned execution
- Ability to create release plans and roadmaps needed for existing product or platform release
- Advanced skill to influence, negotiate and persuade to reach agreeable exchange and positive outcomes
- Advanced skill in motivating and uplifting team members using teaching/mentoring skills
- Advanced skill building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy and tact
- Advanced problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills
- Advanced verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
- Advanced word processing, spreadsheet, diagramming, and presentation software skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a matrixed environment
- Advanced skill to deliver presentations to virtual and in-person teams
Responsibilities
- Responsible for managing the agile release train for a given value stream and ensuring scrum team success
- Responsible for planning and executing PI Planning, and for working with the teams to plan and execute other ART or teams level ceremonies
- Enable teams to remove impediments. Act as escalation point for impediments the team cannot remove in a timely manner
- Own escalated impediments and raise issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner
- Continuously work with teams and to deliver PI Objectives
- Owns the Risk, Issues, Action and Decision Register for a specific train
- Manage dependencies between Development Teams within and across Programs or Agile Release Trains
- Partner with stakeholders to identify and address staffing and tool needs
- Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning
- Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities
- Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burn down data, etc.)
- Update and communicate Release Plans
- Collaborate with Product Management, Systems Architects, teams as needed
- Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders
- Assist with developing and delivering training and workshops as requested
- Become an influential leader within for the team and promote Agility across Navy Federal
- Encourage teams to embrace a Lean/Agile Mindset
- Help resolve team conflicts when needed
