Release Train Engineer (RTE) - Marketing & Digital Data Technology

Key Responsibilities
Agile Release Train Leadership
•    Lead and coach the Agile Release Train to ensure alignment with strategic priorities and consistent delivery of value across multiple Agile teams/pods.
•    Act as the primary facilitator and coordinator for ART-level events and execution.
•    Promote a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Program & PI Execution
•    Initiate and follow up on processes across the Global Technology and Global Information Security domains on a regular basis and tracked to completion, to ensure that SLAs are met.
•    Initiate and follow up on contract creation in the Global Technology group on a regular basis and tracked to completion, to ensure that SLAs are met.
•    Contribute in the Planning, facilitation, and execute key ART ceremonies including:
o    Program Increment (PI) Planning
o    ART Sync / Scrum of Scrums
o    System Demos
o    Inspect & Adapt workshops
•    Track ART progress against PI objectives and commitments; surface risks, dependencies, and impediments early.
•    Optimize flow of value using program boards, metrics, and Kanban systems, where necessary.
Dependency & Risk Management
•    Coordinate cross-team and cross-domain dependencies to ensure smooth delivery across the ART.
•    Identify, escalate, and help resolve systemic impediments and delivery risks.
•    Partner with Architecture, Security, and Platform teams to ensure delivery alignment with governance and quality standards.
Metrics & Continuous Improvement
•    Use meaningful flow and delivery metrics to drive insights and improvements (e.g., predictability, throughput, dependency aging).
•    Work with Scrum Masters to facilitate retrospectives at the program level and ensure action items translate into measurable improvements.
Qualifications & Experience
Required
•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
•    7+ years of experience in Agile delivery, program management, release management, or software delivery.
•    2–3+ years of experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Project Manager, or similar large-scale role.
•    Strong working knowledge of SAFe, Agile principles, and Lean practices.
•    Hands-on experience with Agile tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence, program boards).
Preferred
•    SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification.
•    Experience operating in large enterprise or matrixed technology organizations. 
•    Experience working in an enterprise data warehouse environment (i.e. Snowflake, etc.). 
•    Understanding of data warehouse, analytics and ML terminology and technology.
•    Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and modern engineering practices.
•    Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Key Competencies
•    Servant leadership and coaching mindset
•    Program-level facilitation and conflict resolution
•    Systems thinking and value stream orientation
•    Strong organizational and execution discipline
•    Comfortable operating across business and technology domains
 

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