Release Train Engineer (RTE)

At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you’re working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores—TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family—a Fortune 100 company and the world’s leading off-price retailer. 

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What you’ll discover

• Inclusive culture and career growth opportunities
• Global IT Organization, which collaborates across U.S., Canada, Europe, India and Australia
• Challenging, collaborative, and team-based environment
   

What you’ll do

The Release Train Engineer is a leadership role within the Merchandise Analytics and Automation (MAA) Solution Delivery Team, which consists of multiple scrum teams. We seek a Release Train Engineer with solid experience as an RTE for an ART made up of Scrum and/or Kanban Teams, using the SAFe methodology/framework. Organization, interpersonal skills, and collaboration within and across teams are essential for this position.

As a Release Train Engineer, you act as a servant leader to the ART, Scrum Masters, and the Agile/Scrum teams to ensure the teams meet their Sprint Goals and PI Objectives. You’ll participate in PI Planning, ART ceremonies, issue resolution and roadblock removal, and coaching the team in SAFe best practices. Communication and collaboration are a must in this role, as you work with a wide set of stakeholders, including RTEs, Product Managers, Engineering Managers, external teams, and business stakeholders.

In addition to traditional RTE activities, the Release Train Engineer will be responsible for the budgeting process (ensuring financial deadlines are met and tracking spreadsheets are up to date), workforce planning for current and future needs, and day-to-day vendor management.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive for Results: Oversee the delivery of the MAA ART, including SAFe best practices, and PI over PI delivery; Lead MAA budget management, including IT Finance partnership, budget submissions, and partnership with peers throughout the Fiscal Year Planning process; Drive vendor management, including SOW and roster management.
• Paradoxical and Agile Thinking: Manage MAA team Continuous Improvement efforts with clear problem identification and measurable improvements; Own ART-wide metrics tracking, interpretation, and communication.
• Acts with Integrity and Builds Trust and Deep Listening & Inquiry: Act as Servant Leader for the ART by ensuring all teams have what’s necessary to be successful; Partner with peers and other RTEs to remove blocking issues; Execute ART-wide communication plans.
• Developing Talent and Effective Teams: Lead and coach the Scrum Masters; Guide Associate career development; Maintain long-term team workforce plan
• Informal Influencing and Building Networks: Partner with the Leadership team within the ART and ensure alignment and visibility of goals and delivery; Maintain relationships with key IT stakeholders within and beyond  the Merchandising team
• Leading with Vision and Strategy: Partner with Product Management & Engineering Leadership to understand goals and drivers; Drive long term budget and labor forecasting for MAA ART

What you’ll need

Our team is looking for people with a passion for technology, intellectual curiosity, and willingness to try new things to drive better solutions and achieve results. We want creative people that possess strong interpersonal skills and who can foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.  

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven ability as an RTE for an ART with complex deliveries and multiple Scrum Teams
• Facilitation of ceremonies, including PI Planning
• Excellent and proven skills in verbal and written communication, collaboration. and ability to rapidly build relationships with peers, team members, and others beyond of the ART
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
• Assist teams in removing roadblocks, many of which will be beyond the team’s authority or will require support from other teams
• Continuous improvement mindset, highlighting opportunities to improve efficiency of teams, includes tracking measurable improvement
• Ability to coach and mentor the team on all aspects of agile ways of working
• Management of dependencies internal and external to the ART
• Extensive understanding of Agile methodology, techniques, frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, or Kanban) and agile tools (such as Jira and Confluence).
• Communicative and social -- excellent interpersonal and group facilitation skills including the ability to work with diverse stakeholders and personality types
• Assertive - must be able to ensure Agile and Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, and not afraid to be a voice of reason and authority
• Situationally aware -- must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them, where appropriate
• Budget tracking and financial analysis
• Overall 10+ Years of IT Delivery experience with 5+ years as a Release Train Engineer using Scrum/SAFe
• Relevant undergraduate BA, BS degree in IT or Business or equivalent experience
• Certified Release Train Engineer preferred

In addition to our open door policy and supportive work environment, we also strive to provide a competitive salary and benefits package. TJX considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TJX also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.

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