Release Train Engineer (RTE) Experience – 2-3 years of minimum full-time RTE experience Location – Remote in the UK with Austrian Time Zone Experience & Skills

1. Need to be Safe certified
2. 2+ years experience working in a scaled Agile environment as an RTE Product Manager or Agile Coach with a minimum of 5 teams.
3. And/or 4+ years experience leading Agile teams as Scrum Master or Product Owner
4. Ability to manage multiple priorities
5. Superior communication skills with all levels of employees both internal and external customers-including presentations negotiations and written reports and be as detailed as needed.
6. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a systems view on the strategic direction
7. Willingness and ability to get down in the details “to make things happen”
8. Demonstrated ability to work successfully with demanding schedule constraints and technically challenging programs

  Responsibilities

1. Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART and solution train using various tools, such as Program and Solution Kanbans and other information radiators.
2. Establish and communicate the annual calendars for iterations and program increments.
3. Facilitate PI (Program Increment) Planning Event and PI Planning readiness by fostering a continuous explorations process that drives the synthesis of a vision, a roadmap, and backlogs, and through pre-and post-PI planning meetings.
4. Summary team PI objectives into program PI objectives and publish items for visibility and transparency.
5. Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings, including the ART sync at the Program level and the value stream synch for solution trains.
6. Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics, where necessary.
7. Coach leaders, teams, and scrum masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
8. Escalate and track impediments
9. Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
10. Encourage collaboration between teams and system and solution architects/engineering
11. Work with production and solution management, product owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
12. Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the DevOps and Release on Demand competency
13. Work with the Agile Program Management Office (APMO) on program execution and operational excellence
14. Facilitate system demos and solution demos
15. Drive relentless improvement via inspect and adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve
16. Create an environment of mutual influence
17. Encourage and support the personal development of each individual and the development of teams and support the teams’ commitments

 

Outside IR35 role Location: Remote Experience: 5 years+ As a Scrum Master, you’ll act as a servant leader for your team(s) by facilitating clear communication to management and to the team. Our Scrum Masters are open, approachable, collaborative, and enjoy working with passionate people. They’re proactive in solving problems to help their team(s) succeed. The Scrum Master drives Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery and continuous improvement. They embrace agility as a practice. The Scrum Master is responsible for removing impediments that hinder the team from reaching their goals and has a flexible approach that enables the team to rapidly respond to changes. Our culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem solving is essential to our success. We bring people together with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We support teamwork, thinking big, and taking risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on relevant projects, while building an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. We’re excited to see what you’ll bring to our team. Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of working within a larger programme team as part of scaling agility
• Works with the Product owner to align team with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information
• Creates an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts
• Champions continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coaches teams to conduct continuous improvement events
• Seeks opportunities for improvement to the overall effectiveness of teams and the organization
• Communicates organizational impediments to leadership; clears impediments for the team
• Embraces the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instills the same in the team(s) you coach