Senior Release Train Engineer (VP)

Step into the role of Senior Release Train Engineer. At Barclays, we are more than a Bank, we are force of progress. As a Senior Release Train Engineer, you will Facilitates and coordinates Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to ensure that multiple teams within a program are aligned and delivering value efficiently. To manage dependencies, remove impediments, and oversee the planning and execution of Program Increments. Foster collaboration across teams, ensures alignment with business objectives, and drives continuous improvement in large-scale Agile environments.

To be a successful Senior Release Train Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Release Train Management: Oversee and manage the Agile Release Train (ART) by ensuring the effective execution of Program Increments (PIs) and fostering a collaborative environment across all teams and stakeholders.

• Scaled Agile Implementation: Drive the adoption and continuous improvement of SAFe practices and principles to enhance agility and streamline processes.

• Change Management: Lead and support initiatives aimed at transforming the organization by implementing Scaled Agile specifications and methodologies.

• Capacity and Demand Alignment: Develop and enforce procedures to align capacity and demand, thereby improving predictability and ensuring optimal resource utilization.

• Performance Metrics: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the success of the ART and report progress to senior leadership.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with stakeholders at all levels to ensure their needs and expectations are met and to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with program delivery and ensure the ART operates within defined parameters.

Additional relevant skills given below are highly valued:

• Strategic Thinker: Ability to think strategically and develop long-term plans that align with organizational objectives.

• Change Agent: Proactive in driving change and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

• Collaborative Leader: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across all levels of the organization.

• Results-Oriented: Focused on delivering results and achieving goals consistently.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Pune.

Purpose

Facilitates and coordinates Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to ensure that multiple teams within a program are aligned and delivering value efficiently. To manage dependencies, remove impediments, and oversee the planning and execution of Program Increments. Foster collaboration across teams, ensures alignment with business objectives, and drives continuous improvement in large-scale Agile environments.

Accountabilities

• Facilitate Agile Planning and Events: Accountable to ensure readiness across scope, content and logistics to deliver value through facilitation of team of teams events.     
• Support Planning Execution: Monitor planning execution, facilitate periodic synchronization events, and support cross-team backlog refinement to ensure strategic alignment to business goals.     
• Coach Cross-Team Agile: Provide coaching to teams and Scrum Masters on cross-team agile principles, team events, and practices    
• Mitigate Risks: Identify and track cross-team dependencies and risks, ensuring mitigation to support delivery of outcomes. Accountable to remove blockers.    
• Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors), build trust with stakeholders, and drive stakeholder alignment    
• Champion Ways of Working:  Champion Ways of Working and Agile culture, creating a safe and trusting environment for team members to share ideas and take appropriate risks    
• Coordinate Interlock and Dependency Management: Drive partnership and synchronization across teams to facilitate release management across stakeholder groups. Accountable for effective readiness and communication     
• Optimize Flow: Drive towards relentless improvement and ensure value delivery by monitoring delivery status, ensuring technology use and data quality, addressing bottlenecks, and serving as a point of escalation    
• Metrics and Reporting: Track and report key metrics to provide representation at required leadership and governance forums and to ensure continuous delivery improvement