Description
Job Details<br/><br/>Release Train Engineer II – Toronto, ON, Canada
Full‑time, on site, 37.5 hours per week
Compensation: $96,900 – $136,800 CAD per year
Responsibilities<br/><br/>Customer Manages and optimizes the flow of value through releases using various tools such as Scrum and Kanban
Facilitates PI Readiness through coaching and supporting development of Roadmaps, Features, Releases
Facilitates System Demos, PI Planning, Pre‑ and Post‑PI Planning meetings
Co‑ordinates successful delivery of the Features to be deployed in the Release by taking into consideration dependencies, order and architecture
Summarizes & Publishes the Team PI Objectives ensuring everything is rolling up to the Vision, Bold Aspirational Goals (B.A.G) and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Tracks and produces key metrics and dashboards to monitor releases
Facilitates Synchronization meetings (e.g., Release sync) as required to keep delivery aligned to achieving the business outcomes
Works cross‑functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution with all relevant stakeholders (i.e., Product Owners, Release Management, Architecture etc.)
Escalate and Track impediments from teams which are a part of their release scope
Manages Risks and Dependencies of their release
Provides input on required resourcing from across the Bank to support the release
Coaches and promotes collaboration to Leaders, teams, and Scrum to enable high performance
Partners with Business Owners, Product Managers and Product Owners to help assure strategy, vision and road map alignment and execution
Improves the flow of value through value streams by working to improve DevOps and Release on Demand Competency
Drives the Lean Innovation Cycle with Business and Product Management
Primarily functions as a servant leader fostering Lean‑Agile Continuous Delivery DevOps mindsets
Applies best practices and knowledge of internal/external business issues to improve products or services in own discipline
Applies engineering and service philosophy principles to release practices, contributes to the development of engineering and service guidelines and principles by providing feedback to the practice leaders based on platform knowledge, experience and identification of opportunities
Contributes to the creation of release and/or solution metrics with the goal of demonstrating automation progress and benefits achieved
Develops and recommends technical strategies and solutions to maintain or expand service levels
Leads and/or participates in cross‑Product Family / Group activities to identify risk / provide guidance for complex situations
Interacts with governance and control groups (e.g., regulatory / operational risk, compliance and audit) to provide subject matter expertise and consult on risk issues / items related to releases and solutions
Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
Protects the interests of the organization – identify and manage risks, and escalates non‑standard, high risk transactions / activities as necessary
Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
Participates fully as a member of the team, supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/ points of interest
Provides thought leadership and/or industry knowledge and participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
Keeps current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques
Participates in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through development of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices
Leads, motivates and develops relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships
Contributes to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
Provides strong leadership who can facilitate buy‑in and commitment while providing focus and clarity
Acts as a brand ambassador for the bank, both internally and/or externally
Qualifications & Experience<br/><br/>Bachelors Degree or equivalent in a related field such as information technology, computer science, or business administration (Masters preferred)
3+ years of experience as a Coach, Production Manager, Scrum Master or similar
Certified SAFE Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFE Program Consultant (SPC), or Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
3+ years experience with Agile Management tools
Typically requires 7+ years Agile related experience
Experience coaching multiple agile teams (3‑4 teams) with full understanding of processes, procedures and systems
Ability to resolve complex problems and identify innovative options
Experience influencing stakeholders beyond immediate team and applying best practices to improve efficiency
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