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The Release Train Engineer (RTE) / Planning Specialist is liable for driving planning, execution, and value delivery across Agile squads within a Tribe. Acting as a servant leader and coach, this role ensures alignment between strategy and execution, manages risks, escalates impediments, and fosters collaboration and continuous improvement across squads and stakeholders.
Job Responsibility:
Backlog & Sequencing Management: Manage Tribe-level backlogs and facilitate sequencing of work to optimize development and resource utilization
Program Coordination: Contribute to program-level planning by creating timelines, milestones, and cadence for increments and releases. Develop reports and analyses documenting program activities and progress
Quarterly Planning & Alignment: Drive readiness for quarterly planning by synthesizing vision, roadmap, and backlogs across teams. Encourage collaboration to ensure alignment between strategy and execution
Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery
Coaching & Expertise: Coach teams on backlog refinement, slicing for value, feature/capability estimation, and roll-up to Epics
Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of continuous improvement using feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify opportunities
Cross-Functional Collaboration: mount strong working relationships between engineering and business teams
Dependency & Risk Analysis: Conduct analysis to identify dependencies and risks across value streams and technology domains
Leverage Jira for planning and tracking: Ensure effective management of Tribe-level activities using Jira boards and reports to maintain transparency and alignment across teams
Mentorship: Mentor team members, acting as a technical resource to improve overall team capability
Knowledge Sharing: Champion emerging trends and best practices in release planning and Agile delivery
Roadmap & Outcome Definition: Coordinate with stakeholders to drive roadmap exercises, define outcomes and continuously improve delivery models for faster value realization
Requirements:
Strong understanding of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) principles and Agile methodologies
Expertise in Quarterly or Program Increment (PI) planning, backlog management and release coordination
Excellent facilitation, communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to analyze risks, dependencies and metrics to drive informed decisions
Strong experience in Jira, Confluence or any other industry standard project management tool for issue tracking
Strong problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)