Release Train Engineer

Release Train Engineer - BA07CE

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The Hartford is looking for a Release Train Engineer (RTE) to join us on our transformation to Lean-Agile ways of working. The Release Train Engineer's primary role within the Claims IT Organization is to be a servant leader and coach for one of our Agile Release Trains (ART) who facilitates program-level processes and program execution, escalates impediments, tracks metrics, manages risk, and helps drive program-level continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

• Facilitate the agile processes at the program level, including planning periodic reviews and planning sessions with team and product stakeholders, such as ART Synch, Release Planning, System Demos, the Inspect & Adapt Workshops, and the Scrum of Scrums.

• Establish and communicate the Iterations and Planning Increments (PIs) cadence with the Business Roadmap.

• Facilitate the management and prioritization of all work and ensure alignment to the strategic roadmap.

• Manage the relationship with Product Managers, AVPs and VPs of IT Management, the Lean Portfolio Manager and other leaders to refine program backlogs.

• Collaborate with the appropriate individuals to translate business strategy into technology strategy and ensure that capabilities required by the business are enabled.

• Maintain scorecards or productivity metrics consistent with Agile governance standards.

• Foster communication and collaboration between Agile teams within the Agile Release Train (ART) and all appropriate stakeholders.

• Use tools to manage and improve flow of value through the ART.

• Manage the program backlog that feeds work to the ART Remove barriers and impediments to ART effectiveness Identify enterprise-level continuous improvement opportunities and drive implementation.

• Facilitate and Optimize PI Planning readiness by fostering preparation of Vision, Backlogs, Roadmap and Ideation processes.

• Facilitate relentless improvement for the ART through continuous improvement opportunities and ART Inspect & Adapt sessions.

• Matures Agile practices of ART's teams and stakeholders.

• Execute on the workforce strategy for the workstream(s), inclusive of vendor partners, such that the ratios of employee/vendor, onshore/offshore, HIG offices, skill and technology needs are considered to achieve an optimum balance.

• Track and communicate key ART metrics, including impediments, execution progress and business value delivery.

• Collaborate with IT leadership to define tolerable risk levels and manage/mitigate ART risks and dependencies.

• Report planning results and epic status to senior management, business owners, product owners and other stakeholders.

• Ensure all teams on the ART adhere to established governance models.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience as a Release Train Engineer

• Previous experience in any part of the software development lifecycle - as developer, tester, analyst, product owner, project manager, etc. is a plus.

• Experience using Agile toolsets such as Rally.

• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation and consensus building skills

• Working knowledge of Scaled Agile framework (SAFe) and ideally SAFe RTE Certified

• Working knowledge of Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.

• Working knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand team needs; includes fundamentals of iterative and incremental development

• Working knowledge of Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Test-driven Development, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Burn-down Metrics, Velocity etc.

• HR accountability and proven leadership skills.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$116,000 - $174,000

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