Senior Release Train Engineer (SAFe) – Gov Transformation

Profectus; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus is seeking an experienced Release Train Engineer to support a large-scale transformation for an Australian Government agency. The role coordinates delivery across multiple release trains, business workstreams and technology teams, working with the Solution Train Engineer and program leadership.

The successful candidate will drive Program Increment planning, dependency and risk management, governance alignment, and executive-level stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment with

Qualifications

• Seven or more years leading large-scale government transformation programs.
• Experience operating in SAFe or comparable scaled agile delivery environments.
• Proven experience in business design and systems implementation.
• Experience in highly regulated government environments with governance and assurance requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management capability at executive and senior executive level.
• Experience facilitating Program Increment planning and large-scale planning events.
• Demonstrated understanding of program and portfolio management disciplines.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer or Solution Train Engineer certification.
• Agile, Scrum, Lean or equivalent certification.
• Program management qualifications such as MSP, PRINCE2 or PMBOK.
• Change management certification such as Prosci or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate delivery of a large-scale program operating under SAFe.
• Work alongside the Solution Train Engineer to align release trains and manage cross-program dependencies.
• Facilitate Program Increment planning and other large-scale planning events.
• Manage cross-stream dependencies, risks, issues and delivery blockers across multidisciplinary teams.
• Support integrated planning and delivery coordination across multiple releases and business workstreams.
• Track and report delivery progress, metrics and outcomes to program leadership and governance forums.
• Keep business design, operational change and technology delivery aligned through to implementation.
• Support compliance with government governance, assurance and enterprise architecture requirements.
• Engage stakeholders across business, operational and ICT areas, including at executive and senior executive level.
• Identify and apply process improvements across release trains and delivery teams.

Skills

SAFe

PI Planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Governance

Agile/Scrum

Change management

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Job description

Profectus is seeking an experienced Release Train Engineer to support a large-scale transformation for an Australian Government agency. The role coordinates delivery across multiple release trains, business workstreams and technology teams, working with the Solution Train Engineer and program leadership.

The successful candidate will drive Program Increment planning, dependency and risk management, governance alignment, and executive-level stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment with