SAFe Release Train Engineer: Lead Agile Delivery

Talentify; New Brunswick; On-site; CAD 149,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary incentive

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an experienced Lead Release Train Engineer to optimize SAFe agile delivery for a smaller Agile Release Train. The role focuses on facilitating PI planning, removing impediments, and guiding Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams toward steady, predictable value delivery.

The candidate will drive continuous improvement, manage dependencies, and provide clear status updates to executives while working across distributed teams in a fast-paced financial services

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospectives).
• Proficiency with Jira for backlog management, dashboards, and metrics tracking.
• Understanding of DevOps fundamentals, quality practices, and Definition of Done.
• Ability to leverage flow metrics (cycle time, WIP, throughput, predictability) to drive improvements.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Guides and coaches leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in the Agile Release Train on Agile practices and develops their understanding of Agile principles
• Executes program increment session for release train and facilitates Agile release train ceremonies
• Provides status updates regarding Agile Release Train plans, delivery, timelines, and impediments to stakeholders and leadership while communicating within the Agile Release Train to support delivery against program commitments
• Manages risk including dependency management, impediment removal, and compliance with Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements
• Measures Agile Release Train delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the Agile Release Train to identify improvement opportunities
• Collaborates with the product management team and ensures the program has a healthy product and program backlog
• Defines norms and agreements for the Agile Release Train and enforces the agreements

Skills

Servant Leadership

Coaching

PI Planning

Cross-Team Coordination

Dependency & Risk Management

Stakeholder Communication

SAFe Expertise

Delivery Governance

Problem Solving

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

CI/CD

Job description

Bank of America is seeking an experienced Lead Release Train Engineer to optimize SAFe agile delivery for a smaller Agile Release Train. The role focuses on facilitating PI planning, removing impediments, and guiding Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams toward steady, predictable value delivery.

The candidate will drive continuous improvement, manage dependencies, and provide clear status updates to executives while working across distributed teams in a fast-paced financial services