Senior Release Train Lead for Agile Delivery

OLG; Toronto; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public Service Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Professional growth support

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) is seeking a Sr Release Train Engineering Manager for a 24-month contract to oversee the release trains across the Digital Platform, coordinating with labs, service providers, and stakeholders.

You will inform the release schedule, facilitate events, and remove obstacles to deliver value. A strong background in SAFe, vendor collaboration, and cross-team leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred
• SAFe Release Train Engineer or PMI-PgMP® equivalent experience preferred
• 5–7 years of delivery experience with vendors and senior leadership

Responsibilities

• Manage the overall Release Train Schedule across all digital platforms, drive visibility and transparency of release dates, milestones, and dependencies throughout the process
• Provide recommendations to adapt plans and schedules as required throughout software development sprints and releases to respond to emerging requirements and risks
• Foster constructive and proactive communication across labs and divisions to ensure goals and priorities, key decisions, and status is clear to all
• Communicate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts and stakeholders to escalation impediments, help manage risk and drive relentless improvement
• Manage the sequencing of product releases across the entire portfolio of work for delivery in alignment with the identified priorities while managing dependencies and constraints
• Manage the ongoing maintenance of the overarching digital integrated release (train) plan, with consideration to optimal delivery scenarios
• Perform analysis to identify emerging trends and provide recommendations to Director, Release Train & Scrum Master Lead; engaging with other divisions and service providers/partners to remove barriers to delivery and align on tactics to mitigate risks and address issues
• Track and report, to Director, Release Train & Scrum Master Lead and digital leadership, progress on the release train including status, risks, benefits and required actions
• Play a key role in the development and implementation of delivery processes to ensure roadmap priorities are achieved in an efficient manner and according to plan timelines
• Participate in the resolution of issues with other departments/divisions/delivery partners in a manner that best supports and balances conflicting priorities and/or constrained resources to achieve the digital roadmap
• Contribute to the enhancement of the release management framework, including all requisite artifacts and processes, to enable accelerated value delivery across the digital labs
• Facilitate hand-off of releases to Digital Operations and IT Operations for production deployment

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Master’s degree in business administration/management (preferred)

Job description

Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) is seeking a Sr Release Train Engineering Manager for a 24-month contract to oversee the release trains across the Digital Platform, coordinating with labs, service providers, and stakeholders.

You will inform the release schedule, facilitate events, and remove obstacles to deliver value. A strong background in SAFe, vendor collaboration, and cross-team leadership is essential.