Associate Release Train Engineer (Hybrid)- Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Health Plan is seeking an Associate Agile Release Train Engineer to lead an ART and help drive our Business Agility journey in Pittsburgh. The role involves coaching ART leaders, facilitating PI Planning, and partnering with Product Management, Architects, and other stakeholders to deliver PI objectives.

This full-time hybrid position requires 6+ years in a professional setting, 1 SAFe certification, and strong servant leadership with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree preferred or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Experience leading Agile release trains and SAFe practices.
• Strong facilitation and servant-leader capabilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Coach ART leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices.
• Lead PI Planning and PI Execution ceremonies.
• Ensure visions, roadmaps, and feature backlogs are ready for PI objectives.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architects, and stakeholders to deliver PI commitments.
• Support flow of value via Kanban for features and readiness.
• Escalate and manage impediments across teams and ARTs.
• Communicate progress and impediments across ARTs and stakeholders.
• Foster DevOps culture and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Drive continual improvement via Inspect & Adapt workshops.

Skills

Lean-Agile leadership

Facilitation

Communication

Scrum Master experience

SAFe knowledge

Program management

Problem solving

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor degree preferred

High school diploma with 10+ years experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

Apptio

Jira

Job description

UPMC Health Plan is seeking an Associate Agile Release Train Engineer (RTE) to help us continue our Business Agility journey and goals. They will lead an Agile Release Train (ART)s team of teams through the preparation, facilitation and delivery of our Program Increments (PIs). Reporting to the Sr. Director of Business Agility, the Associate RTE is a critical role within the Health Plan’s agile ways of working, anchored in relentless improvement, agility, design-thinking, and customer-centricity. The Associate RTE will partner with Product Management, Architects/Engineering, and ART leaders to leverage Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) processes, tools and mechanisms in support of a successful roll-out of Business Agility best practices, events and ceremonies for a single Agile Release Train. The candidate brings a positive attitude, sense of urgency and a proven track-record of team building and lean product delivery. By leveraging excellent communications skills, they work effectively with cross-functional team members and other roles. As a servant leader, RTEs use experience, facts and soft-skills rather than authority to achieve goals. They put our customers first and are passionate about delivering value.

This is a full time position working Monday through Friday daylight hours and will be a hybrid position consisting of working from home and in office which is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Responsibilities:

• Coach ART leaders, ART teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
• Prepare and lead ART events, such as Program Increment (PI) Planning, and PI Execution ceremonies.
• Facilitate PI readiness by ensuring available visions, roadmap and prioritized Feature backlog for the ART’s PIs.
• Work closely with Product Management, Product Owners and Scrum Masters, Business Owners, ART leadership, System Architects, and other shared functions to support the ART in delivering committed PI Objectives.
• Facilitate the flow of value through the ART using the Program Kanban system for Feature readiness and delivery.
• Drive cross-team, ART and departmental impediment escalation, planning, collaboration, and coordination, including inter-ART dependencies
• Provide regular and open communication across the ART and stakeholders for transparency of progress and impediments via ART Syncs and System Demos.
• Help manage risks and dependencies, and elevate and track impediments.
• Work with Product Management, Product Owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Promote the use of DevOps culture and Continuous Delivery Pipeline for releasing.
• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect & Adapt workshops, along with acting as a binding agent that connects teams.
• Champion the use of Business Agility self-assessments and Flow metrics for the ART and review with the ART to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support scrum ceremonies for the teams where needed.
• Keep an objective perspective on issues and troubleshoots by applying agile principles.
• Perform other duties as assigned to accomplish organization goals and objectives.
• Bachelor degree preferred, or high school diploma/GED with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 2+ years of Scrum Master experience, or Program Management within an Agile delivery environment.
• 6+ years of experience in a professional environment.
• At least 1 SAFe certification required.
• Experience running agile projects/programs of varying size and complexity.
• Strong servant leader, motivator, educator, and coach.
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Strong facilitation, strategic thinking, problem solving, and leadership skills.
• Exceptional leadership and strong executive reporting skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to function in a team-oriented environment and influence staff, colleagues, and superiors.
• Ability to coach and motivate diverse agile teams and juggle multiple tasks.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Apptio, and/or Jira (preferred)

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

At least 1 SAFe certification required.

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UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran