Head of Agile Release Trains & Delivery Excellence

Lumen; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 132,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Bonus program

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Manager of Release Train Engineers to lead a high-performing RTE organization across the SDLC. You will define standards, improve ART execution, and partner with Product, Engineering and TPMO to align delivery with business priorities.

The role emphasizes coaching, metrics-driven improvements, and adoption of AI-enabled workflows to enhance planning, coordination, and decision-making in a remote U.S. based environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Agile delivery, release-train leadership, SDLC operations, project management, platform delivery or enterprise tech delivery.
• 3+ years of people leadership managing RTEs, Sr. RTEs, Scrum Masters or comparable roles.
• Experience establishing ART standards, dashboards, planning calendars, escalation models, dependency-management practices.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, PI Planning, ART operations, SDLC and portfolio governance.
• Ability to coach RTEs and delivery leaders, manage performance, resolve impediments, influence stakeholders.
• Ability to translate ART health and delivery data into executive-ready insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing RTE organization and align ART execution across portfolio.
• Define and maintain ART standards, playbooks, dashboards, cadences, governance and escalation models.
• Align RTE work with business priorities, PI planning, roadmaps and delivery commitments.
• Manage risks, dependencies, escalation paths and executive visibility.
• Monitor ART health, predictability, and flow metrics; drive improvement actions.
• Foster automation, AI-enabled workflows and agentic approaches to improve planning and delivery.

Skills

Agile delivery

RTE leadership

SDLC operations

Project management

Platform delivery

Enterprise delivery

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

Confluence

Clarity

ServiceNow SPM

Power BI

AI tools

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Senior Manager of Release Train Engineers to lead a high-performing RTE organization across the SDLC. You will define standards, improve ART execution, and partner with Product, Engineering and TPMO to align delivery with business priorities.

The role emphasizes coaching, metrics-driven improvements, and adoption of AI-enabled workflows to enhance planning, coordination, and decision-making in a remote U.S. based environment.