Hybrid SAFe Release Train Engineer — Agile Leader

Kelly Mitchell

Clinton (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 77,000 - 110,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)

401K offered

Job summary

KellyMitchell Group seeks an experienced Release Train Engineer to support its Field Experience Technology team in Clinton, NJ. This role leads Agile execution across multiple cross-functional teams, ensuring timely planning, coordination, and delivery of complex technology initiatives in a highly regulated environment.

You will facilitate PI planning and release activities, manage dependencies and risks, drive governance, and report on delivery metrics using Jira.

Qualifications

8+ years in Agile delivery, program delivery, or Release Train Engineering.

Responsibilities

Lead Agile Release Train execution for high-visibility initiatives.
Facilitate PI Planning, release planning, backlogs, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies.
Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and escalations to ensure predictable delivery.
Drive release readiness, governance, communications, and execution planning.
Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to align demand, capacity, priorities, and delivery commitments.
Maintain delivery metrics, reporting, forecasting, and portfolio visibility using Jira and related tooling.
Coach Scrum Masters, Agile teams, and delivery leaders on Agile best practices and continuous improvement.
Support change management processes and release governance within a regulated enterprise.
Influence roadmap decisions and executive delivery planning with senior leadership.
Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve reporting and efficiency.