Remote Head of Agile Release Train & AI-Enabled Delivery

Lumen; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 132,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is hiring a Senior Manager of Release Train Engineers to lead a high-performing RTE organization and ensure ART execution delivers business value. You will align practises across portfolios, improve delivery transparency, and drive continuous improvement with AI-enabled workflows.

Remote role open to US candidates. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in agile delivery and 3+ years in people leadership, with strong coaching and executive-facing communication skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Agile delivery or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop RTEs and Sr. RTEs with clear priorities and accountability.
• Define and maintain standards, playbooks, dashboards, and escalation models for ART execution.
• Align RTE work with business priorities, PI planning calendars, and roadmaps.
• Manage risks, impediments, dependencies, escalation paths, and executive visibility.
• Monitor ART health and cadence metrics to drive improvement actions.
• Drive optimization using automation, AI-enabled workflows, and lean-agile practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, TPMO, and leaders to resolve delivery issues.

Skills

Agile delivery

Release-train leadership

SDLC operations

Project management

Portfolio governance

Executive communication

Jira/Jira Align

Confluence

Power BI

AI tools

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

Confluence

Clarity

ServiceNow SPM

Power BI

Job description

Lumen is hiring a Senior Manager of Release Train Engineers to lead a high-performing RTE organization and ensure ART execution delivers business value. You will align practises across portfolios, improve delivery transparency, and drive continuous improvement with AI-enabled workflows.

Remote role open to US candidates. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in agile delivery and 3+ years in people leadership, with strong coaching and executive-facing communication skills.