SAFe Release Train Engineer – Agile Delivery Leader

McKesson Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 115,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a dedicated Retail Value Stream Release Train Engineer to enable alignment, execution, and continuous improvement across multiple teams. Working within the Retail Suites SAFe Operating Model and LPM, you will establish cadence, coach teams, and improve predictability while not owning product priorities or people management.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Technology, UX, Data, and leadership to ensure alignment of strategy, backlog, and delivery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant professional experience in Agile delivery or related field.
• Experience supporting Agile teams in a scaled environment and leading large cross-functional planning and execution events.
• Strong knowledge of SAFe, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, PI Planning, dependency management, flow, and continuous improvement practices.
• Advanced facilitation, coaching, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, facilitate, and continuously improve value-stream cadences (PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums).
• Lead large-scale cross-functional planning events with multiple teams and priorities.
• Prepare for PI Planning by aligning priorities, capacity, dependencies, risks, and backlog readiness.
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, blockers, and impediments across the value stream.
• Track performance, flow metrics, ART health, and delivery outcomes using AI-enabled analytics.
• Lead Inspect & Adapt workshops and coach teams on Lean-Agile principles and decentralized decision-making.
• Communicate delivery risks, decisions, and improvements to leaders and partners.
• Use AI-assisted tools to enhance facilitation and dependency management across the ART.

Skills

Agile delivery

Scaled agile frameworks (SAFe)

Facilitation & coaching

Stakeholder management

Dependency management

System thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication with senior leaders

Agile planning tools (Atlassian)

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Atlassian tools

Miro

Job description

McKesson is seeking a dedicated Retail Value Stream Release Train Engineer to enable alignment, execution, and continuous improvement across multiple teams. Working within the Retail Suites SAFe Operating Model and LPM, you will establish cadence, coach teams, and improve predictability while not owning product priorities or people management.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Technology, UX, Data, and leadership to ensure alignment of strategy, backlog, and delivery.