Senior Lead Release Train Engineer — Remote

Lumen; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 145,000 - 194,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Release Train Engineer (Sr. RTE) to drive Agile Release Train maturity and reliable delivery across a complex SDLC environment. This remote role supports teams and leaders across the enterprise, partnering with Product Management, System Architects, and Engineering leaders to ensure coordinated execution.

The Sr. RTE will coach leaders and teams in Lean-Agile practices, manage dependencies and risks, and lead metrics-driven improvements to enhance predictability

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management, Agile delivery leadership, SDLC operations, product delivery, systems delivery, or related technology execution roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead PI Planning readiness, PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and related operating-cadence ceremonies for a complex ART or multiple closely aligned ARTs.
• Lead planning and alignment across complex teams, related ARTs, and senior stakeholders; ensure scope, capacity, dependencies, and tradeoffs are visible before commitments are made.
• Coach Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, TPMs, Engineering leaders, Architects, and Business Owners on Lean-Agile practices, role clarity, flow, escalation discipline, and decision-making.
• Identify, track, manage, and elevate systemic risks, cross-ART dependencies, capacity constraints, organizational impediments, and execution-pattern issues before they threaten delivery commitments.
• Define, improve, and govern ART-level metrics, dashboards, flow insights, maturity assessments, reusable playbooks, and operating standards that improve delivery transparency and predictability.
• Drive continuous improvement across teams and leadership forums by ensuring improvement actions become owned, visible, prioritized, measurable, and embedded into future planning cycles.

Skills

Agile leadership

SDLC operations

Product delivery

Lean-Agile practices

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

Confluence

Dashboards

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Release Train Engineer (Sr. RTE) to drive Agile Release Train maturity and reliable delivery across a complex SDLC environment. This remote role supports teams and leaders across the enterprise, partnering with Product Management, System Architects, and Engineering leaders to ensure coordinated execution.

The Sr. RTE will coach leaders and teams in Lean-Agile practices, manage dependencies and risks, and lead metrics-driven improvements to enhance predictability