Senior Lead Release Train Engineer - Remote Agile Leader

Lumen

Boise (ID)

On-site

USD 132,000 - 176,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Release Train Engineer (Sr. RTE) to guide complex Agile Release Trains. You will coach leaders and teams, drive PI Planning readiness, and ensure delivery commitments are executed across multiple trains within the SDLC.

You will partner with Product Management, Architects, and Engineering leaders to improve flow, manage risks, and elevate operating standards, all while serving as a servant leader in a high accountability environment.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in technical program management, Agile delivery leadership, SDLC operations, product delivery, systems delivery, or related technology execution roles.
4+ years of hands-on experience facilitating or leading Agile Release Train execution, PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and ART-level delivery governance.
Demonstrated ability to coach leaders, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Managers, TPMs, Architects, and engineering teams in Lean-Agile behaviors and scaled execution practices.
Proven ability to manage complex risks, dependencies, impediments, and organizational constraints across multiple teams or related ARTs.
Tooling & Reporting: Experience with Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, Agile dashboards, flow metrics, dependency tracking, and executive-ready delivery reporting preferred.
Experience building metrics, dashboards, playbooks, reporting routines, and improvement systems that increase delivery transparency and predictability.
SAFe / Agile Certification: SAFe RTE strongly preferred; SPC, SAFe Agilist, SAFe Scrum Master, CSM, CSPO, or equivalent experience also valued.

Responsibilities

Advanced ART Planning & Execution: 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.
Advanced Cross-Team Alignment: Lead planning and alignment across complex teams, related ARTs, and senior stakeholders; ensure scope, capacity, dependencies, and tradeoffs are visible before commitments are made.
Coaching & Role Clarity: 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.
Systemic Risk, Dependency & Impediment Management: Identify, track, manage, and elevate systemic risks, cross-ART dependencies, capacity constraints, organizational impediments, and execution-pattern issues before they threaten delivery commitments.
Advanced Metrics, Flow & Operating Standards: Define, improve, and govern ART-level metrics, dashboards, flow insights, maturity assessments, reusable playbooks, and operating standards that improve delivery transparency and predictability.
Relentless Improvement & ART Maturity: Drive continuous improvement across teams and leadership forums by ensuring improvement actions become owned, visible, prioritized, measurable, and embedded into future planning cycles.