Senior Release Train Engineer – Enterprise Programs

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 114,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking an experienced AVP, Release Train Engineer to drive enterprise-scale technology initiatives within the EPMO. You will partner with senior stakeholders to align roadmaps with business objectives, deliver executive reporting, govern programs, and guide cross-functional delivery across PI cycles.

In this role you will facilitate PI Planning, Pre-PI Planning, and continuous improvement, manage governance forums, and provide status updates and dashboards that influence

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in program management, technical program management, Agile delivery leadership, or a related discipline within a large enterprise environment.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale technology programs and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience preparing executive-level reporting, presentations, and governance materials.
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Excel, and related project delivery and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale technology programs and portfolio deliverables, ensuring effective governance of scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies.
• Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to develop, maintain, and track program roadmaps aligned to strategic objectives.
• Deliver executive-level status reporting, dashboards, presentations, and governance materials using program metrics and OKRs.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple initiatives and communicate impacts, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
• Maintain governance forums, reviews, and reporting cadences to support program oversight and compliance.
• Assess project-level impacts to programs and portfolios and elevate risks and issues when appropriate.
• Provide timely status updates throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Release Train Engineers (RTEs) and delivery teams to support Pre-PI Planning, PI Planning, retrospectives, refinement sessions, and PI events.
• Facilitate continuous improvement through process optimization, metrics analysis, retrospectives, and team engagement practices.
• Identify, track, and help remove delivery impediments, escalating issues and recommending resolution strategies when needed.
• Maintain governance dashboards and ensure reporting remains current and compliant.
• Partner with stakeholders across Technology, Product, Operations, and Transformation organizations.
• Track program budgets, actual expenditures, forecasts, and financial performance reporting.
• Maintain accurate team rosters and resource tracking information.

Skills

Program management

Agile delivery

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field

MBA (preferred)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Microsoft Excel

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking an experienced AVP, Release Train Engineer to drive enterprise-scale technology initiatives within the EPMO. You will partner with senior stakeholders to align roadmaps with business objectives, deliver executive reporting, govern programs, and guide cross-functional delivery across PI cycles.

In this role you will facilitate PI Planning, Pre-PI Planning, and continuous improvement, manage governance forums, and provide status updates and dashboards that influence