Senior Release Train Engineer VP – Digital Assets

Barclays; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive program

Medical benefits

Job summary

Barclays in Whippany, NJ seeks a Senior Release Train Engineer VP – Digital Assets to drive the execution of a digital assets platform. You will coordinate engineering, product, architecture, operations, risk, legal, controls, compliance, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic initiatives safely and efficiently.

You will manage dependencies, remove blockers, and maintain delivery momentum across multiple workstreams while balancing technical priorities with regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex technology delivery programs in regulated environments.
• Expertise in Agile delivery, release planning, and governance.
• Strong communication and senior stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to align multiple teams and deliver value.
• Manage dependencies, blockers, and delivery momentum across workstreams.
• Prepare executive updates and governance materials for leadership.
• Coordinate with engineering, product, architecture, risk, legal and compliance teams.

Skills

Agile delivery

Dependency management

Release planning

Stakeholder management

Risk identification

Executive reporting

Job description

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Release Train Engineer VP – Digital Assets.At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions.In this role, you will join a team working at the ground floor of a 0-to-1 build. You will drive the execution and delivery of Barclays' Digital Assets Platform, coordinating engineering, product, architecture, operations, risk, legal, controls, compliance, and business stakeholders. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining delivery momentum, managing dependencies, removing blockers, and ensuring strategic initiatives such as institutional wallets, tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and digital asset infrastructure are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with regulatory expectations. If you are a delivery leader who can align teams, manage dependencies, and drive execution across a complex digital asset platform while balancing engineering priorities, business objectives, and regulatory requirements this is an ideal role for you.

To be successful as a Senior Release Train Engineer VP – Digital Assets, you should:

• Bring proven experience leading complex technology delivery programs across multiple agile teams within regulated environments

• Demonstrate expertise in Agile delivery, dependency management, release planning, execution tracking, and delivery governance

• Be highly effective at driving alignment across engineering, product, architecture, risk, legal, controls, compliance, operations, and business teams

• Be comfortable identifying execution risks, removing blockers, resolving dependencies, and maintaining delivery momentum across multiple workstreams

• Possess considerable communication and stakeholder management skills, including preparing executive updates, governance materials, and leadership reporting

Other highly valued skills include:

• Understanding of digital asset platforms, institutional wallets, tokenized deposits, stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure, and digital asset settlement

• Experience managing vendor onboarding, third-party dependencies, procurement, and technology delivery partners

• Knowledge of technology risk, operational resilience, regulatory controls, and audit readiness within financial services

• Experience with workforce planning, budget tracking, delivery metrics, and program operating models

• Confidence using AI-enabled productivity and planning tools to improve reporting, coordination, decision-making, and delivery efficiency

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $155,000

Maximum Salary: $225,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose

Facilitates and coordinates Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to ensure that multiple teams within a program are aligned and delivering value efficiently. To manage dependencies, remove impediments, and oversee the planning and execution of Program Increments. Foster collaboration across teams, ensures alignment with business objectives, and drives continuous improvement in large-scale Agile environments.

Accountabilities

• Facilitate Agile Planning and Events: Accountable to ensure readiness across scope, content and logistics to deliver value through facilitation of team of teams events.
• Support Planning Execution: Monitor planning execution, facilitate periodic synchronization events, and support cross-team backlog refinement to ensure strategic alignment to business goals.
• Coach Cross-Team Agile: Provide coaching to teams and Scrum Masters on cross-team agile principles, team events, and practices
• Mitigate Risks: Identify and track cross-team dependencies and risks, ensuring mitigation to support delivery of outcomes. Accountable to remove blockers.
• Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors), build trust with stakeholders, and drive stakeholder alignment
• Champion Ways of Working: Champion Ways of Working and Agile culture, creating a safe and trusting environment for team members to share ideas and take appropriate risks
• Coordinate Interlock and Dependency Management: Drive partnership and synchronization across teams to facilitate release management across stakeholder groups. Accountable for effective readiness and communication
• Optimize Flow: Drive towards relentless improvement and ensure value delivery by monitoring delivery status, ensuring technology use and data quality, addressing bottlenecks, and serving as a point of escalation
• Metrics and Reporting: Track and report key metrics to provide representation at required leadership and governance forums and to ensure continuous delivery improvement