Senior Release Train Engineer - Pittsburgh, United States - BNY Mellon

Description

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Bring your ideas. Make history.
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the bank of banks - 97% of the worlds top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.

With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, were approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what#LifeAtBNYMellonis all about.

Were seeking a future team member for the role ofSr. Release Train Engineerto join our team.This role can be based out of our NYC, NY, Lake Mary, FL, or Pittsburgh, PA offices Hybrid.

In this role, youll make an impact in the following ways:

• The RTE facilitates process and execution and drive a culture of continuous improvement and integration by fostering community of practice.
• They lead and/or participate in lean-agile transformations, coach leadership, and other teams in agile mindsets and new processes. They act as a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) or product.
• They work with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence and understand and operate within Lean Budgets to ensure adherence to Guardrails
• Facilitates the development events, process and execution. They help ensure value delivery, and help drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Coach leaders, teams and Scrum Masters in SAFe, agile mindsets and new processes.
• Manage and optimize the flow through the program
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Facilitate the PI planning event. Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency
• Escalate and track impediments. Help manage risks and dependencies and report status
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
• Facilitate System Demos Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and help them improve Foster Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices

To be successful in this role, were seeking the following:

Expertise

• Expertise in playing the Release Train Engineer role for large initiatives, programs or Agile Release Trains
• Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, practices, frameworks, and method
• Effective facilitation and teaching methods
• Coaching and mentoring approaches, including the distinction between the two
• Ability to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across multiple parties
• Experience successfully running agile projects of varying size and complexity
• Preferred to have Agile certifications including SAFe RTE, SPC, CSM.

At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Heres a few of our awards:

• Fortune Worlds Most Admired Companies&Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
• Bloombergs Gender Equality Index (GEI)
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN 100% score
• 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
• CDPs Climate Change A List

Our Benefits:

BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your lifes journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY Mellon assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $122,000 and $186,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNYM total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) or product. The RTE's major responsibilities are to facilitate the development events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value. RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement. The Principal RTE facilitates process and execution and drive a culture of continuous improvement and integration by fostering community of practice. They lead and/or participate in lean-agile transformations, coach leadership, and other teams in agile mindsets and new processes. They work with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence and understand and operate within Lean Budgets to ensure adherence to Guardrails. Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in SAFe. Manage and optimize the flow through the program and facilitate PI Planning and readiness. Aggregate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives. Work with the Agile Program Management Office on program execution and operational excellence. Understand and operate within Lean Budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails. Escalate and track impediments. Ensure strategy and execution alignment. Help manage risks and dependencies and report status. Agile Program Management, Agile Tools and Methodologies, Change Management, Coaching, DevOps Practices, Facilitation, Lean Methodology, Lean User Experience, Mentoring, Risk Management, Teaching, Value Realization, Adaptability, Collaboration, Decision Making, Extended Network Thinking, Feedback Avocation, Intellectual Curiosity, Optimism Resilience, Servant Leadership, Social Intelligence, Strategic Communication, Systemic Thinking, Team Orientation. No Direct Reports. Relevant Competencies: Agile Leadership- Advanced / Agile Methodologies-Expert / Budgeting-Intermediate / Business Process Improvement-Intermediate /Cross Functional Team Leadership-Advanced / Enterprise Architecture-Beginner / Facilitation-Advanced / Kanban-Advanced / Lean-Advanced / Program Management-Intermediate / Project Management-Intermediate / Project Planning-Intermediate / Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)-Expert / Scrum-Advanced /Servant Leadership-Advanced / Vendor Management-Intermediate / Written and Oral Comms-Advanced Modified based upon local regulations/requirements. Bachelor's degree in business or technical-related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred10-12 years of experience in providing consulting advice to senior IT and business management required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus. Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, practices, frameworks, and methods. Understands company organizational model, company structure, and Agile journey history. Effective facilitation and teaching methods. Coaching and mentoring approaches, including the distinction between the two. Ability to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across multiple parties. Strong problem-solving skills. Experience successfully running agile projects of varying size and complexity BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team-one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve-and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.