Release Train Engineer

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Job Description:

At Regions, the Release Train Engineer manages and optimizes the flow of value through the Agile Release Train. An Engineer at this level leads Agile Release Trains (ART), resolves and escalates impediments, manages risk, assures value delivery, and drives program level continuous improvement.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serves as tribe (team) leader for other Release Train Engineers
• Oversees large or two or more release trains with complex scope and inter-dependencies
• Facilitates the coordinated preparation of release planning for the release train, including communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery
• Leverages agile delivery metrics and regular Agile ceremonies to identify and drive continuous improvement, to maximize organizational performance and execution against the backlog
• Resolves/reports issues and manages dependencies and risks across the ART and between ART’s
• Coordinates major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams, release trains, or solution groups are involved in the development
• Leverages agile delivery metrics and regular Agile ceremonies to identify and drive continuous improvement, maximizes organizational performance and execution against the backlog
• Coaches leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
• Manages changes to the quarterly plan and the impacts of those changes
• Monitors overall coordination, execution and delivery of value through the program while ensuring alignment with company strategy, commitments and goals
• Facilitates communications, opening the flow of information, and sharing important progress updates to ensure all teams involved in the ART are focused on successful delivery
• Creates retrospective improvement roadmaps by analyzing all activities and actions that have previously been performed and finding ways to improve each process
• Understands and operates within the Agile Release Train budget
• Facilitates periodic sync meetings across trains
• Tracks features and capabilities throughout development
• Facilitates relationships between their teams and other departments
• Collaborates with the Program Management Office (PMO) to maintain solid program execution and operational excellence
• Communicates and collaborates with product and solution management, product owners and other stakeholders to guarantee the alignment of strategy and execution
• Ensures compliance with risk management programs, rules and regulations, and cybersecurity practices; identifies opportunities for and supports process improvements; applies disciplined change management practices

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and ten (10) years of experience as a Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Project/Program Manager
• Or High School Diploma or GED and fourteen (14) years of experience as a Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Project/Program Manager

Certifications/Licensures

• Scaled Agile such as Agile Practitioner, SAFE certified Release Train Engineer

Preferences

• Experience leveraging and interpreting agile metrics
• Prior management experience

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to interpret and ensure compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate large planning and solutioning sessions
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach
• Must be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical users at all levels of the organization
• Must be able to effectively prioritize and assign work to meet deadlines
• Must be able to provide dynamic leadership to teams through both direct management and through influential leadership
• Must demonstrate excellent leadership skills to manage various stakeholders effectively at the train and Solution level
• Understanding of Agile at scale philosophies and methodologies
• Understanding of the program's budget and how budgeting works within a SAFe environment
• Understanding of which metrics are beneficial and should be tracked, how these metrics should be interpreted and how the project course can be corrected even if the findings are showing risks

Additional Job Description

The Release Train Engineer is responsible for coordinating and governing technology releases across the Line of Business (LOB) application portfolio. This role owns the consolidated release calendar, manages release dependencies and freeze periods, facilitates release governance processes, represents the LOB in Enterprise CAB, and ensures releases are planned, communicated, and executed in accordance with enterprise standards while minimizing business disruption.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the LOB release calendar, deployment schedules, and technology freeze periods.
• Facilitate release planning, readiness reviews, and Go/No-Go meetings to ensure required approvals, testing, and implementation activities are completed.
• Represent the LOB in Enterprise Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings and related governance forums.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise change management, release management, and governance standards.
• Coordinate release communications and deployment notifications to technology and business stakeholders.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, security, architecture, operations, and vendor teams throughout the release lifecycle.
• Manage release documentation, approvals, implementation plans, rollback procedures, and audit evidence.
• Monitor release activity during implementation windows and coordinate stakeholder communications for issues or delays.
• Work closely with Incident, Problem, and Change Management teams to support the resolution and analysis of release-related service disruptions.
• Produce release management reporting, metrics, and dashboards, including release success rates, schedule adherence, change-related incidents, and other governance measures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Release Management, Change Management, IT Operations, Technology Delivery, or related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of ITIL Change and Release Management practices.
• Experience coordinating releases across multiple applications, technology domains, and stakeholder groups.
• Experience supporting governance processes, CAB reviews, and enterprise change controls.
• Experience with ServiceNow Change Management and related release management tools.
• Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
• Proficiency in developing executive-ready communications, reporting, and status updates.

This position is intended to be onsite, now or in the near future. Associates will have regular work hours, including full days in the office three or more days a week. The manager will set the work schedule for this position, including in-office expectations. Regions will not provide relocation assistance for this position, and relocation would be at your expense. This position must be within a reasonable driving distance to Charlotte, NC, Birmingham, AL or Atlanta, GA.

Regions will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position at this time. Applicants for this position must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Position Type

Full time

Compensation Details

Pay ranges are job specific and are provided as a point-of-market reference for compensation decisions. Other factors which directly impact pay for individual associates include: experience, skills, knowledge, contribution, job location and, most importantly, performance in the job role. As these factors vary by individuals, pay will also vary among individual associates within the same job.

The target information listed below is based on the Metropolitan Statistical Area Market Range for where the position is located and level of the position.

Job Range Target:

Minimum:

$156,922.92 USD

Median:

$186,228.00 USD

Incentive Pay Plans:

Opportunity to participate in the Long Term Incentive Plan.

Benefits Information

Regions offers a benefits package that is flexible, comprehensive and recognizes that "one size does not fit all" for benefits-eligible associates. Listed below is a synopsis of the benefits offered by Regions for informational purposes, which is not intended to be a complete summary of plan terms and conditions.

• Paid Vacation/Sick Time

• 401K with Company Match

• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits

• Disability Benefits

• Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Account

• Life Insurance

• Parental Leave

• Employee Assistance Program

• Associate Volunteer Program

Please note, benefits and plans may be changed, amended, or terminated with respect to all or any class of associate at any time. To learn more about Regions’ benefits, please click or copy the link below to your browser.

https://www.regions.com/about-regions/welcome-portal/benefits

Location Details

Charlotte Uptown

Location:

Charlotte, North Carolina

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

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