Senior Lead Release Train Engineer

Lumen
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 132,232 - 193,940 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Coaching","Cross-functional collaboration","Risk management","Improvement mindset","Stakeholder management"]

Lead and mature one or more Agile Release Trains (ARTs) across Lumen’s SDLC by driving PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt. Align cross-team stakeholders on scope, capacity, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs, and coach Product, Scrum Masters, TPMs, architects, and leaders on Lean-Agile practices. Define ART-level metrics and operating standards to improve transparency and predictability.

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Senior Lead Release Train Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead and mature one or more Agile Release Trains (ARTs) across Lumen’s SDLC by driving PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt. Align cross-team stakeholders on scope, capacity, dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs, and coach Product, Scrum Masters, TPMs, architects, and leaders on Lean-Agile practices. Define ART-level metrics and operating standards to improve transparency and predictability.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

  • •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 aligned ARTs.
  • •Drive planning and alignment across complex teams and related ARTs, ensuring scope, capacity, dependencies, and tradeoffs are visible before commitments.
  • •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.
  • •Identify, track, manage, and escalate systemic risks, cross-ART dependencies, capacity constraints, organizational impediments, and execution-pattern issues.
  • •Define, improve, and govern ART-level metrics, dashboards, flow insights, maturity assessments, reusable playbooks, and operating standards to increase delivery transparency and predictability.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 132,232 - 193,940 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kGym MembershipLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years in technical program management, Agile delivery leadership, SDLC operations, product delivery, or related technology execution roles.
  • •4+ years hands-on facilitating or leading Agile Release Train execution, including PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and ART-level delivery governance.
  • •Proven 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.
  • •Experience with Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, agile dashboards, flow metrics, dependency tracking, and executive-ready delivery reporting; SAFe RTE strongly preferred.
Experience:8+ years
Skills:CoachingCross-functional collaborationRisk managementImprovement mindsetStakeholder management
Certifications:SAFe RTESPCSAFe AgilistSAFe Scrum MasterCSMCSPO
Tech Stack:AgileSAFeJiraJira AlignConfluence

Company Brief

Lumen
Provides integrated communications, network, edge cloud, and security services to enterprise, government, and carrier customers, operating a global fiber network and delivering connectivity and managed IT solutions.
Industry: Telecommunications
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Monroe, United States
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