Release Train Engineer

Job description

Role Description:

 

As Release Train Engineer (RTE) you will act as a servant leader and Agile Release Train (ART) coach who facilitates ART events and processes and supports teams in delivering value. You will be tasked with communicating with stakeholders, escalating impediments, helping manage risk, and driving relentless improvement.

 

As a senior position in our agile ecosystem the role is expected to support the progression of Scrum Masters within the community as well as be an advocate for the agile way of working within the wider organisation.

 

Salary Information :

 

Location: Guildford 

 

Circa £80,000 

 

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

 

About you: 

 

·  Coordinating multiple delivery teams with the ART ensuring alignment with the SAFe cadence of Program Increments (PIs) and Iterations (Sprints), and PI planning, regular demos, scrum of scrums.
·  Establishing and facilitating key events to ensure teams are prepared for the SAFe cadence, enabling seamless information flow between teams.
·  Ensuring team objectives and outcomes are consolidated and shared whilst ensuring the program vision is clearly understood across all ART teams.
·  Demonstrating effective Transformational Leadership, motivating, embracing and coaching members of the entire release train, building team cohesion and fostering an open and honest culture and driving relentless improvement.
·  Providing mechanisms for teams to identify and share impediments and actively address these blocking issues so the team can focus on achieving Iteration goals.
·  Engaging with other teams for support and managing escalations.
·  Working with other RTEs and Scrum Masters to facilitate the removal of external dependencies in different product areas or release trains.
·  Ensuring effective identification of and management of Risks & Issues from the ART in conjunction with the ePMO and Delivery Managers, in order to ensure value realisation and to support adherence to and improvements in the lean governance.
·  Defining and monitoring the ART performance metrics (velocity, predictability/estimating) and work with Scrum Masters to drive continuous improvement.
·  Communicating and sharing achievements as well as key challenges from the teams across the organisation to ensure continual improvement.
·  Ensuring cohesion and transparency across a group of scrum teams.

 

Essential Skills:

 

·  Exceptionally effective communicator (verbal, written).
·  Knowledge of SAFE (Scaled Agile Framework) and Scrum.
·  Proficient in use of Jira & associated tools.
·  Proficient in financial management including agile/phased budgets.
·  Excellent leadership and people management skills.
·  Ability to collaborate effectively with teams and stakeholders.
·  Experience in change delivery in a data environment.
·  Knowledge and application of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).
·  Intricate understanding and experience of implementing scrum.
·  Change management experience.
·  Experience within Agile product and change delivery on a scaled basis.

 

Desirable  Skills:

 

·  Experience of operating within lean budgets.
·  Experience within various different industries preferably including Financial Services.

 

What We Will Offer You   

 

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including: 

 

·  Flexible buy/sell holiday options 
·  Hybrid working
·  Annual performance related bonus 
·  Contributory pension scheme 
·  Development days 
·  A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet 
·  Retail discounts  
·  Volunteering days

 

Our Ways of Working  

 

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

 

Diversity & Inclusion  

 

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. 

 

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. 

 

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements. 

 

Accessible Application for All  

 

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

 

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

 

Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk

 

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Joel Gardiner

 

We reserve the right to close the ad early if we reach enough applications.

 

Closing date 29/05/25

 

Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.  

 

 

 

 

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