The Information Technology team enables technology solutions for our business partners' goals to improve member & provider experience. The Release Train Engineer (RTE), reporting to the IT Applications and Shared Services organization, will be a servant leader, facilitator, and coach for an Agile Release Train (ART). The RTE's primary responsibilities are to expedite business value delivery via the ART by facilitating key events, processes, and ceremonies; orchestrating across teams for integrating the work; as well as communicating with stakeholders, escalating, and resolving impediments, helping manage risk, and driving continuous improvement.
Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building, and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- lead successful delivery of complex initiatives, programs and value streams across multiple teams' business units and functions by coaching the Agile Release Train (ART)
- Plan and orchestrate Program Increment (PI) planning events to establish PI objectives, key results, & dependencies; and to set/refine the ART's backlog.
- Facilitate periodic synchronization ceremonies/events (e.g., ART Sync) and demos to integrate inter-dependent work design, development, testing, and release.
- Orchestrate across Teams, Architecture and Technology Enablers, and Business stakeholders to ensure strategy and execution alignment.
- Identify and manage/mitigate risks and bottlenecks/impediments to the ART's objectives and execution, including escalation where appropriate.
- Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Agile practices and BSC-Agile established processes and procedures.
- Track business value delivered via business capabilities and features executed by the ART, as well as quality, predictability, and velocity.
- Continuously improve the flow of value by assessing and improving the practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
- Operate within funding and resource budgets and guardrails.
- Establish, document, and continuously improve the ART's processes and practices, adapting set standards to maximize business value delivery.
- Be an Agile Evangelist by supporting Blue Shield of California's Agile Transformation, Scaled Agile implementation, and Agile ways of working
Your Knowledge and Experience
- A solid grasp of Lean and Scaled Agile (SAFe) processes. Requires Scaled Agile (SAFe) Framework certification(s): SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Scrum Master (SM) certification.
- Proven success facilitating and orchestrating work for large software development or engineering program and in a Scrum Master role for three or more years.
- Proven ability to coach, influence, and mentor people and processes; and experience in managing budgets, task delegation, and performance measurement
- Servant leadership, including creating an environment for collaboration, mutual learning, empathy, and inclusion.
- A Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field or equivalent experience and 10 years of relevant experience.
- Requires a minimum of 7 years of experience in IT and 3+ years of experience as an RTE, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Project/Program Manager in demonstrating and orchestrating work for complex initiatives and programs.
Pay Range:
The pay range for this role is: $ 145970.00 to $ 218900.00 for California.
Note:
Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
