IT PM - Release train

Senior IT PM - Release train The Sr. IT PM Relase Train Release Train has primary responsibility of facilitating the learning and growth of two or more Agile teams in developing a lean-Agile mindset, improving practices and guiding them to more predictable delivery. The RTE plays a role in facilitating Agile ceremonies and planning of releases, removing impediments, providing guidance, and supporting Agile teams. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: ? Plan and execute all activities related to program increment planning. ? Work with Service Delivery Managers and Product Managers to ensure strategy and ? execution alignment. ? Assist Service Director with managing risks, escalating, and tracking impediments. ? Work with Scrum Masters to define and drive consistent practices across the Site ? Reliability Engineering teams. ? Define the program dashboards to manage and report the status on project ? implementations. ? Assist Service Delivery Managers with tracking the execution of features and ? capabilities. ? Coaches, reviews, and delegates work to lower-level professionals. ? Facilitate scrum activities and meetings (daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives) between the Scrum Team and Product Owner(s). ? Lead one or more agile development efforts within the organization. ? Document areas of improvement and action items coming out of the sprint retrospectives. ? Work with Product Owner(s) to keep the backlog(s) groomed. ? Maintain and report on relevant sprint metrics. ? Administer and maintain the accuracy of the scrum board. ? Ensure quality standards for all deliverables and promote continuous process improvement. ? Act as a liaison between Development Teams and Product Management, ensuring that appropriate project process is made. ? Identify and resolve obstacles that may hinder the team from meeting project milestones/deadlines. ? May provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area. ? Prepares for and facilitates release planning with teams ? Assists in dependency management and cross team coordination Agile Ceremony Facilitation ? Facilitates continuous improvement and the development of a learning culture on teams ? Facilitates ceremonies, collaboration, communication, and conflict management ? Teaches new team members Agile mindset and frameworks, practices, and process ? Influences the organization in the removal of organizational impediments and development of healthy Agile practices ? Mentors Product Owners and team members in agile practices and continuous improvement Delivery Team Support ? Removes impediments to the team?s ability to perform ? Acts as a buffer between external distractions to minimize disruptions ? Assists in the coordination of operational issue resolution ? Facilitates team development, mediates conflicts protecting the team and encourages healthy team dynamics. ? Fosters team responsibility, self-accountability, transparency and self-organization ? Leverages coaching skills to help the team learn to solve its own problems Advice and Guidance ? Introduces and encourages team to explore healthy Agile development practices, focus on quality and technical excellence, predictable delivery, automation, and continuous delivery ? Teaches and encourages a balanced backlog that delivers valuable features for customers, reduces technical debt, provides business value, and enables product sustainability ? Helps the team to develop, capture, and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements ? Promotes transparency through healthy communications and data integrity

? Bachelor?s degree or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education ? Working experience related industry ? 7+ years of working experience as a dedicated Scrum Master, RTE, or PM ? Scrum Master certification or equivalent certified professional ? Working experience in one or more of the following Agile methods or frameworks: Scrum or Kanban ? Working experience with Agile scaling frameworks, preferably SAFe

York Solutions Offers a generous benefits package for eligible full-time employees:

• BCBS Medical with 3 Plans to choose from (PPO and High deductible PPO plans with Health Savings Program)
• Delta Dental plan with 2 free cleanings and insurance discounts
• Eye Med Vision with annual check-ups and discounts on lens
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance paid by company
• John Hancock 401(k) Retirement Plan with discretionary company match
• Voluntary Insurance programs such as: Hospital Indemnity, Identity Protection, Legal Insurance, Long Term Care, and Pet Insurance.
• Flexible work environment with some remote working opportunities
• Strong fun and teamwork environment
• Learning, development, and career growth