Lead and facilitate the Agile Release Trains for the portfolio and ensure Delivery is planned with clear communication, efficient collaboration, and the timely resolution of impediments
Good understanding of the software development lifecycle with hands on experience leading technical implementations to include COTS products
Continuously work with teams and deliver PI Objectives, Epics, Features, and PBIs
create release plans and roadmaps for the portfolio
Ensures alignment of team objectives with overall business goals and enables teams to remove impediments.
Own escalated impediments and raises issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner
Own the Risk, Issues, Action and Decision Register for a specific train
Manage dependencies between Agile Teams within and across Agile Release Trains
Partner with stakeholders to identify and address staffing and tool needs
Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning
Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities
Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burn down data, KPIs, etc.) and use data to make informed decisions and recommendations for improvement
Update and communicate Release Plans
Collaborate with Product Management, Architects, engineering, and support teams as needed
Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders
Hands on Experience with Azure Devops boards
Experience with status reporting, metrics and dashboards
Understanding of Cloud offerings, distributed systems, mainframe, APIs, and system integration.