Release Train Engineer – Care Optimization
| Company | Wellmark |
|---|---|
| Location | Des Moines, IA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or direct and applicable work experience.
- Minimum 6 years of experience working as Release Train Engineer or Project/Program Manager working with agile teams, or other applicable change leadership roles.
- SAFe Release Train Engineer, SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification, or other transferable scaled agile experience within an organization.
- Demonstrated agile and/or lean product management competencies of value measurement, optimization and eliminating waste.
- Consulting skills required with excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal competencies.
- Demonstrated facilitation and influencing skills to drive decision-making among stakeholders with diverse perspectives and priorities.
- Strong abilities in negotiation skills and techniques used to drive results and hold others accountable while also having the ability to work well in a team environment and build and maintain relationships with other team members, departments, and customers.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders, verbally and in writing, to achieve shared vision and goals. Ability to contribute to strategic discussions and the definition of business cases.
- Strong problem-solving and analytics skills.
- Ability to identify risks and deploy appropriate mitigation strategies to meet stakeholder/functional requirements.
Responsibilities
- Coaches and supports an agile team of teams known as an agile release train (ART) by steering it to success and navigating the complexity of delivering outcomes in large, distributed environments.
- Aids in supporting teams through designing solutions with adoption and usage in mind.
- Facilitates ART activities and ceremonies, helps identify and resolve impediments and manages risks and dependencies.
- Accountable for the overall coordination, execution, and delivery of value through the program while ensuring alignment with company strategy, commitments, and goals.
Preferred Qualifications
- Health care industry experience
- Tenured experience with SAFe. Prior experience as a Release Train Engineer within a SAFe organization.
- Experience using agile requirements management tools (e.g., Jira or Azure DevOps).
- Other agile certifications (A-CSM, PSM, or PMI-ACP).