Worldpay

Release Train Engineer, Agile Coach

Worldpay

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $146,600 - $221,375 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Builds and provides direction and day-to-day operations of one or more Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
  • Scope may include technical and/or non-technical programs for a Worldpay segment or division.
  • Provides transformational coaching in support of teams and leaders that allows for greater alignment with the organizational Agile Operating Model, in a way that respects and preserves team culture and best practices already being leveraged.
  • Oversees and provides guidance to the personnel responsible for the organization’s portfolio of deliverables.
  • Develops and supports Agile delivery best practices, processes and policies to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and goals.
  • Partners with multi-departmental leadership and other stakeholders to locate opportunities and develop and prioritize deliverables according to relevant measurement criteria.
  • Maintains the effectiveness of the Agile delivery lifecycle, including such as scaled planning, risk assessment, dependency management, system thinking and continuous improvement stewardship.
  • Provides executive management with forecasts of work, delivery status, system impacts and measurable improvements to delivery flow.
  • Ensure that ART(s) and teams are leveraging the best application of the SAFe framework and Agile and Product mindsets and practices.
  • Promotes continual growth of those in the role through direct mentorship and feedback on development and opportunities.
  • Other related duties assigned as needed.

Requirements

  • Extensive knowledge of Agile ways of working including SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP, DevOps, etc.
  • Knowledge of various types of IT project methodologies and life cycles, e.g., conversions, incremental, rapid delivery, classic or traditional waterfall phases of analysis, design, development, testing, implementation.
  • Knowledge of standards relevant to the software industry, e.g., ISO, CMM, Lean Six Sigma.
  • Knowledge of financial services industry.
  • Knowledge of Worldpay products and services.
  • Evidence of transformational coaching leveraging many different types of strategies with measurable successes.
  • Evidence of critical thinking and creative problem-solving using root cause analysis tool and Lean thinking.
  • Advanced skill in use of Agile Delivery software to manage work, e.g., Jira and Jira Align as well as supporting tools such as Confluence, SharePoint, etc.
  • Demonstrated skill in managing value drops, expectations management and timelines.
  • Skill in use of negotiation techniques to reach agreement when viewpoints vary.
  • Excellent analysis, problem-solving, team, conflict management and time management skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to interact effectively with executives at both Worldpay and clients.
  • Ability to set clear expectations, manage team performance and build high morale among team members.
Benefits
  • This position is eligible for bonus.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
AgileSAFeScrumKanbanXPDevOpsroot cause analysisLean thinkingAgile Delivery softwareproject methodologies
Soft skills
transformational coachingcritical thinkingcreative problem-solvingnegotiation techniquesanalysisconflict managementtime managementverbal communicationwritten communicationteam performance management