RELEASE MANAGER / RTE

Job Title: RELEASE MANAGER / RTE
Location: Remote with minimal travel to Springfield, VA
Wage Range: $55-60/hr
Job Number: 24-01782

Job Description: Our client, a government contractor, has an immediate opening for a RELEASE MANAGER / RTE to work remote from home with very little travel to their HQ in Springfield, VA. The Release Manager is a leadership position that manages coordinates releases across multiple projects, plays the role of a Release Train Engineer (RTE) that aligns multiple Agile Release Trains (ART), and oversees a team of scrum-masters.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Overseeing production releases for O&M and enhancement projects, including management of customer communications and delivery of release documentation
• Facilitating ART events and processes, supporting teams in delivering value, and ensuring the success of the ART
• Coordinate and align ART activities with the program roadmap
• Serving as a liaison between management, technical, and operations teams to ensure smooth collaboration.
• Implementing PI planning events
• Supervising a team of scrum-masters

Primary Job Duties:

• Coordinating PI Planning - 40%
• Managing ART events - 25%
• Managing Release - 25%
• Supervision of Scrum Master - 10%

Qualifications: Due to the nature of this work U.S. Citizenship is required.

Clearance : TSA clearance is preferred at time of hire

Required skills/Level of Experience:
Career level with a complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts. Working under only general direction, provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Minimum 5 years' experience + bachelor's degree or equivalent (Associate degree +2 years' experience; 6 years' experience; or relevant professional certification); Successful completion of higher education which has not resulted in a degree may be counted as one year of experience.

• Experience supporting large Federal government IT programs in an Agile environment, preferably in the Human Capital space (5+ years).
• Experience as an RTE leading Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and facilitating Planning Interval (PI) events (2+ years)
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and servant leadership skills, with ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to engage and align diverse groups.
• Understanding of Agile principles, including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban.

Preferred skills:

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certified
• Experience with human capital systems, especially in support of Federal customers

OTHER SKILL/REQUIREMENT
Required skills:
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.

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