Senior Staff Release Train Engineer

2 weeks ago

Acton, United States Insulet Corporation Full time

Insulet started in 2000 with an idea and a mission to enable our customers to enjoy simplicity, freedom and healthier lives through the use of our Omnipod product platform. In the last two decades we have improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients by using innovative technology that is wearable, waterproof, and lifestyle accommodating.

We are looking for highly motivated, performance driven individuals to be a part of our expanding team. We do this by hiring amazing people guided by shared values who exceed customer expectations. Our continued success depends on it

Job Title: Sr Staff Release Train Engineer

Department: CTO

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Overview:

When you are part of the team at Insulet, you will do important work making the lives of people with diabetes easier. Your work will have real-world impact and you will be supported in achieving your career goals. It is a close-knit, collaborative, cross-functional setting where we believe none of us is as smart as all of use and we each have something valuable to contribute toward our goal.

The Sr. Staff Release Train Engineer at Insulet is an experienced and skilled RTE who focuses on excellence in Agile software development. This role serves as a Servant leader and Agile/SAFe coach for the 5-10 Agile teams that comprise the Agile Release Train (ART). This individual leads by example, demonstrating the best practices in Agile development and maintaining a high standard of work ethic & integrity in all aspects of their work. This role is also responsible for project management in planning, implementing, testing, and monitoring of computer systems and software. Lead efforts defining and implementing new software systems and enhancements to existing systems.

Responsibilities

  • Coach across ART on Agile and SAFe principles and practices; model and reinforce Agile mindset, values, and principles.
  • Train and coach Scrum Masters to effectively serve their teams and ensure ART has appropriate Scrum Master capacity.
  • Work with cross-functional leaders and Product Managers to facilitate translation of strategic business goals into tactical plans and PI Objectives to meet overall program objectives.
  • Plan and lead quarterly Program Increment (PI) Planning and all ART level ceremonies including Inspect & Adapt & Demos with stakeholders across ART, including leadership, product management, Agile delivery teams, and business partners.
  • Plan and lead meetings to ensure preparation, readiness, and prioritization of PI Objectives & Features for PI Planning.
  • Drive PI execution and effective delivery of PI objectives for their respective ART and drive teams to deliver value.
  • Track, coordinate, and manage PI deliverables, integrations, and dependencies to meet business needs across programs.
  • Lead at least weekly Scrum of Scrums meeting to clarify the team-to-team dependencies and resolve impediments.
  • Lead communication and collaboration with stakeholders to resolve risks and impediments, effectively manage cross team and cross ART dependencies and integrations and drive relentless improvement.
  • Track and report ART progress, generating data-driven insights into ART execution using relevant portfolio, ART, and team-level metrics, including PI Outcomes, Feature Ready, Feature Definition, ART Velocity & Predictability, and Team Health.
  • Manage program burn up chart across all interdependent teams.
  • Manage ART level releases and coordinate solution level dependencies with other ART RTEs.
  • Plan and manage projects, that consist of multiple teams within their ART, including requirements gathering, defining deliverables, design sessions, work breakdown structures, effort estimates, resource allocation and project schedules.
  • Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement including: creating Smartsheet project plan, planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues, driving deliverables.
  • Lead testing efforts or coordinate with test management group.
  • Define deployment and cutover plans.
  • Manage the coordination of project activities with business owners/stakeholders and agile team.
  • Communicate with all project stakeholders effectively as needed.
  • Act as primary liaison with system vendors on projects or resolving technical issues and managing vendor deliverables.
  • Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders.
Key Decision Rights
  • Establishes
    • Plan and drive PI planning (schedule, agenda, attendees) and align with other RTEs throughout PI Planning
  • Owns
    • ART ceremonies and calendar, including mid-PI, pre-PI, and Post PI events.
    • ART performance measurement, metrics, reporting & progress communication.
    • ART tooling (e.g., Jira Align) for PI Planning
  • Influences
    • Solution, ART, and sprint level performance metrics
    • Agile practices and ceremonies at the team and ART level
  • Vetoes
    • Major decisions at the Agile Team level impacting ART delivery
Required Leadership Skills & Behaviors
  • Strong influence management skills-track record of influencing behaviors
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, problem solving, and people skills.
  • Desire to learn and to help teams continuously improve.
  • Courage to challenge & advise various stakeholders, including senior leaders.
Required Skills and Competencies
  • Experience with Agile implementations and transformations - proven ability to adapt Agile to context of organization.
  • Ability to coach teams on agile practices and influence behaviors to optimize teams and ART performance.
  • Ability to identify and effectively resolve cross-Agile team conflicts.
  • Deep experience with product development & key interactions between Agile delivery & product management roles in context of medical device QMS compliance.
  • Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
  • Solid executive level presentation skills
Education and Experience
  • Minimum of 10+ years as RTE and/or Program/Project manager.
  • 5+ years acting as Agile Coach
  • Broad application of Scrum/ Agile/ Kanban principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline. Use of basic SAFe principles, theories, and concepts.
  • Experience in a GMP/FDA regulated environment (preferred) or other regulated industry.
Additional Information
  • The position can be remote, hybrid or in-person at our Acton, MA headquarters.
  • Travel is estimated at

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