Job Description

What you\'ll do

In this key role, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be developing and maintaining the release train. This will include the preparation and review of the release and environment strategy, involving plans and estimation, and management of interdependencies. With your vital leadership, you\xe2\x80\x99ll provide cross-team synchronisation, making sure everyone has a clear understanding of how their work helps our customers.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll drive continuous improvement across delivery via various channels, including improving or removing manual steps, and we\xe2\x80\x99ll look to you to demonstrably improve release train agility and value to end state customers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Enhancing deployment and management phases of the development lifecycle, including through Agile coaching and active contribution to release and environment best practice
• Facilitating and fostering the preparation of release and sprint vision, goals and work pipelines and facilitating pre and post planning meetings
• Building and communicating release calendars and iterative planning cycles and synchronising with other release train managers across domains
• Aggregating the programme release objectives into value streams release objectives where they exist and publishing them for visibility and transparency
• Assisting with the economic decision-making by facilitating estimation by teams and the roll up to programme and portfolio levels
• Driving the people agenda for the platform

The skills you\'ll need

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for someone with an expert understanding of running complex projects spanning multiple scrum and non-scrum teams. Along with at least 17 years of hands on leadership and programme management experience within programme or release train management across the banking domain, you\'ll have expertise in scaled Agile and P3M tools and methodologies spanning value stream, portfolio, programme, and team levels. You\'ll have managed a team of at least 50 people, and you\'ll have strong global stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence both business and technical partners.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll also need:

• In-depth knowledge of technical service management frameworks and best practices
• Understanding of relevant industry standard toolsets and processes
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good collaboration and stakeholder management skills

Hours 45

Job Posting Closing Date: 04/09/2023

NatWest Group