Vice President, Release Train Engineer II

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) or product. The RTEs major responsibilities are to facilitate the development events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value. RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement. The Sr. Specialist RTE facilitates process and execution. They escalate impediments, manage risk, help ensure value delivery, and help drive a culture of continuous improvement. They may also coach leadership, and other teams in agile mindsets and new processes. Coach leaders, teams and Scrum Masters in Safe. Manage and optimize the flow through the program and facilitate PI Planning and readiness. Aggregate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives. Escalate and track impediments. Ensure strategy and execution alignment. Help manage risks and dependencies and report status. Drive continuous improvement and continuous integration. Agile Program Management, Agile Tools and Methodologies, Change Management, Coaching, DevOps Practices, Facilitation, Lean Methodology, Lean User Experience, Mentoring, Risk Management, Teaching, Value Realization, Adaptability, Collaboration, Decision Making, Extended Network Thinking, Feedback Avocation, Intellectual Curiosity, Optimism Resilience, Servant Leadership, Social Intelligence, Strategic Communication, Systemic Thinking, Team Orientation. No direct reports. Relevant Competencies: Agile Leadership-Intermediate / Agile Methodologies-Advanced / Business Process Improvement-Intermediate / Cross Functional Team Leadership-Intermediate / Facilitation-Intermediate / Kanban-Advanced / Lean-Advanced /Project Management-Intermediate / Project Planning-Intermediate / Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)-Advanced / Scrum-Advanced / Servant Leadership-Advanced / Written and Oral Comms-Advanced. Modified based upon local regulations/requirements. Bachelors degree in business or technical-related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.8-10 years of experience in providing consulting advice to senior IT and business management required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus. Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, practices, frameworks, and methods Understands company organizational model, company structure, and Agile journey history Effective facilitation and teaching methods Coaching and mentoring approaches, including the distinction between the two. Ability to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across multiple parties. Strong problem-solving skills. Experience successfully running agile projects of varying size and complexity. BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team-one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve-and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.