Release Train Engineer (Delivery lead)

at  XL Catlin

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We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Expert level experience in planning and executing complex, large scale initiatives or operational area.
• Experience in working in scaled agile initiatives, in scrum mastery, coaching and complex deliveries
• Significant leadership experience in insurance and IT
• Experience working with Salesforce platforms (Financial Service Cloud preferred)
• Knowledge on CRM Implementation is a plus
• Expertise in agile methodology and ways of working
• Significant experience working in a global and matrix environment
• Effective communication among squads to coordinate planning quarterly (real-time)
• Great leader who is eager to develop squads and drive relentless improvement
• Create an environment of mutual influence and support the squad commitments
• Understand the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large development program
• Foster Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices
• Think beyond day-to-day activities; apply systems thinking
• Budget, supply, and resource management for in scope applications and services
• Hold suppliers accountable for performance against Service Levels
• Measurable improvements in service delivery over time
• High customer confidence in delivery capability
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Knowledge Management strategy for process, training and applications
• Proven planning and organization skills, creating own work schedules, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales
• Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc. Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions.

• Facilitate cross-domain ceremonies and synchronisation events across Teams of Teams
• Establish and communicate the Program Increment (PI) cadence/calendar of events and ensure reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) on the delivery/products
• Establish the scope of services, service levels, and key processes required to deliver application services within the application portfolio
• Produce and maintain the roadmap of the products responsible for
• Align team to high-level organization goals and objectives
• Ensure Big Room Planning (BRP) readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process that drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-BRP Planning events
• Manage and report on budget and resource allocation and utilization
• Review and approve contracts for a predetermined level of authority
• Assist procurement to manage vendor relations and maintaining vendor accountability
• Drive improvements of ways of working via periodic synchronization events (e.g. PO Sync and Scrum of Scrums, helps to ensure cross streams alignment, progress / improvement on agile ways of working as a community of practice)
• Coach Leaders, Teams, Scrum Masters in agile practices at scale
• Responsible for overseeing technical lead(s), developer(s), Business analyst(s) and scrum master(s) within the delivery function.
• Support resolution of escalated risks and issues as a part of service Agile delivery
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers
• Produce high-level estimates as needed
• Protect and maintain AXA XL’s Intellectual Property
• Ensure all processes are documented and maintained
• Develop change management strategies and approaches and assist business partners with readiness and change implementation
• Provides audit support for both internal and external assessments; Articulates policies and standards as appropriate and provides all required evidence on a timely basis. Owns the completion of any action plans. .
• In collaboration with Procurement, manages RFI/RFPs, contract negotiations and delivery of contract terms