The Release Manager is a leadership position that manages and 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.
• Coordinating and aligning 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 Masters – 10%

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 the 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.