Release Train Engineer Loyalty Products

Job Number

24096911
Job Category

Information Technology
Location

Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States VIEW ON MAP
Schedule

Full-Time
Located Remotely?

N
Relocation?

N
Position Type

Management
JOB SUMMARY

Be part of building the World's leading Travel Innovation Platform! The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) who possesses a strong understanding of Agile and can execute and manage Agile processes. Organizes and facilitates ART events and assist the teams in delivering value. Communicates with stakeholders, escalate impediments, helps manage risks, and drive relentless improvement.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Required:
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certifications
8+ years progressive work related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines / technologies / processes
5+ years overseeing release cadences and aligning solutions, changes, and features to a release calendar
5+ years aligning with Product Managers and Enterprise Architects to provide an aligned delivery framework and promote a cohesive and scalable strategy
5+ years facilitating interaction and appropriate communication between scrum teams, architecture, and UX
3+ years managing teams and / or significant complex initiative as Release Train Engineer
3+ years working with DevOps teams and IT to develop a strategy with continuous integration and automation based on industry best practices
Experience with technical projects around API platforms, back-end services, database, security and networking components of full-stack infrastructure.
Has Technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality technology solutions.
In addition , the ideal candidate will posses at least 3+ years demonstrated technical experience in some or all of the following areas:
Managing/ facilitating the execution of ART processes
Facilitating PI planning and delivery
Using an SAFe Agile delivery model in order to streamline and improve CI/CD processes and delivery
Providing oversight and guidance to Agile teams in terms of release planning, cross-team coordination, and dependencies management
Supporting organizations using a defined DevOps execution model
Defining controls and release phase gates for production and non-production environments
Optimizing the flow of current application delivery through ART by applying Kanban principles and using other program management tools
Supporting robust reporting and tracking mechanism tools, i.e. Jira
Preferred:
Graduate Degree in a technical discipline
SAFe Release Train Engineer or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification
Experience in developing and implementing strategic IT technologies and related processes, procedures, and decision support.
Experience in developing technology roadmaps and strategies
Experience with Hospitality or adjacent industries with emphasis on operations/service delivery
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanbans, etc
Mastery of complex facilitation and dependency management technique to steer contributors through all the necessary ART ceremonies including program increment planning, demos, reviews.
Drives ART delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing ART retrospective, assessment and metrics to identify areas of opportunity
Creates a compelling vision, clear direction and strategy for the team
Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning events
Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
Identifies resource gaps across the teams and ART and makes recommendations to portfolio leaders
Escalate and track impediments and work to resolve escalated issues
Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering Work with Product Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
Maintains agile tools and dashboards to track progress towards PI objectives and flow of value
Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Support the development of behavioral change management, communications and training as needed to drive process and tool adoption, implementation and compliance.
Collaborate with key stakeholder groups to validate the effectiveness of standard processes and continuously improves process quality.
Work with Marriott teams to ensure that process-related activities address company needs.
Generates enthusiasm and understanding of the department's vision and how each role contributes to the achievement of that vision
Ensure capabilities are developed and resources are aligned to support the strategy
Creates and sustains a work environment that drives associate engagement and enables business success
Ensures appropriate processes are in place and executed to drive collaboration and alignment within the team and with the broader IT organization
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Servant leader with strong coaching and mentoring skills
Hands on and comfortable with rolling up the sleeves to get the work done; at the same time well versed in building consensus and getting work done through others
Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with peers and team members
Excellent personal organizational skills and prior experience using Agile management tools such as Jira/Confluence
Knowledge of Application Development and Infrastructure technology best practices such as automation, CI/CD pipelines, etc.
Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality technology solutions
Must have a solid grasp of how to scale Lean and Agile practices, and understand the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large technology program.
Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer.We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture.We are committed to non-discrimination onanyprotectedbasis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

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