Director, Release Train Engineer (Delivery Lead)

Description

JOB TITLE: Director, Release Train Engineer (Delivery Lead)

Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring many talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 30,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• #SyneosHealthLife means we’re committed to our Total Self-culture – where everyone can authentically be themselves. Our Total Self-culture is what unites us globally, and we know every person’s unique contributions make a difference.
• We believe our success is a direct result of the people who are driving it – you! We value your dedication to caring for our customers and patients, so we want to focus on taking care of you. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits program encompassing your total health - physical, mental, and financial.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.
  

JOB SUMMARY

The Director, Release Train Engineer (Delivery Lead) facilitates enterprise-wide platform teams to drive continuous development, acts as a chief scrum master, and coaches’ teams to scale lean digital product development and Agile software development. This role will partner with product managers and technical leaders to define the enterprise strategy, related platform roadmap, and lead the teams in platform teams in execution.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the teams in the creation of the overall product platform delivery strategy.
• Clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients and stakeholders.
• Lead team to translate and prioritize business needs into platform requirements.
• Set up tools and processes to facilitate communication and collaboration between team members.
• Mentor and coach junior members across the business.
• Bring global teams together for one goal.
• The Program Increment (PI) is a timeframe during which an Agile release train delivers incremental value in the form of working software and systems that have been properly tested. This is the equivalent of an iteration in Agile software development. RTEs must create and communicate the annual calendars for iterations and PIs; facilitate PI planning and readiness; and summarize the PI objectives and publish them to provide visibility and transparency.
• Act as the Agile RTE/Scrum Master for enterprise-wide platform teams.
• Generate metrics for the scrum teams.
• Support product owners with various requirements gathering and scrum activities.
• Actively participate in guild(s) in SAFe and Agile practices.
• Create an environment that facilitates positive team health as well as provide guidance and management to all workers to ensure goals are met.
• Coach team members and other stakeholders in SAFe and Agile practices.
• Coach enablement team.
• Teach their teams, leaders and scrum masters about the combination of Lean and Agile management practices and ideologies.
• Monitor and report the success of the Agile release train.
• Manage budget for digital platform teams.
• Work with management to ensure smooth rollout of SAFe and Agile to the organization, including providing input and direction to help establish department standards and procedures.
• Help with team adoption of development and departmental best practices and processes related to SAFe.
• Provide release train engineer support services including, but not limited to, coordinating the teams from a product standpoint to help ensure that multiple teams working on the same release product and features plan and execute as a single release train, identifying and managing risks, facilitating release planning meetings, supporting the scrum of scrums, and resolving and escalating impediments.
• Facilitates ART level ceremonies such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Sprint Demos, Inspect and Adapt
• Create retrospective improvement roadmaps by analyzing all activities and actions that have previously been performed and finding ways to improve each process.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS

• Degree (BS/BA) in in Information Systems or Management, Statistics, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or Engineering, or relevant industry experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Understanding of business intelligence strategy and/or data science and engineering workflows.
• Experience with SaFe, modern Agile and digital product development.
• SAFe release train engineer certification.
• Experience in transformation from waterfall to Agile in a healthcare related field.
• Experience with managing enterprise-wide platform technologies.
• Experience leading a high performing team and working across multiple stakeholders to deliver results while educating and growing team members. Global experience is preferred.
• Experience with roadmap, issue and backlog management systems like Azure DevOps or Jira.
• Experience with design tools.
• Understanding of data and analytic model development, as well as an understanding of database concepts and architecture, as well as common analytic coding languages (Python, R, Scala, or Java).
• Clear, precise communication of technical concepts to lay audiences, while also possessing the ability to translate business rules and directives into technical specifications.

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $120,960 to $255,400. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Disclaimer:
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

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