Careers at Met Life – Senior IT Project Manager

Job Description:

We are seeking a Release Train Engineer (RTE) that employs servant leadership to focus on agile implementation, facilitation, and program health for a medium to large sized value stream or release train. Guides, coaches, and mentors leaders and teams for Agile Release Train (ART), towards high performance. In-direct management and development of people and practices, enabling self-directed teams in support of vision. Will guide and manage the ART and teams through the delivery of software and services, embracing and promoting the agile mindset.

Job Responsibilities:

• Foster a team collaborative environment breaking down silos between groups and contributes to the Agile community
• Summarize team Program increments (PIs) Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.
• Facilitate escalation for impediment removal for the Scrum Master and Scrum teams by fostering collaboration throughout the ART.
• Coach teams through the exploration and adoption of agile engineering practice (e.g., test automation, CI/CD, BDD, Agile Architecture)
• Collaborate with the communities of practice, develop, and conduct Agile-oriented training, and identify and deploy key metrics to enable continuous improvement across the collaborating teams
• Track and produce key metrics (e.g., burn-down charts, cumulative flow diagrams, program velocity)
• Identify and direct the implementation of process improvements that significantly improve quality of the product
• Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a continuous exploration process which drives the vision, roadmap, and backlogs through Pre- and Post-PI planning meetings.
• Establish cadence, facilitate, and drive the agile ceremonies such as PI Planning, Product Owner Sync, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect and Adapt Workshop, Innovation and Sprint Planning events.
• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Safe-Agile practices and mindsets
• Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)

Job Requirements:

• PMP Certification and SAFe RTE Certification
• Waterfall Experience; proficient in SDLC and Agile methodologies
• Bachelor’s degree in technical field e.g. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems etc
• Strong ability to present data in an impactful way to drive decisions with stakeholders and executives
• 8+ years IT relevant experience with software development projects/programs
• 1-2+ years as Release Tran Engineer (RTE) in scaled Agile environment (SAFe)
• Experience using MS Office tools , JIRA
• Identify roadblocks, evaluate needs, and drive solutions proactively and effectively

Job Details:

Company: MetLife

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Cary, NC, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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