Release Train Manager Edinburgh

NatWest Group

Release Train Manager Edinburgh

Key Responsibilities

  • Developing and maintaining the release train, including release and environment strategy preparation and review, planning, estimation, and interdependency management.
  • Providing cross-team synchronization, ensuring a clear understanding of how individual work contributes to customer value.
  • Leading continuous improvement across delivery, improving or removing manual steps to enhance release train agility and value for end customers.
  • Enhancing deployment and management phases of the development lifecycle, including Agile coaching and best practice contribution.
  • Facilitating release and sprint vision, goals, and work pipelines, and pre/post-planning meetings.
  • Building and communicating release calendars and iterative planning cycles, synchronizing with other release train managers.
  • Aggregating programme release objectives into value stream release objectives for visibility and transparency.
  • Assisting with economic decision-making by facilitating team estimation and roll-up to programme and portfolio levels.

Skills and Expertise

  • Expert understanding of running complex projects spanning multiple Scrum and non-Scrum teams.
  • Expert knowledge and proficiency with scaled Agile and Idea to Value frameworks and methodologies (value stream, portfolio, programme, team levels).
  • Prioritization and sequencing of tasks for feature teams.
  • Strong servant leadership capabilities, creating and sharing a vision aligned with the banks.
  • Strong stakeholder skills, influencing both business and technical partners.
  • Experience running multiple matrix-managed teams.

To apply for this job please visit jobs.natwestgroup.com.

Posting date:
08 January 2025
Hours:
Full time
Closing date:
07 February 2025
Location:
Edinburgh, EH12 1HQ
Company:
NatWest Group
Job type:
Permanent
Job reference:
R-00247803