SAFe SPC

SAFe SPC

Position Description
Be part of building one of the largest independent technology and business services firms in the world. At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. As digital transformation continues to accelerate in the New England area, CGI-Burlington is at the center of this change supporting our clients' digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities. CGI, founded in 1976 on the concept of creating an organization focused on delivering results and exceeding client expectations.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic SPC plus Release Train Engineer (RTE) to join our growing team. The SPC major responsibilities are to facilitate the Agile Release Train events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value. Help implementing lean agile principles and practices across organizational business units to deliver large scale homogenous solutions created by dedicated groups of teams. Provides guidance and leadership in program design & execution. communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement. We are seeking a candidate who has proven leadership skills, the ability to think critically and problem-solve, and a track-record of ensuring project milestones and deadlines are met. Ideally the candidate will be SAFe certified and engaged in several Agile programs based on SAFe.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Manage and optimize the flow of value by steering the Agile Release Trains (ART) to success and navigating the complexity of delivering software consistently in large environments. The RTE's focus is to deliver value by managing program level processes, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs).
• Facilitate PI Planning readiness.
• Facilitate the PI planning event.
• Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.
• Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities.
• Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings, including the ART sync at the Program Level.
• Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics, where necessary.
• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
• Help manage risks and dependencies.
• Escalate and track impediments.
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
• Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering.
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Work with the Agile Program Management Office (APMO) on program execution and operational excellence (see Lean Portfolio Management).
• Understand and operate within Lean Budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails.
• Facilitate System Demos and Solution Demos
• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Required Qualification:

• SAFe Agile - 8-10 Years
• SAFe 5.0 certified (ideal) but other SAFe certifications is also ok
• Utility - Good to have - 3 years
• Technology - Exposure to SAP, Salesforce, Maximo
• I&O - Network - 3 years (good to have)

Skill Set Years of Experience
SAFe Agile 8 years
Utility / Retail 3 years
Scrum Master 3 years
Release Train Engineer 3 years

Desired Qualification:

• SAFe Certified - SAFe Program Consultant a plus
• Knowledge of Devops, Infrastructure, Network operations.
• Advanced Communication and Leadership Skills
• Experience planning, developing and delivering enterprise-level solutions under challenging conditions
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) leadership experience
• Servant-leadership skills and experience
• Effective decision-making experience under challenging conditions

Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in related field

Build your career with us.

It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change-supporting our clients' digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities.

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create.

Be part of building one of the largest independent technology and business services firms in the world.

Learn more about CGI at www.cgi.com .

No unsolicited agency referrals please.