Release Train Engineer, Senior Manager

The Release Train Engineer’s (RTE) primary purpose is to lead and coordinate an Agile Release Train (ART) in adopting Agile and continuous delivery practices in a large, complex environment. This includes facilitating ART ceremonies, coaching the ART on Agile best practices, tracking and mitigating risk, and leading continuous improvement efforts. The Evernorth Accountable Care program is seeking an experienced & influential Release Train Engineer to be part of a highly visible and strategic Solution Train focused on enabling the business by building and supporting new products and services which deliver on affordability and earnings objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

As a RTE Senior Manager your responsibilities are to:

• Coordinate delivery across multiple agile teams aligned to a common delivery cadence.

• Lead and manage scrum masters within the ART to enable career growth.

• Lead the ART to ensure commitments made during planning are delivered.

• Dependencies are actively managed within and across ART’s.

• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the program using various tools and techniques.

• Directly coaches and develops leaders, teams, and ART stakeholders on lean-agile practices and behaviors.

• Utilize ART maturity metrics and assessments to develop and lead an ART maturation plan.

• Participate in PI planning readiness - preparation of vision and backlogs via pre & post plan.

• Ensure PI Planning readiness for the ART.

• Facilitate PI Planning (for their ART) in conjunction with the Solution Train

• Aggregate team PI objectives into Program PI objectives and creates transparency into progress.

• Escalate impediments and risks that may contribute to delays or missed delivery of commitments.

• Report on progress against milestones and supports activities related to Program Portfolio Management and Release Management

• Drive continuous improvement for the ART via coaching and facilitation of Inspect and Adapt ceremonies.

• Partner with and support stakeholders and teams in delivering valuable system and solution demos for stakeholders.

• Create alignment across ART leaders and stakeholders on priorities and direction for the ART.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 4-6 years’ experience managing software delivery strong IT application development & leadership background.  

• Preferred: 3-5 years’ experience as RTE, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Program Manager

• Proven track record of delivering on large scale or multiple initiatives.

• Experience with all aspects of the delivery, including planning, features/user stories, design, and delivery execution.

• Proven ability to coach and develop team members and stakeholders on Agile practices and behaviors.

• Servant leader and strong communicator with strong interpersonal skill

• Experience applying Lean Thinking and Systems Thinking in large organizations.

• Experience with Lean Portfolio Management procedures and ceremonies up to the Portfolio level

• Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software.

• Experience working in an Agile organization using Scrum, XP, Kanban

• Experience with using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in a large solution preferred.

Competencies

• Organizational Agility

• Facilitation and communications

• Influence and Motivation

• Relationship Management

• Coaching and developing others

• Organization

• Systems thinking

• Customer Focus

• Prioritization and decisiveness

• Learning and Applying quickly

• Interpersonal Savvy

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.