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Cox Enterprises · 1 month ago

Sr Lead Release Train Engineer

Atlanta GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $199K/yr

8+ years exp

Cox Automotive is a leading company in the automotive industry, and they are seeking a Senior Lead Release Train Engineer to oversee the delivery and optimization for a director-level product and engineering team. This role involves leading agile practices, capacity planning, and ensuring strategic alignment across teams to drive business outcomes.

AdvertisingBroadcastingDigital MediaTelecommunications

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Directly lead practices that enable a high performing release train leadership team of directors who own the management of 7-11 teams with a typical make up of 5-9 engineers:

Apply Agile/Lean Principles at Scale - Ensure agile and lean project management practices are applied to all work delivered by the release train

Orchestrate Enterprise-Scale Capacity Planning - Lead capacity planning initiatives across all technology teams on the release train to ensure optimal resource allocation and utilization

Optimize Release Train Flow - Manage flow metrics and value stream optimization specifically for the release train leadership team identifying and removing impediments to maximize delivery throughput

Lead Continuous Planning Cycles - Execute continuous planning processes for the release train leadership team, maintaining strategic alignment between business objectives and technical execution

Facilitate Leadership-Level Inspect & Adapt - Conduct inspect and adapt ceremonies for the release train leadership team, driving systemic improvements and strategic problem-solving at the program level

Drive Cross-Team Change Management - Champion and implement change management strategies across all technology teams on the release train, ensuring cohesive adoption of new processes and organizational transformations

Guide Leadership Team Formation – When changes to the team structure occur, facilitate team structure and reformation decisions for the release train leadership team, ensuring optimal organizational design and behavioral norms for scaled delivery

Provide Leadership & Supervision to Scrum Masters through direct supervision and mentorship of 1-3 Scrum Masters who report to the release train engineer, ensuring consistent execution of agile practices at the team level, including team capacity planning, team flow management, team reformation, team inspect & adapt ceremonies, and team backlog management

Partner with the principal SME and thought leader for solution delivery practices and act as a go-to expert for how teams deliver solutions across the release train; build deep expertise of the skills, knowledge and strengths needed for a high performing delivery organization; stay current on new tools, methods, and industry trends to guide the organization forward; create clear standards and best practices that help teams work better; hire top talent who can strengthen delivery capabilities; coach and mentor team members to build their skills and grow the next generation of delivery leaders

Ensure all teams follow organizational AI policies and standards. Monitor AI tool reliability across teams. Create backup plans for system failures. Maintain project delivery capabilities without AI while preserving human skills and judgment

Lead AI adoption leveraging clear messaging, benefiting the teams and connecting human / AI value

Leverage AI as a co-author to deliver complex messaging that drives decisions

Use AI insights to analyze program performance and predict capacity needs. Make evidence-based improvements that increase delivery predictability, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction

Qualification

Agile framework masteryChange management processEnterprise capacity planningRelease train optimizationAgile Lifecycle Management ToolsData interpretation skillsLeadership skillsConflict resolutionTeam managementMentorship

Required

Bachelors Degree + 8 years relevant experience or Masters Degree + 6 years relevant experience or 12+ years experience

Must live within a commutable distance to Atlanta or be willing to relocate

8+ years of relevant experience, 3+ years managing and leading employees and complex team efforts

3+ years of experience leading product delivery teams, or equivalent program and program management experience on large complex technical programs/programs

3+ years of experience operating at multiple leadership levels, including directors up to VP

3+ years of direct experience successfully driving adoption of enterprise wide and local continuous improvement changes with cross functional leadership teams and software development teams using Scrum or Kanban

Mastery of the full delivery lifecycle across diverse work types - from software development teams to infrastructure automation, cybersecurity, and platform implementation & operations. Must have direct experience adapting scaled agile practices to contexts where 'working software' isn't always the deliverable

Mastery of the Agile framework, demonstrated by expertise on how to achieve the positive outcomes associated with Agile, especially the outcomes associated with a true state of agility that enables quick response to the market and other external factors

Mastery of a structured change management process for leading the people side of change (e.g., ADKAR, Kotter, 7-S)

Demonstrated success resolving inter-team / intra-team conflict and building relationships in a complex team environment

Mastery of industry standard Agile Lifecycle Management Tools (e.g. Rally, VersionOne, JIRA, TFS)

Advanced skills writing queries and ability to interpret data (strong Excel or Power BI skills are a plus)

Comfortable with up to 25% travel

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future