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Independence Pet Group · 3 weeks ago

Senior Release Train Engineer (Senior RTE) – Global Transformation

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Independence Pet Group is a corporate holding company managing a diverse portfolio of modern pet health brands and services. The Senior Release Train Engineer (Senior RTE) will lead Agile Release Trains supporting a global transformation in insurance technology, ensuring program-level flow and delivery across teams and vendors.

Pet

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Mario Guerra

Responsibilities

Serve as the Senior RTE across one or more large-scale ARTs supporting the enterprise transformation

Lead all SAFe ceremonies: PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, ART Sync, System Demo, I&A, and release-readiness reviews

Establish, mature, and continuously improve agile release train practices and delivery discipline

Own end-to-end PI Planning execution — pre-planning, facilitation, alignment, and post-PI tracking

Maintain the program board , ensuring clear visualization of dependencies, risks, objectives, and sequencing

Ensure teams are aligned on PI Objectives, commitments, and delivery impacts

Drive flow across teams and workstreams by identifying and removing blockers, escalating impediments, and accelerating decisions

Coordinate engineering, architecture, QA, data, infrastructure, security, and external vendor teams

Ensure stable delivery across integrations, data pipelines, platform upgrades, and shared services

Partner with multiple global SIs (e.g., Capgemini, Hexaware, Microsoft, Cognizant/TCS if involved)

Ensure vendor teams follow SAFe delivery practices, maintain quality, and honor milestones

Track vendor performance against SOW commitments and provide insights to the Sr. Program Manager

Identify dependencies across applications, integrations, policy admin, billing, claims, data, and security domains

Drive alignment across internal and vendor teams to mitigate delivery risks

Manage cross-ART and cross-team commitments, sequencing, and release alignment

Work with JAB Pet Services teams in the UK and Europe to align PI plans, architectural standards, release patterns, and shared capabilities

Manage time-zone coordination across US, offshore, and European teams

Maintain transparency through real-time dashboards, flow metrics, predictability measures, and risk registers

Contribute to TPMO governance rituals and provide concise, executive-ready delivery updates

Track ART health, team performance, velocity trends, and quality indicators

Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, engineering leads, and vendor teams on SAFe best practices

Facilitate Inspect & Adapt to strengthen problem-solving and quality outcomes

Foster an environment of continuous learning, transparency, and delivery excellence

Qualification

Scaled Agile (SAFe)Insurance delivery experienceProgram Increment (PI) PlanningVendor coordinationAPIsIntegrationsCore insurance platformsCommunication skillsStakeholder managementContinuous improvementFacilitation skillsNegotiation skills

Required

8+ years of technology delivery experience, including 5+ years as an RTE in a Scaled Agile (SAFe) environment

Hands-on experience supporting large, complex transformation programs, ideally within insurance or financial services

Strong understanding of insurance value streams: policy admin, billing, claims, rating, underwriting, servicing, and MGA operations

Proven ability to coordinate multiple system integrators (SIs) and large vendor ecosystems across distributed global teams

Deep expertise facilitating SAFe ceremonies, PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, and dependency mapping

Ability to lead teams in highly matrixed environments and influence without direct authority

Strong understanding of APIs, integrations, data flows, and modern enterprise architecture concepts

Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred

Experience with EIS, Guidewire, Duck Creek, Socotra, Majesco, or similar core insurance platforms

SAFe RTE, SPC, or SASM certification

Experience working in multi-MGA environments

Familiarity with Smartsheet, Jira Align, ADO, or other scaled work-management tools

Experience working with offshore, nearshore, and European teams

Experience supporting a Technology PMO or Transformation Office

Company

Independence Pet Group

Independence Pet Group is an integrated, full-stack pet insurance platform.

Founded in 2021

Chicago, Illinois, USA

501-1000 employees

https://www.independencepetgroup.com

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