AVP Release Train Engineer / Senior Program Manager

LPL Financial•Fort Mill, SC

9d•$113,918 - $189,829

About The Position

The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Release Train Engineer (RTE) & Program Manager, will serve as a strategic leader within the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) organization. This role combines Agile leadership with Technical Program Management expertise to drive enterprise-scale delivery of technology initiatives. The AVP will partner closely with Senior Vice Presidents and cross-functional stakeholders to align roadmaps with business priorities, provide transparent executive-level status reporting, and coach delivery teams to achieve operational excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
8+ years of experience in Agile delivery leadership as Release Train Engineer and Program Management within a large enterprise, preferably financial services.
8+ years experience facilitating Agile Release Trains (SAFe RTE certification strongly preferred).
5+ years experience with executive presence, demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and provide insight to SVPs and C-level leaders.
5+ years experience and deep understanding of technology, operations, and large-scale enterprise transformation programs.
Strategic thinking with ability to balance tactical execution.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Relationship builder with ability to navigate complex organizational structures and challenging situations.
Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on delivering business value.
Leadership presence and credibility in front of senior executives.
Strong working knowledge of JIRA, JQL, Confluence or similar tools and has advanced Excel skills and Powerpoint skills
Experience using AI Tools like Cursor AI to incorporate efficiencies in project management.

Nice To Haves

MBA or Master's degree
PMP, PgMP, SAFe certifications
Knowledge of financial services regulatory and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events (e.g., PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, etc..), ensuring alignment to organizational goals.
Unite Scrum Masters from all teams on the train to identify dependencies, mitigate risks, and resolve blockages occurring across team borders.
Bring together Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Technology Leads to drive backlog grooming and sprint planning, evaluate train-level health, review velocity trends, and adjust sprint goals.
Manage Releases ensuring on-time completion of SDLC and Release milestones
Collaborate with RTEs/Portfolio Leads of external teams to co-ordinate system dependencies and run RTE syncs with impacted teams.
Drive continuous improvement across delivery teams, embedding Agile best practices in Technology Infrastructure & Operations.
Remove delivery impediments by coordinating across teams, leaders, and external stakeholders.
Serve as a servant leader and coach for ART members, leaders, and stakeholders.
Manage large-scale programs and portfolio deliverables, ensuring scope, timeline, budget, and risk are effectively governed.
Deliver clear and concise executive-level updates, dashboards, and status reporting for technology and business leadership.
Coordinate across multiple initiatives to ensure dependencies are understood, managed, and communicated effectively.
Be proactive and exercise initiative in identifying, tracking, and removing impediments to program success.
Understand how individual projects affect the program & portfolio and exercise judgement in raising issues and risks to the program/portfolio level
Monitor team velocity and burn rates, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
Adherence to System Development Lifecycle and SDLC artifact compliance.
Coordinate with Quality Assurance teams to ensure successful testing and deployment of new features
Provide status updates to stakeholders throughout the software delivery lifecycle