Release Train Engineer (RTE)
About The Position
The Life/Health Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as a servant leader and coach responsible for the successful execution of an Agile Release Train (ART) within COUNTRY Financial’s SAFe‑based Value Delivery Framework. This role facilitates and coordinates key ART events, including PI Planning, ART Syncs, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt, ensuring alignment to enterprise cadence, governance, and strategic objectives. The RTE partners closely with Product Management, Architecture, Business Owners, vendors, and technology leadership to proactively manage dependencies, risks, and impediments across multiple agile teams. By promoting Lean‑Agile principles, transparency, and continuous improvement, the RTE enables predictable, high‑quality delivery while helping shape the future of agile delivery at COUNTRY Financial. Joining a highly collaborative and experienced solution delivery team, this RTE has the opportunity to make a visible, meaningful impact by turning strategy into measurable outcomes, empowering teams, and shaping how value is delivered across the enterprise in a complex, regulated environment.
Requirements
- Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.
- Experience leading technology projects or programs, including developing and executing project/program plans (scope, estimates, timelines, and deliverables).
- Proven ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with business partners, ITS teams, vendors, and contractors.
- Demonstrated skill in managing risks, issues and dependencies to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Experience performing financial modeling for cost/benefit analysis.
- Strong capability in providing clear and timely status reports, presentations, and stakeholder updates.
Nice To Haves
- Background in technology operations, service delivery, or support environments is preferred.
- Experience with Life Insurance products and administrative processes preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Creates, manages and executes project/program plans, including project requirements, estimates, scope, timeline, milestones and deliverables.
- Builds strong working relationships with stakeholders, including team members, vendors/contractors, business and ITS partners to aide in effective execution.
- Ensures the establishment of scope and priorities and identifies and manages risks, issues and dependencies to achieve project objectives.
- Manages and tracks budget and budget variance as well as project progress against project milestones and budget.
- Monitors project progress and milestones and provides regular updates to stakeholders, including status reports and presentations.
- May primarily manage projects using Agile/Scrum framework.
Benefits
- Insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life)
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off, parental leave, paid company holidays and paid time off to volunteer in your community
- Tuition assistance and industry education certificates and designations
- Employee resource groups to connect with your peers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
