Senior IT Project Manager- Release Train Engineer (Hybrid Schedule)

Eversource Energy•Westwood, MA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

IT Agile PM/Release Train Engineers are responsible for the oversight and success of Information Technology and related Business projects. IT Agile PM/Release Train Engineers manage the budgetary, scheduling and delivery of assigned initiatives in compliance with the standards and procedures of the PMO/Next Generation Delivery Organization. The PM/Release Train Engineers primary focus is leading program and train-level execution, forming and building a team of teams, removing impediments, and driving continuous improvement. They are responsible for managing all aspects of team delivery including schedule, scope, costs, risks, dependencies, and issues. The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a leader and coach on the Agile Release Train (ART), a team of teams that plan, commit, develop, and deploy software together to deliver significant value to Eversource’s end customers. This leader/ coach possesses a strong understanding of Agile and can execute and manage Agile processes. The RTE will lead and guide one or more ARTs (depending on the size and complexity of the ART) in accordance with SAFe principles, ensuring alignment across teams and optimizing the flow of value. S/he will operate as a servant leader and coach, fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and continuous improvement across the ART.

Requirements

Technical Knowledge/Skill: Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity and/or resourcefulness. Applies extensive organizational and/or delivery expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines. May be viewed as expert within a given field
Project Management Skills: Independently and effectively demonstrates Agile execution, leadership and use of the methodology for large transformational projects and programs, knows when and how to effectively escalate problems and coach others.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
Minimum of 10 years of experience
Five (5+) years for large Project Management experience
Five (5 ) years working with Lean- Agile methodologies in a large organization
Three (3) years of experience as RTE, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Project/Program Manager
SAFe Release Train Engineer or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification

Nice To Haves

Experience working with Data Product Owners planning and designing data source system integrations and data analytics solutions.
Experience working with data engineering teams to deliver ETL pipelines, data models, and data products.
Experience working with business stakeholders and data teams to implement data governance processes and procedures.
Knowledge of big data technologies, such as Azure cloud storage for data lakes, Databricks for ETL and analytics, Power BI for data visualization, and Collibra for data cataloging.
Experience in delivering large programs using SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
Experiences in delivering large and complex projects involving Utility Meter and Billing Systems and Smart Grid related initiatives.
Experience in Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Implementations
Knowledge of Advance Metering Infrastructure Customer Portal and Presentment and Analytics Technologies
Knowledge of Oracle, SAP, and Database Technologies
Understanding of Utility Metering and Billing Systems
Understanding of Information Technologies (IT) and Operational Technologies (OT)

Responsibilities

Manages a significant complex enterprise level program, or multiple projects concurrently
Work with the other Project Managers and have experience with a multi-system implementation and cross system integrations of complex business processes.
Experience delivering large complex projects with multiple systems and new application implementation integrating with legacy systems
Both a business and technology focus in running projects. Needs to be able to fully understand the business needs and deliver a solution to these requirements. Think outside of the box
Advocate and support the policies, processes, and practices of the Program Management Office (PMO)/Next Generation Delivery Organization.
Develops and communicates plans to deliver major IT initiatives to the IT and business communities; devises the summary and detailed project plans including tasks and interdependencies, milestones, people required including skill levels, and other resource and support requirements.
Serves as the IT point of contact and the primary interface on initiatives where the business / user community has appointed a project or program manager.
Outlines the responsibilities of different principals / parties including customers, customer and IT management, team members, IT support groups, vendors, consultants, and affected or impacted groups.
Coordinate preparation of statements of work and specifications, estimation of product / service costs and pricing, and negotiation and administration of contracts.
Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and story estimation by teams and across the Agile Release Train.
Negotiates Information Technologies interests and manages external vendor, contractor, and material contracts.
Monitor budget, resource levels, and advise principals as to developing trends and prepare periodic variance projections.
Ensure that dependencies outside the Team are understood and proactively managed.
Ensure that risks and issues between teams and with the rest of the organization are understood and managed against expectations.
Ensure that all training and transition management activities are in place for the customer base, including coordinating process redesign, new procedures, and acceptance of modern technologies and/or capabilities into daily use within the user community (done in conjunction with a business / user program manager if one has been appointed).
Ensure communications, collaboration and coordination across teams, business partners and other areas of IT.
Develop and implement alternatives and/or solutions to mitigate problems, issues, conflicts, etc.
Facilitates key ART-level events, including PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, ART Sync, and Scrum of Scrums
Trains, Mentors and Coaches Product Owners and Scrum Masters in preparing and developing the features and work items for the teams to plan in PI Planning and Sprint planning events and identifying cross-team and cross-program dependencies and risks.
Communicates with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risks, and drive relentless improvement
Maintains agile tools and dashboards to track progress towards PI objectives and flow of value
Communicate program progress, health, status, risks and impediments to business and IT leaders who may not have agile program experience
Drives ART delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing ART retrospective, assessment, and metrics to identify areas of opportunity
Creates a compelling vision, clear direction, and strategy for the team
Promotes DevOps principles inside the organization to aid in the design and continuous enhancement of a continuous delivery pipeline
Encourage Organizational Change Management (OCM), communications and training as needed to drive process and tool adoption, implementation, and compliance