TS Finance Senior Manager – Release Train Engineer (RTE)
About The Position
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Position Summary The Finance Senior Manager – Release Train Engineering (RTE) leads Agile Release Train execution across the Finance Technology portfolio, ensuring successful delivery of SAP S/4HANA, Finance Platforms, AI-enabled capabilities, and enterprise digital initiatives. This role drives cross-functional planning, execution, dependency management, and continuous improvement while partnering with Product Management, Architecture, Engineering, Business stakeholders, and external partners. The ideal candidate combines strong Finance process knowledge with Agile leadership and technical delivery expertise to enable predictable, high-quality outcomes across a complex global landscape.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Engineering, or related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience leading large-scale technology delivery programs.
- 5+ years working in Agile environments utilizing SAFe or similar frameworks.
- Experience serving as Release Train Engineer, Program Manager, Delivery Lead, or Agile Program Lead.
- Strong understanding of Finance business processes including Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), Treasury, FP&A, and Financial Reporting.
- Experience delivering SAP Finance solutions (SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA).
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification.
- PMI PMP and/or Scrum Master certification.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance transformations.
- Experience with SAP BTP and cloud-native platforms.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled software delivery, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automation.
- Experience leading globally distributed teams across multiple vendors.
- Knowledge of Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, and Agile reporting tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Agile Release Train (ART) supporting Finance Technology initiatives.
- Facilitate PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and release governance.
- Coordinate delivery across multiple Agile teams, ensuring alignment to business priorities and strategic roadmaps.
- Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, impediments, and critical path activities.
- Drive execution across SAP S/4HANA Finance, BTP, integrations, analytics, AI solutions, and enterprise platforms.
- Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, Engineering Leads, and Business stakeholders to prioritize and deliver value.
- Establish delivery metrics, predictability reporting, capacity planning, and release health dashboards.
- Promote Lean-Agile practices, DevSecOps, automation, and continuous improvement.
- Support organizational change management and Agile maturity across delivery teams.
- Ensure compliance with Quality, Security, SOX, SDLC, and corporate governance standards.
Benefits
- Consolidated retirement plan (pension)
- Savings plan (401(k))
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year (varies by state)
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
