Embark on a transformative journey as a Release Train Engineer - VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear - to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will drive Agile delivery at scale, enabling strategic change across multiple squads and helping shape the future of banking through innovation and collaboration. The Release Train Engineer, RTE oversees the planning and execution of Planning Increments, PIs through the guidance of multiple Squads within a Journey Group / Platform. The RTE manages dependencies, removes impediments, and ensures alignment and delivery to business outcomes. RTEs foster collaboration across Squads, ensure alignment with business targets, and drive continuous improvement in large-scale Agile environments. To be successful as a Release Train Engineer, you should have experience: Supporting the delivery activities across multiple Agile teams, ensuring successful execution of Planning Increments (PIs) and achievement of business outcomes Coaching and mentoring cross-functional teams on Agile principles, fostering consistency, collaboration, and adherence to best practices Identifying, assessing, and mitigating delivery risks to ensure smooth, predictable, and high-quality releases Facilitating and coordinating stakeholder engagement to socialize, validate, and align feature requirements with downstream teams Guiding feature and story planning, including slotting, dependency identification and tracking in RAID and Jira, while driving timely resolution of cross-team dependencies Other highly valued skills include: Agile delivery, tools, and backlog management Data-driven agreement-making and metrics reporting Financial and risk management You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role is located in Whippany, NJ or Wilmington, DE office. Salary in

Whippany, NJ:

Minimum Salary:

$155,000

Maximum Salary:

$225,000 The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available. Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances. This position is eligible for an incentive award. Purpose Facilitates and coordinates Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to ensure that multiple teams within a program are aligned and delivering value efficiently. To manage dependencies, remove impediments, and oversee the planning and execution of Program Increments. Foster collaboration across teams, ensures alignment with business objectives, and drives continuous improvement in large-scale Agile environments.

Accountabilities Facilitate Agile Planning and Events:

Accountable to ensure readiness across scope, content and logistics to deliver value through facilitation of team of teams events.

Support Planning Execution:

Monitor planning execution, facilitate periodic synchronization events, and support cross-team backlog refinement to ensure strategic alignment to business goals.

Coach Cross-Team Agile:

Provide coaching to teams and Scrum Masters on cross-team agile principles, team events, and practices

Mitigate Risks:

Identify and track cross-team dependencies and risks, ensuring mitigation to support delivery of outcomes. Accountable to remove blockers.

Stakeholder Management:

Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors), build trust with stakeholders, and drive stakeholder alignment

Champion Ways of Working:

Champion Ways of Working and Agile culture, creating a safe and trusting environment for team members to share ideas and take appropriate risks

Coordinate Interlock and Dependency Management:

Drive partnership and synchronization across teams to facilitate release management across stakeholder groups. Accountable for effective readiness and communication

Optimize Flow:

Drive towards relentless improvement and ensure value delivery by monitoring delivery status, ensuring technology use and data quality, addressing bottlenecks, and serving as a point of escalation

Metrics and Reporting:

Track and report key metrics to provide representation at required leadership and governance forums and to ensure continuous delivery improvement