Intermediate Agile Program Manager – Release Train Engineer (contract)

Vancouver, BC / Calgary, AB / Toronto, ON

December 19, 2021

Closing Date: January 28, 2022

Reporting to the Manager of RBS Service Delivery, the Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach to the Agile Release Train (ART) in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) organization. The Release Train Engineer will be accountable for facilitating the ART events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value.

Renew Business Systems (RBS) is Teck’s enterprise resource planning platform that is fueling Teck’s digital transformation in operations at sites. For RBS, the RTE will execute small and large release trains (initiatives) that will bring RBS capabilities to Teck’s operations.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned servant leader that can effectively communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk and cost, and is passionate about delivering the highest value and relentless continuous improvement in a very dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART and Solution Train using various tools such as Backlogs, Burndown and Burnup Charts, Program and Solution Kanbans and other information radiators.
• Manage release train budgeting, forecasting, capacity, risks and other fundamental release train management
• Establish and communicate the calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)
• Facilitate PI Planning readiness by driving the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, through Pre, during and Post-PI Planning events
• Facilitate the PI planning and management through Team PI Objectives, Program PI Objectives, and Milestones, ensuring they are published, visible, and tracked
• Assist tracking the delivery of features and capabilities.
• Facilitate periodic synchronization events, including the ART sync, PO Sync, and Scrum of Scrums.
• Inform economic decision-making by facilitating feature estimation by teams, summaries by Epics and Objectives, and supporting peers and leaders’ ability to estimate and make decisions accurately
• Manage across multiple teams: Dependencies, cross-team risks, escalations, and impediments
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
• Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the practices associated Agile, lean, DevOps, and other elements of delivery
• Understand and operate within Lean Budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails
• Facilitate System Demos and Solution Demos
• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve
• Provide Executive and Leadership updates on release train performance and facilitate risk management and mitigation.

Qualifications:

• Experience delivering agile initiatives of $5M+ in total labour
• Experience with communicating and reporting to executive and leadership teams
• Experience delivering technology initiatives in mining, heavy-industry, or large B2B companies
• Hands-on experience in large-scale agile, SAFe, & Scrum/Agile environments
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technology or heavy-industry Operations technology initiatives preferred
• Excellent presentation, training, and coaching skills (both remote and in person)
• Certified SAFe Agilist or equivalent
• 8+ years experience in technology delivery organizations
• 4+ years as Scrum Master
• 3+ years experience as a Release Train Engineer or equivalent
• TargetProcess, Azure DevOps, Miro or Equivalent, JIRA or Equivalent.
• Spanish is an asset

Successful candidates must be fully vaccinated against infection by COVID-19. Candidates who are unable to be vaccinated due to a personal characteristic protected under applicable human rights legislation may request to be exempt from this requirement. We will do our best to accommodate those who are unable to be vaccinated.

At Teck, we value diversity. Our teams work collaboratively and respect each person’s unique perspective and contribution.

Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter electronically.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Your application to this posting is deemed to be your consent to the collection, use and necessary disclosure of personal information for the purposes of recruitment. Teck respects the privacy of all applicants and the confidentiality of personal information.

Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, and zinc, as well as investments in energy assets. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK.

The pursuit of sustainability guides Teck’s approach to business. Teck is building partnerships and capacity to confront sustainability challenges within the regions in which it operates and at the global level. In 2019, Teck was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) for the tenth straight year, indicating that Teck’s sustainability practices rank in the top 10 per cent of the world’s 2,500 largest public companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index.

Learn more about Teck at www.teck.com or follow @TeckResources

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