Release Train Engineer - Agile/JIRA Adoption LeadCharlotte, North Carolina;Jersey City, New Jersey; Pennington, New JerseyJob Description:At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!Job Description:The PMO provides a single point of contact for program management related functions. Responsible for the execution of the program to ensure a coordinated delivery of the business outcomes and ensures that the programs maintain a standard project management approach. Creates a clear, coherent approach to guide effective program/project setup, execution, and control. Strong business centric mindset with ability to utilize sound business judgment and tailor approach to drive optimal business outcomes. Ensures clearly defined responsibilities and accountabilities for key program/project roles. Integrates knowledge of end-to-end business process into program planning and decisioning processes. Develop, maintain, and report on an overall integrated delivery plan. Management experience with small to mid-size teams. Accountable for tracking project milestones while developing, maintaining and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan. Communicates, influences and negotiates both vertically and horizontally to obtain or leverage necessary resources. Excellent project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines. Typically 5+ years of PMO experience including leading small PMO teams.Team OverviewGlobal Risk Analytics (GRA) and Enterprise Independent Testing (EIT) are sub-lines of business within Global Risk Management (GRM). Collectively, they are responsible for developing a consistent and coherent set of models, analytical tools, and tests for effective risk and capital measurement, management and reporting across Bank of America. GRA and EIT partner with the Lines of Business and Enterprise functions to ensure the capabilities they build address both internal and regulatory requirements, and are responsive to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions, and emerging risks. In executing their activities, GRA and EIT drive innovation, process improvement and automation.Role OverviewThe Release Train Engineer will lead Agile/JIRA adoption for a portfolio of tests focused on data testing (testing that evaluates enterprise data across the Bank’s data lifecycle, including capture, transport, and use, and provides critical insights into data accuracy, completeness and fitness for purpose, as well as the data health of bank data domains and in-scope processes and controls). The role entails establishing and implementing a framework for the use of Agile/Kanban techniques such as Value Stream. The candidate will utilize JIRA & Agile concepts to drive out timely and efficient execution of testing deliverables. The Release Train Engineer is responsible for establishing testing project plans, identifying and managing dependencies, and providing ongoing visibility into progress against deliverables. The candidate will promote agile principles and mindset through coaching, and enable continuous improvement across multiple scrum teams. The Release Train Engineer is responsible for escalating and resolving impediments to delivery and managing resources and capacity accordingly.Required Education
Undergraduate or masters degree from an accredited college or university
GPA of 3.5 or higher is preferred
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification, including PSM Levels 1, 2, and 3
Completion of the Certified Scrum Developer course
Experience with ServiceNow and using Jira for Agile project management techniques
Common areas of study include but are not limited to: Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Process and Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Data Science, Accounting, Business Administration, Audit Management, Risk Management
Required Qualifications
Expert JIRA/ Scrum/ Agile experience on large scale complex programs. Experienced in setting up and executing Program Increments
Technology Change Management (CRQ) & Release experience on large scale complex program(s)
Strong Agile understanding with a comprehensive combination of execution and training in Scrum methodology
Expert knowledge of an Agile framework or method (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and understanding of software development lifecycle models
Experienced in establishing automated reports & metrics leveraging JIRA for tracking/ forecasting & managing work efforts across programs/teams
Demonstrated experience in facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and understanding facilitation techniques
Excellent planning, organization, and time management skills
Ability to influence, remove obstacles, and motivate people without direct line management authority
Strong communication skills and the ability to quickly address issues or problems
Ability to coach and build a collaborative team of diverse individuals
Ability to assign and delegate tasks appropriately, ensure alignment with priorities and schedule, and ensure the team is fully deployed and productive
Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
Outstanding facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
Proficiency in refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
Experience in planning and problem-solving with product management and delivery teams
Desired Qualifications
Coding experience in Python leveraging systems such as GIT/Bitbucket
Proficiency in leveraging Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Risk management background/experience
Data testing experience (across capture, transport and use: i.e. conformance, transaction, transport, controls and/or compliance/surveillance testing)
Shift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:40Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.To view the "EEO is the Law" poster, CLICK HERE (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf) .To view the "EEO is the Law" Supplement, CLICK HERE (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCPEEOSupplementFinalJRFQA508c.pdf) .Bank of America aims to create a workplace free from the dangers and resulting consequences of illegal and illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Our Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol Policy (“Policy”) establishes requirements to prevent the presence or use of illegal or illicit drugs or unauthorized alcohol on Bank of America premises and to provide a safe work environment.To view Bank of America’s Drug-free Workplace and Alcohol Policy, CLICK HERE .This communication provides information about certain Bank of America benefits. Receipt of this document does not automatically entitle you to benefits offered by Bank of America. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this communication. However, if there are discrepancies between this communication and the official plan documents, the plan documents will always govern. Bank of America retains the discretion to interpret the terms or language used in any of its communications according to the provisions contained in the plan documents. Bank of America also reserves the right to amend or terminate any benefit plan in its sole discretion at any time for any reason.
