Senior Lead Release Train Engineer (Remote, US)
Lumen is the trusted network for the AI‑powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high‑performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.
At Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.
This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.
The Role
The Senior Lead Release Train Engineer (Sr. RTE) is an experienced servant leader, enterprise coach, and execution partner for a highly complex Agile Release Train or multiple closely aligned trains within Lumen’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). You will be responsible for driving ART maturity, improving flow, coaching leaders and teams, and ensuring complex delivery commitments are translated into executable plans.
The Senior Lead RTE is expected to operate with greater independence, judgment, and cross-functional influence. This role supports more complex value delivery environments, mentors RTEs and Scrum Masters, strengthens operating standards. You will partner closely with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, Scrum Masters, STEs, TPMs, Engineering leaders, and stakeholders to ensure the ART executes as one coordinated delivery system.
Location
This a remote opportunity open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.
The Main Responsibilities
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Advanced ART Planning & Execution: Lead PI Planning readiness, PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and related operating-cadence ceremonies for a complex ART or multiple closely aligned ARTs.
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Advanced Cross-Team Alignment: Lead planning and alignment across complex teams, related ARTs, and senior stakeholders; ensure scope, capacity, dependencies, and tradeoffs are visible before commitments are made.
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Coaching & Role Clarity: Coach Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, TPMs, Engineering leaders, Architects, and Business Owners on Lean-Agile practices, role clarity, flow, escalation discipline, and decision-making.
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Systemic Risk, Dependency & Impediment Management: Identify, track, manage, and escalate systemic risks, cross-ART dependencies, capacity constraints, organizational impediments, and execution-pattern issues before they threaten delivery commitments.
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Advanced Metrics, Flow & Operating Standards: Define, improve, and govern ART-level metrics, dashboards, flow insights, maturity assessments, reusable playbooks, and operating standards that improve delivery transparency and predictability.
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Relentless Improvement & ART Maturity: Drive continuous improvement across teams and leadership forums by ensuring improvement actions become owned, visible, prioritized, measurable, and embedded into future planning cycles.
What We Look For in a Candidate
- 8+ years of experience in technical program management, Agile delivery leadership, SDLC operations, product delivery, systems delivery, or related technology execution roles.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience facilitating or leading Agile Release Train execution, PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and ART-level delivery governance.
- Demonstrated ability to coach leaders, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Managers, TPMs, Architects, and engineering teams in Lean-Agile behaviors and scaled execution practices.
- Proven ability to manage complex risks, dependencies, impediments, and organizational constraints across multiple teams or related ARTs.
- Tooling & Reporting: Experience with Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, Agile da