Release Train Manager| VP

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From home working to job sharing, visit the to find out more. This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India. Join us as a Release Train Manager You'll be responsible for aligning the interdependencies of our teams by providing domain synchronisation of portfolio delivery and domain pipeline With no two days the same, you'll have the chance to be a true servant leader and help ensure consistent agile delivery at scale In this exciting role, you'll enjoy regular engagements with key stakeholders as well as the opportunity to build your network across the bank This role is available at vice president level What you'll do You'll be developing and maintaining the release train. This will include the preparation and review of the release and environment strategy, involving plans and estimation, and management of interdependencies. You'll drive continuous improvement of delivery through various channels, including improving or removing manual steps, and we'll look to you to improve release train agility and value to end state customers. Your responsibilities will include: Enhancing deployment and management phases of the development lifecycle through coaching and contribution to release and environment best practice Facilitating and fostering the preparation of release and sprint visions, goals and work pipelines and facilitating pre and post planning meetings Building and communicating release calendars and iterative planning cycles and synchronising with other release train managers across domains Aggregating the programme release objectives into value streams release objectives and publishing them for visibility and transparency Assisting with the economic decision-making by facilitating estimation from teams and the roll up to programme and portfolio levels The skills you'll need We're looking for someone with an expert understanding of running complex projects spanning multiple scrum and non-scrum teams. You'll also have knowledge of agile development and delivery methods. We'll look to you to have an understanding of identity access management, cryptography, secure vault, cyber security and data protection. You'll also engage third parties and manage vendor contracts. You'll also need: Expert level knowledge and proficiency with scaled agile and P3M tools and methodologies spanning value stream, portfolio, programme and team levels The ability to prioritise and sequence tasks that