Release Train Engineer

Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make decisions easier and lives better. Help shape the future you want to see - and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go. We are seeking a Release Train Engineer to be part of the Manulife team.

Position Responsibilities:

• Manages and optimizes the flow of work through the program and facilitates Agile Release Train synchronization.
• Organizes, communicates, and facilitates program-level events (e.g., PI planning, readiness, ART sync) across multiple teams.
• Aggregates product increment objectives into program increment objectives, and assists with execution, tracking, and completion.
• Assists Product Manager(s) and other team members with economic decision-making.
• Advances, tracks, and resolves impediments and reports status at the program-level.
• Helps manage risks and dependencies across multiple Agile teams within the release train.
• Understands and communicates program-level resourcing requirements.
• Attends System and Solution Demos.
• Understands and operates within Agile Release Train budget.
• Measures and understands how to leverage team and program metrics (e.g., velocity) to drive continuous improvement.
• Coaches leaders, teams, and team members in SAFe.
• Focuses on team health and collaboration and promotes a culture of commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage.
• Follows updates to the SAFe framework and incorporates them into ways of working.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years RTE experience
• Strong grasp of Agile methods, budgeting, and management tools, both generally and in the SAFe framework
• Experience with Confluence and Jira
• Experience tracking, interpreting, and actioning Agile metrics
• Able to coach others and facilitate events in a way that is focused on team growth
• Experience with dependency, release, and risk management
• Familiar with CI/CD methods, DevSecOps, and systems & solution architecture
• Understands methods for value realization
• Capable of supporting budgeting and resourcing decisions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leads projects or work streams inde
• pendently and contributes to their planning
• May act as professional expertise information resource for colleagues in own area, advising on a particular topic with a degree of authority
• Requires advanced problem-solving skills involving filtering, interpretation and validation of dynamic information
• Works independently, receives minimal guidance
• May coordinate resources for a small team and contribute to the effectiveness of their contributions to the broader area

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our distributed team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com.

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If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact recruitment@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.