We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

　　Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

　　The Ford Motor Credit Company team helps put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles. By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to five thousand dealers and more than four million customers in over one hundred countries around the world.

　　In this position…

　　Ford Credit is looking for a Release Train engineer to expand the Online Financing and Ecommerce capabilities. The Release Train Engineer (RTE) will focus on supporting and coaching an Agile Release Train (ART) by steering it to success and navigating the complexity of delivering software in large, cross-functional environments. The RTE would help resolve and escalate impediments, manages risk, helps assure value delivery, and drives ART level continuous improvement. The RTE will be accountable for the overall planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of value through the planning interval.

　　What you'll do...

　　Working with the Product team who prioritizes the features to be considered in the next planning interval (PI) planning cycle.

　　Facilitating the ART team’s refinement of features to be considered in the next PI planning cycle to meet the Feature Definition of Ready.

　　Assists the ART in communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.

　　Ensuring effective communication and coordination for the planning interval

　　Managing change to the ART’s PI plan and the impacts of those changes.

　　Drive cross team, ART, and departmental impediments, planning, collaboration, and coordination.

　　Provide regular and open communication across the ART and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.

　　Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.

　　Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.

　　Enables decentralized decision making and helps the ART to continuously improve through team empowerment.

　　Create visibility to the overall cost, schedule, and performance of the ART.

　　Analyze ART budgets and estimates from participating organizations to provide direction for the overall development of all budgets and integrated cost profiles.

　　Manage ART level coordination, such as creating timelines, milestones, and cadence of increments and releases and oversee the development of reports and analyses that document ART activity.

　　Lead project teams and provide and leadership; act as consultant/coach to management in resolving unusually difficult problems.

　　Participate with management and cross-functional teams as subject matter expert to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and be an advocate in adopting Agile and SAFe best practices and processes.

　　Act as a galvanizing force for sharing Agile and SAFe knowledge across the organization.

　　Constantly refine and stay current with emerging themes in larger Agile community.

　　Develop / modify processes, policies, and procedures to facilitate the working relationship between Global Technology and its business functions / partners.

　　Support the configuration of SAFe to the needs of the organization, standardizing and documenting practices.

　　You'll have...

　　8-10 years progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines / technologies / processes related to the position as well as 3-5 years managing teams and / or significant complex projects.

　　Proven, prior experience as Release Train Engineer for long lived value streams and Products.

　　Demonstrated Release Train Engineer experience in organizing, planning and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation. Experience coordinating multiple teams in a technology environment.

　　Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project related information to clients, vendors, senior management and staff.

　　Broad range of execution management and leadership skills required.

　　Proven ability to balance concurrent activities.

　　Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an Agile environment.

　　Certifications must include SAFe RTE

　　Even better, you may have...

　　Ability to easily build new relationships and proactively establish a variety of contacts across the organization.

　　Ability to work in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams.

　　You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

　　As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

　　• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

　　• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

　　• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases

　　• Tuition assistance

　　• Established and active employee resource groups

　　• Paid time off for individual and team community service

　　• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

　　• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

　　For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

　　https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

　　Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

　　Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

　　We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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　　Requisition ID : 23603