Director, Delivery Pipeline Management

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Developing and driving a detailed strategy for release and change management enabling continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Establishing automation within change and release management to enable autonomous delivery teams.
• Developing core group of Release Train Engineers (RTEs) who will drive value stream adoption and lead Agile Release Trains (ART).
• Establishing enterprise-wide shared process standards and governance for agile based intake, solution design, and delivery model.
• Developing and maintaining the Operating Model for the Delivery Pipeline Management organization.
• Trusted Partner for Enterprise Architecture, Application Services, Program/Portfolio Management, Infrastructure Services, Data Services, and Business Unit leaders to collaborate on work to identify and implement an effective combination of standards, governance, and to ensure timely release delivery.
• Provides leadership for organization definition, planning, staffing and development to create a Great Place to Work.
• Create and drive an organizational culture of continuous capability development and efficiency.
• Create and implement the approach and plan to define, implement, and measure process improvements across the enterprise.
• Engage and communicate with executive leadership to provide transparency with data to enable executive decision making.
• Plan and maintain fiscal responsibility of the organizational budget and drive efficiencies to control spend.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum of 10 years of prior and relevant experience required, including 6 years of management experience.
• Bachelor's degree required; emphasis on technology preferred
• Trade certification preferred (e.g., scaled agile (SAFe) consultant, scrum master)
• Detailed knowledge of Development Operations (DevOps) and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) methods
• Experience with Agile/Kanban/Scrum software development life cycle

• Typically, viewed as a specialist within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project management.
• Requires deep knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Generally, responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area.
• Generally, responsible for managing major/complex projects involving delegation of work and review of work products.
• Requires business acumen, strategic thinking, financial analytical skills and decision-making skills.
• Cultural Fit and Values