Release Train Engineer

Release Train Engineer/Chief Scrum Master

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Diverse & challenging projects

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Release Train Engineer/Chief Scrum Master to play a key role in achieving our transformation goals and strategic objectives. This is a great opportunity for a proven leader to utilise their extensive experience in Agile methodologies including SAFe to deliver high value business outcomes.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Manager Portfolio Delivery – Group Finance & Commercial and working in a collaborative community, within our PMO, you will;

• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART using various tools, such as Azure DevOps and the Program Kanban and other information radiators
• Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)
• Facilitate PI Planning readiness ensuring that Vision, Roadmaps and Backlogs are created and maintained though Pre- and Post-PI Planning events
• Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.
• Assist in tracking the execution of features and capabilities throughout the PI
• Facilitate all ART recurring events.
• Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics.
• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Extensive experience in Agile delivery as a Senior Scrum Master, Iteration Manager, Delivery Lead or RTE.
• SAFe Certification (mandatory).
• Have extensive theoretical and practical experience utilizing various Agile Methodologies including SAFe, Scrum and Kanban.
• Preferrable experience in a role support an enterprise finance business function
• Have strong verbal, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Energetic, can-do attitude and experience delivering desirable outcomes in fast pace and complex environments.
• Display a growth mindset, passion for learning, collaborating with others and sharing knowledge

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program.
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.
• A wide range of competitive employee benefits

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for over 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.