Infosys is looking for an Agile Program Manager/ Release Train Engineer.

Required Qualifications:
Candidate can be located within commuting distance of Richardson (TX) or Atlanta (GA) or willing to relocate.
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. We Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
7+ years of experience in IT industry in which the incumbent must have played the roles of either a Business Analyst, Developer, Lead Developer, IT Project Manager, or an IT Program Manager etc.
US Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor work visas currently.

Preferred Qualifications:
Possess active certifications such as SAFe - SPC or SAFe-RTE (latest version only!)
Demonstrate technical IT orientation and awareness of IT landscape in delivering program increments
Demonstrated progression of agile experience from a Scrum Master to a Release Train Engineer
At least3 years of demonstrated hands-on experience as a Release Train Engineer in an organization leveraging SAFe and other agile scaling frameworks and donning the following responsibilities:
Coaching Scrum Masters within an Agile Release Train (ART) in framing the ART level Working Agreement, Definition-of-Done and Definition-of-Ready.
Facilitation of program events (PI Planning event, scrum-of-scrum, PO Sync, System Demo and Inspect and Adapt workshop) with agile teams that are globally distributed with a time-zone difference of 8+ hours
Ensuring healthy product backlog depth at an ART level by working with Product Managers, Product Owners, System Architects, and other stakeholders as needed
Tracking, handling, and resolving escalated issues at a program level by working with client stakeholders
Tracking and handling feature dependencies within an ART
Consolidation and publishing of program level metrics to provide transparency on the status of epics and features
Facilitate workshops to identify and implement ART level process improvements
Acting as the single-point-of-contact in periodically communicating an epic's status to client stakeholders
Ability to work cohesively with agile teams that are globally distributed with time-zone difference that is greater than 8 hours
Hands-on experience in using tools like CA Agile Center (Rally), JIRA, VersionOne or HP ALM
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and interact with various IT stakeholders that include Infrastructure, DBA, Architects, Release Management, SFT, etc.)
Facilitating agile maturity assessment workshops at periodic intervals to gauge the agile maturity index of agile teams within an ART and identify opportunities for improvements
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate seamlessly with agile teams, peers, and senior client stakeholders
Creating content and presenting to client leadership stakeholders with minimal oversight
Experience in implementing TDD/BDD, Kanban, XP in addition to other scaling frameworks like Spotify, LeSS, Nexus, etc.
Demonstration of continuous learning either by obtaining external certifications relevant to agile, participation in external forums or publishing thought papers
Leading multiple agile teams in deploying shippable features that meet quality parameters and target delivery dates would be preferred.
Facilitating program events and the end-to-end delivery of value across an multiple Agile Release Train is preferred.
Handling cross-functional agile team coordination within an Agile Release Train (ART) would be an advantage.
Coaching scrum masters and agile team members to improve the agile maturity index of individual scrum teams as a Servant Leader would be an advantage.

About Us
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

To learn more about Infosys and see our ideas in action please visit us at www.infoys.com

Infosys is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.