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Compensation
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Salary
- AL, FL, GA, TN Residents: $90,015 (min) - $117,019 (mid) - $144,024 (max)
- NC Residents: $92,799 (min) - $120,639 (mid) - $148,478 (max)
- DE, MD, PA, TX, VA Residents: $97,439 (min) - $126,671 (mid) - $155,902 (max)
- DC Residents: $109,503 (min) - $142.354 (mid) - $175,204 (max)
- CA, NY, NJ Residents: $113,215 (min) - $147,179 (mid) - $181,143 (max)
Location
- Hybrid
- Ideal candidate lives within the DMV area
- Ideal candidate is able to commute to Baltimore, MD for onsite meetings with client
Employment Type
Summary
We seek an experienced Release Train Engineer (RTE) to lead our Agile Release Train (ART) and ensure successful customer value delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Agile methodologies, excellent leadership skills, and experience living in the DMV region with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiatives. The RTE will facilitate collaboration among cross-functional teams, manage program-level ceremonies, and drive continuous organizational improvement.
Impact:
- By leading Agile Release Train (ART) ceremonies and collaborating with key roles like Product Management and System Architects, this role ensures that goals and deliverables are consistently aligned across teams and stakeholders. Promotes cohesion in achieving program objectives, resulting in streamlined workflows and fewer delays caused by miscommunication
- Leveraging Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) knowledge to accelerate development cycles for CMS-related initiatives while ensuring compliance is crucial in healthcare.
- Identifying risks and mitigating impediments supports ART in achieving timely and valuable outcomes. Increasing predictability in delivery reduces costly delays and builds stakeholder trust in program reliability.
- Tracking performance metrics and fostering continuous improvement drives efficiency and quality in Agile processes. Enhancing team productivity, encourages innovation, and supports informed decision-making at all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Agile Release Train (ART) by facilitating key ceremonies, including Program Increment (PI) planning, Scrum of Scrums, and System Demos.
- Collaborate with product management, system architects, and stakeholders to ensure the alignment of program goals and deliverables.
- Leverage experience with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to drive the integration of CMS-related projects into the development process, ensuring that workflows align with Agile practices.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and implementing process enhancements based on feedback and metrics.
- Identify and mitigate risks and impediments that may hinder the progress of the ART, ensuring timely delivery of value.
- Track and report on key metrics to measure the performance of the ART, providing insights to stakeholders and facilitating data-driven decision-making.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to teams on Agile principles and practices, fostering a high-performing team environment.
- Maintain open lines of communication with all stakeholders, ensuring transparency and addressing concerns proactively.
Skills and Competencies:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Management, or a related field.
- Live within a commutable distance of Baltimore, MD to occasionally attend onsite customer meetings
- 5+ years of experience in Agile project management, with at least 3 years as a Release Train Engineer or in a similar role.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and experience in implementing these frameworks.
- Excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills.
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., SAFe RTE, Scrum Master, Agile Coach) are a plus.
Additional Qualifications and Project-Specific Needs:
- Proven experience with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiatives and programs.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
- Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
- Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
- Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).
So, what's next?
Over the years, we've honed our interview process to help ensure that every team member we hire is the right fit for us and that we're the right fit for them. If we think you're a good fit, we'll get in touch and start scheduling your interviews! Depending on the role's/project's requirements, the interview process may include some differences. At the minimum
- Introductory Interview: This is where you and your recruiter will build rapport, explore your career and educational background, discuss salary expectations, role requirements, and set expectations for the interview process, specific to the position of interest.
- Technical Interview (Skills Fit): This is where we get into the nitty gritty of the project. During the Technical Interview, you'll be interviewed by the technical team to dig more into your background and technical capabilities.
- Business Interview:At this point, you've made it to the final frontier! The Business Interview is when you'll meet with Fearless leadership to dot the i's, cross the t's, and determine whether or not we'll be moving forward with the hiring process.
About Fearless Digital
Fearless Digital builds software with a soul. As a division inside Fearless, we're part of its digital services integrator model to unlock the power of organizations, people and tech. Our division designs, engineers, and delivers digital solutions to solve problems and drive impact. Using iterative development cycles, we minimize risk for our customers and efficiently deliver intuitive and responsive technology. In this way, we help set the stage for tech to work better for people. That'snot our only goal, though. We also strive to create a purple culture that makes our team members excited to come to work every day. We take a holistic approach to our people's well-being, and our culture and benefits are designed to support our people in working the way they like best. We encourage our people to pursue their passions, both in and out of the office. With flexible schedules, continuing education support, and a family-friendly work environment, we've created a culture that allows our team to thrive professionally and personally. Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won't discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we're committed to providing aninclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.
Fearless Digital Benefits
Benefits Eligibility:
- Full-time team members are eligible for benefits upon beginning employment at Fearless
- Part-time team members are only eligible for 8.75 days of safe & sick leave
- Interns and 1099 team members are not eligible for Fearless benefits
Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you'll bring to our community. But we value your community, too, so we offer fulfilling work that stays in balance with the rest of life. Because everyone has different needs, desires, and goals, our benefits offer the choices and flexibility that our team members need to live well and succeed. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package, for full-time team members, exclusively:
- Life-friendly schedules
- Family-friendly workplace
- We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance.
- Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
- Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
- Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you'll get a bonus of $6-12k!
- Total Pet Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
- PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date (see table below) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance.
| Start Date |
PTO Allocation |
Allocation Timing |
| Jan 1 - March 31 |
100% |
January |
| April 1 - June 30 |
75% |
April |
| July 1 - Sept 30 |
50% |
July |
| Oct 1 - Dec 31 |
25% |
October |
|
Fearless Solutions
life insurance, sick time, 401(k)
Dec 23, 2024