Senior Platform Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer (RTE) - Data & Analytics

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Senior Platform Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer (RTE) Data & Analytics

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Contract

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Downtown, Houston Texas

No Remote-No Exceptions. Must start onsite from Day 1 and provide written confirmation for the same)

• DO NOT SUBMIT traditional team-level Scrum Masters.
• DO NOT SUBMIT Scrum Masters who have only facilitated team ceremonies.
• DO NOT SUBMIT Scrum Masters who have only supported an RTE.
• DO NOT SUBMIT Scrum Masters who have not owned ART-level execution.

Looking for a highly experienced Platform Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer (RTE) to lead Agile execution across a large, complex enterprise Data & Analytics (D&A) platform comprising multiple products, product teams, and technology workstreams. This is a senior, highly visible leadership role requiring demonstrated experience formally serving as an RTE or equivalent platform-level Agile leader , with direct accountability for Agile Release Train (ART) execution, large-scale SAFe event facilitation, cross-team dependency management, critical risk and impediment resolution, and predictable delivery across a complex enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of Agile delivery experience, substantial hands-on RTE experience, and experience coordinating at least 10 Scrum Masters/Product Teams simultaneously, with stakeholder engagement spanning hundreds of participants across the organization. They must have personally facilitated large-scale SAFe events and successfully managed complex delivery challenges involving multiple products, teams, and technical dependencies. Experience supporting Data & Analytics platforms is required, including coordination across Data Engineering, data pipelines, analytics, databases, APIs, cloud platforms, infrastructure, security, and enterprise applications. The candidate must be a strong facilitator, strategic problem solver, and delivery leader capable of influencing senior stakeholders and driving resolution of critical issues.

ART Leadership and Large-Scale SAFe Execution:

• Serve as the Platform Scrum Master / RTE, owning Agile execution, coordination, and delivery governance across multiple D&A product teams and workstreams.
• Lead and facilitate large-scale SAFe events, including PI Planning, Pre-PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, ART Sync, PO Sync, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt.
• Coordinate at least 10 Scrum Masters/Product Teams simultaneously, ensuring alignment of PI objectives, team commitments, product priorities, roadmaps, and delivery milestones.
• Drive end-to-end Program Increment execution, from preparation and planning through dependency resolution, progress tracking, outcome assessment, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate large-scale planning and coordination sessions involving hundreds of stakeholders, including Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and business leadership.
• Ensure teams establish realistic PI objectives and commitments, with clear ownership of dependencies, milestones, risks, and expected outcomes.

Critical Risk, Dependency and Impediment Management

• Proactively identify, assess, communicate, and drive resolution of critical risks, cross-team dependencies, systemic impediments, and delivery blockers affecting the broader platform.
• Lead resolution of complex issues involving competing priorities, resource constraints, integration challenges, shared environments, technical dependencies, and conflicting delivery commitments.
• Facilitate escalations and decision-making with senior leadership, Platform Owners, Product Management, Architecture, and Engineering leadership when risks cannot be resolved at the team level.
• Maintain a clear, actionable view of ART-level risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, owners, mitigation plans, and resolution timelines.
• Demonstrate accountability for driving issues to resolution rather than simply recording risks, escalating blockers, or tracking status.

Data & Analytics Platform Coordination

• Coordinate delivery across Data Engineering, data pipelines, databases, APIs, data integration, analytics, reporting, data products, and enterprise data platforms.
• Manage dependencies between D&A product teams and Cloud, Infrastructure, Servers, Networking, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture, and Application teams.
• Partner with Product Owners, Product Managers, Architects, Engineering Leads, and technical SMEs to translate platform priorities into executable delivery plans.
• Coordinate integration testing, environment readiness, release planning, UAT, production readiness, and deployment dependencies across multiple products and technology teams.

Delivery Performance, Flow and Governance

• Establish and maintain ART-level visibility into PI objectives, milestones, delivery commitments, capacity, dependencies, impediments, risks, flow, and release readiness.
• Monitor and communicate relevant delivery metrics, including PI predictability, objective achievement, throughput, cycle time, work in progress, dependency aging, and blocker resolution.
• Identify systemic delivery bottlenecks, capacity constraints, process inefficiencies, and recurring cross-team issues; develop and drive corrective actions.
• Coach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile teams on SAFe execution, effective facilitation, dependency management, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.
• Provide concise, actionable executive reporting on platform progress, critical risks, decisions required, delivery confidence, and recovery plans.