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Senior Project Manager with deep SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) expertise with COTS - Only W2

Saransh Inc

Role: Senior Project Manager with deep SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) expertise with COTS
Location: Gaithersburg, MD (Onsite from Day 1)

Job Type: W2 Contract

Key skills: SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) experience, COTS/SaaS vendor management and collaboration, life science industry exp.



Important: The client is specifically seeking candidates with Life Sciences domain experience and strong SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) expertise . Candidates must have relevant experience in the Life Sciences industry along with proven RTE experience in SAFe environments.





Role Overview:

  • We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with deep SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) expertise to lead the delivery of a high-visibility COTS/SaaS Experiment Manager project .
  • This role will orchestrate a complex, multi-team Agile Release Train (ART) spanning product, engineering, data, and vendor partners to enable compliant, high-quality experimentation capabilities for our Biopharmaceutical Development unit.
  • The ideal candidate brings extensive IT delivery leadership in life sciences (specifically CMC or scientific workflows), proven COTS/SaaS vendor management experience, and a strong track record of scaling Agile practices.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Project Leadership: Own end-to-end delivery of the Experiment Manager project, aligning roadmaps, execution, and strategy across multiple agile teams and stakeholders.

  • SAFe RTE Facilitation: Drive ART ceremonies (PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt), manage ART readiness, and champion relentless improvement.

  • Vendor & COTS/SaaS Management: Lead vendor collaboration, contracts, integration planning, SLAs, and joint operating models to ensure quality, reliability, and value realization.

  • Multi-Team & Stakeholder Coordination: Manage cross-team dependencies and risks; partner closely with architecture, security, QA, compliance, and business sponsors.

  • Governance & Compliance: Establish robust governance ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture, data, and cybersecurity standards.

  • Financial & Resource Oversight: Manage program budgets, forecasts, vendor spend, capacity planning, and business case/benefits realization.

  • Delivery Excellence & Change Management: Drive agile-at-scale best practices, DevOps/CI/CD integration, defect reduction, and comprehensive user adoption planning.

Required Qualifications:

  • 20+ years of total IT delivery experience with a proven track record of complex project execution.

  • 10+ years managing delivery across multiple IT teams (Project/Program Manager or equivalent).

  • Demonstrated expertise in COTS/SaaS vendor management and ecosystem integration.

  • SAFe Certified (e.g., RTE, SPC) with hands-on Agile Release Train (ART) leadership experience.

  • Life Sciences industry experience , with familiarity in CMC domains or scientific laboratory/research workflows.

  • Agile Metrics & Tooling: Expertise in agile flow metrics (predictability, lead time, throughput) and tooling such as Jira or Azure DevOps (ADO).

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