Digital Claims RTE-Jersey City, NJ

Location: Jersey City, NJ Duration: 6 months (Contract to Hire)

Job Description: Will be responsible for managing N. America Digital Claims Initiatives at the capacity of:

• Works with product owners and managers to establish and maintain the prioritized feature backlog.
• Conducts workshops and design sessions; facilitates building business case needed for project approval.
• Works with the ART team who prioritizes the features to be considered in the next program increment (PI) planning cycle.
• Manage program level coordination, such as creating timelines, milestones, and cadence of increments and releases and oversee the development of reports and analyses that document program activity.
• Managing change to the ART's PI plan and the impacts of those changes.
• Drive cross team, ART, and departmental dependencies & impediments, planning, collaboration, and coordination.
• Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
• Ensure the overall cost, schedule, and performance of the program.
• Analyze program budgets and estimates from participating organizations to provide direction for the overall development of all program budgets and integrated cost profiles.
• Lead project teams to ensure best practices are followed; act as consultant/coach to the team and management in resolving unusually difficult problems.

Job Experience for Release Train Engineer:

• 8-10 years progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines / technologies / processes related to the position as well as 3-5 years managing teams and / or significant complex projects.
• Proven, prior experience as Release Train Engineer for long lived value streams and Products.

Skill Requirements for Release Train Engineer:

• Demonstrated Release Train Engineer experience in organizing, planning and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation. Experience coordinating multiple teams in a technology environment.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project related information to clients, vendors, senior management and staff.
• Ability to easily build new relationships and proactively establish a variety of contacts across the organization.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams.
• Broad range of program management and leadership skills required.
• Proven ability to balance concurrent activities.
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an Agile environment.