About the CompanyDavidson is partnering with a leading banking client to support delivery across a complex, customer-focused technology landscape. This engagement sits in a highly visible area where delivery outcomes, governance and stakeholder confidence matter.This is an initial day rate contract running until September 2026 with view to extend.About the RoleThis Release Train Engineer (RTE) will act as the servant leader for an Agile Release Train (ART), ensuring teams, Product and Technology move in sync to deliver customer value predictably. This is a business-facing RTE position - they''ll be comfortable in the room with senior stakeholders, but equally at home working through delivery flow, dependencies and release readiness with squads and platform teams.Key Responsibilities:Leading SAFe/ART cadence and ceremonies (PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt), keeping delivery outcomes tied to product goals and measurable valuePartnering closely with Product Management, Product Owners and Senior Business Stakeholders to shape priorities, manage trade-offs and maintain a transparent roadmap-to-delivery pathwayCoordinating delivery across digital channels and enabling platforms (think APIs/integrations, cloud services, data, identity, payments and core-adjacent systems) to land releases safely and smoothlyDriving dependency management across squads/teams and coordinating with Architecture, Security, Risk and Operations to meet banking governance expectationsChampioning modern engineering ways of working: release planning, environments, CI/CD alignment, quality gates, and "done means done" (not "done-ish")Improving flow and predictability using lean metrics and practical delivery reporting (e.g., risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, delivery health), in language the business actually wants to readCoaching Scrum Masters/teams and helping lift maturity across planning, execution, continuous improvement and stakeholder engagementAbout YouProven experience as an RTE (or senior delivery leader in a SAFe environment) across multiple agile teamsStrong product-first thinking: able to connect delivery to customer outcomes, benefits, and measurable valueConfidence engaging senior business stakeholders - clear, structured communication with the ability to influence without turning everything into a meeting that could''ve been an emailExperience in banking/financial services is a mustSolid grasp of technology delivery across modern platforms (cloud, APIs, DevOps/CI-CD, integration-heavy ecosystems) and how these impact release readinessThe BenefitsHigh-profile engagement within a leading banking environmentReal scope to influence delivery, stakeholder confidence, and ways of workingHybrid working arrangements - CBD officePlease apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you have the relevant information above and require further information, please contact Tara Gearon at [email protected], quoting reference JN -012026-42346. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com #J-18808-Ljbffr
Job Title
Release Train Engineer