We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture
Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.
Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.
We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Ascend Learning Technology & Operations is hiring a Release Train Engineer (RTE). As the RTE at Ascend, you will facilitate the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile Release Train (ART) processes and program execution, escalate impediments, manage risk, and help drive program-level continuous improvement. The RTE will be responsible for facilitating program level work within the SAFe framework and coordinating with a number of teams across a sub-segment of Ascend’s Healthcare category.
WHERE YOU’LL WORK
This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS or Minneapolis office location preferred. Remote will be considered within the United States.
HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME
- Lead and facilitate teams on the ART through development and delivery, guide the transition to and implementation of SAFe.
- Plan and facilitate all aspects of Planning Increment activities.
- Facilitate the Scrum of Scrum meetings and act as SAFE facilitator/coach at the Program level.
- Provide guidance in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe and leads Agile delivery teams to deliver value consistently.
- Support ART teams with ART Launch and Agile transformations.
- Serve as an expert on Agile software principles to other team members.
- Engage directly with stakeholders to define mission value and prioritize work and build intellectual capital in Agile techniques.
- Collaborate with communities of practice, develop, and conduct Agile-oriented training, and identify and deploy key metrics to enable continuous improvement.
- Support scrum ceremonies for the team where needed (Planning, Retrospective, Refinement & Review/Demo).
- Facilitate impediment resolution in a timely, cost-effective manner. Act as a conduit to other teams and lines of business stakeholders.
- Track and produce key metrics (e.g., burn-down, burn-up charts, and cumulative flow diagram).
- Manage cross-ART planning and dependencies as needed
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of experience working in an Agile IT Environment
- 5+ years of experience managing IT programs
- Direct experience working as an RTE
- Experience implementing SAFe or a similar Agile scaling framework preferred
- SAFe certified preferred
- Organizational Change Management experience in a leadership role preferred
- Experience with higher education and/or fields of healthcare preferred
BENEFITS
- Flexible and generous paid time off
- Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- 401(k) employer matching program
- Parental leave
- Wellness resources
- Charitable matching program
- Hybrid work
- On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
- Community outreach groups
- Tuition reimbursement
Fostering A Sense of Belonging
We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.
About Ascend Learning
As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.
Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
#LI-JJ1
