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We foster a collaborative culture focused on accelerating technology delivery while embedding innovative AI-enabled practices and Responsible AI governance. As a globally minded team, we value continuous learning, transparency, accountability, and high-performing cross-functional partnerships that deliver measurable business outcomes at scale.\nResponsibilities & Impact:\nART Leadership & Delivery Management\nLead the planning and execution of Program Increments (PI) to deliver against prioritized business outcomes\nFacilitating program increment planning readiness by fostering Continuous Exploration process which drives the combination of Vision, Roadmap, and backlog and through Pre and Post Pl planning Meetings\nCoordinate with the Product Management and Tech Team to define the release on-demand plan as per prioritized epics/features for a program increment\nEnhance planning efficiency by leveraging AI-generated summaries and action recommendations.\nFacilitate core ART events, including PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt sessions, etc.\nEnsure alignment between business strategy, portfolio priorities, and execution across value streams\nProactively manages risks, dependencies, and impediments impacting delivery across teams, including escalation as needed\nEnsure effective prioritization aligned to business value and organizational goals\nDrive predictability, quality, and efficiency in delivery across the ART(s)\nLead Scrum of Scrums/ART syncs and coordinates with scrum masters and other relevant members of an ART to effectively manage dependencies and risks\nUse AI powered tools and predictive analytics to forecast feature completion timelines and capacity constraints.\nEnable data-driven decision-making by integrating AI insights into Program Increment (PI) planning and execution.\nVoice of Change & Team Enablement\nLead, coach, and develop Scrum Masters and/or Flow Masters to drive to build high-performing, self-organizing teams\nFoster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement across teams\nEnable teams to deliver efficiently by removing impediments and improving flow\nSupport Product Management in leveraging AI to identify gaps, redundancies, or hidden dependencies in epics and features.\nAgile Transformation & Coaching\nChampion adoption and scaling of Lean-Agile and SAFe practices across the ART and broader organization\nCoach leaders, teams, and stakeholders on Agile principles, practices, and mindset shifts\nSupport enterprise-wide transformation by mentoring across functions and value streams\nStakeholder Collaboration & Communication\nPartner closely with Product Management, Business Owners, and Technology leadership to drive alignment and decision-making\nAssist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams\nCommunicate effectively across stakeholders to ensure transparency of progress, risks, and outcomes\nBuild strong cross-functional partnerships across teams and functions to enable seamless execution\nContinuous Improvement & Metrics\nLead Inspect & Adapt workshops and implement improvement actions across teams and ARTs\nTrack and produce key program-level metrics reports (e.g. cumulative flow diagram, Pl burn-up, and burn-down charts, etc.)\nLeverage metrics (flow, predictability, quality, outcomes) and insights to identify improvement opportunities\nLeverage AI-powered tools to analyze sprint velocity, predict delivery risks, and identify bottlenecks across the Agile Release Train (ART).\nDrive systemic improvements across ART and value stream operations\nCross-ART & Portfolio Alignment\nCollaborate across multiple ARTs and valuestreams to manage dependencies and optimize integrated value delivery\nAlign execution with portfolio governance, enterprise priorities, and strategic themes\nResponsible AI & Governance\nAccountable for embedding Responsible AI practices across value streams\nPromote adherence to standards for human oversight, data privacy, ethical use, and technical safeguards in delivery\nOrganizational Agility & Culture\nAct as a change agent to advance Lean-Agile maturity across the valuestreams and divisions\nEnable collaborative partnerships that support training, coaching, and adoption of Agile principles and scaled agile ways of working.\nInfluence cultural change toward a more adaptive, resilient, and learning organization\nMust be able to be a voice of reason and authority and build consensus\nFacilitate a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope\nKnowledge Management & Collaboration\nUtilize AI tools to capture, summarize, and surface key decisions, action items, and program knowledge across the ART.\nEnable faster onboarding and alignment via AI-curated documentation and knowledge repositories.\nWhat we are looking for:\nMinimum 7+ yrs of RTE experience across product teams\n3+ years of experience being a team level coach and/or program level coach\n5+ years of people management experience\nSignificant experience leading Agile business value delivery in complex, matrixed organizations\nProven experience operating at Program and/or Portfolio levels\nStrong knowledge and hands-on experience with SAFe framework and ART execution\nExperience coaching teams, Scrum Masters, and leaders to improve Agile maturity\nStrong facilitation skills in large, cross-functional environments\nProven ability to manage risks, dependencies, and delivery across multiple teams\nStrong communication and stakeholder alignment skills across business and technology\nAnalytical mindset with experience leveraging metrics for decision-making\nExposure and experience related to AI capabilities in SAFe and Scrum Practices \nAbility to understand domain specific and technical discussions so that he/she can facilitate the agile events and discussions in a meaningful way \nAbility to partner with other Scrum Masters, different agile roles and teams to increase the effectiveness agile practices within the ART(s) and broader organization\nEffective skills and experience in facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, predictability, and increasing transparency\nExtensive experience in identifying the risks upfront and taking the accountability to get the risks resolved in a timely manner\nProven track record of enabling the teams to deliver prioritized business value efficiently with a focus on accelerated delivery, enhanced quality and maximum ROI\nExpert in agile metrics and utilization of metrics for continuous improvement\nExperience with tools like - Azure DevOps, Confluence, power BI, MS Teams, SharePoint, JIRA. VersionOne, etc.\nExcellent organizational, statistical, analytical, problem solving, written and oral presentation skills\nProven track record of identifying and improving Agile execution on a team\nBasic knowledge of lean portfolio management\nFamiliarity with Kanban practices and metrics\nThorough understanding of enterprise software development processes and lifecycle with familiarity of product development life cycle\nWorks effectively with leaders at all levels\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor´s in Business, Technology, or a related field (Master’s preferred)\nFinancial industry experience preferred\nSAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification preferred\nAdditional certifications such as SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist (SA), or SAFe LPM are a plus\nDeep understanding of Lean-Agile principles, DevSecOps practices, and value stream delivery\nPrior roles as VSE or RTE and/or agile coach preferred\nKnowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile practices: BDD, ATDD, TDD, CI/CD, Pair programming, Automation and Kaizen.\nOverall Characteristics:\nDemonstrates confidence and sound judgment to guide teams, uphold Agile and SAFe principles, and make informed decisions in complex situations\nStrong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical and business concepts to diverse stakeholders\nEffectively influences alignment and decision-making across cross-functional teams and leadership\nSelf-starter with a strong sense of ownership and accountability\nHighly organized, methodical, and detail-oriented, with the ability to drive strategic alignment and execution at scale\nSkilled in facilitating discussions, resolving conflicts, and enabling teams to evaluate alternatives and make effective decisions\nLeverages AI and automation to enhance team productivity, streamline processes, and enable faster, data-driven decision-making\nGrade: 12 {10+ yrs experience}\nLocation: Hyderabad\nShift Time: 12 to 9 pm IST\nWorking Model: Hybrid, twice a week work from office\nAbout S&P GlobalDow Jones Indices\nAt S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provideiconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertiseacross the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’rethe largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500®and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfoliosand developing investment strategies.\nS&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodityand automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji.\nWhat’s In It For You?\nOur Mission: \nAdvancing Essential Intelligence.\nOur People:\nWe're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. 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