Assistant Vice President – SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Business Analyst

Overview

Serve as a SAFe Release Train Engineer and Scrum Master, and act as a Business Analyst, to drive agile delivery across Enterprise Data and Reporting Platforms for projects and BAU work, reporting to the Head of Portfolio Management.

What you'll do

• Serve as Release Train Engineer (RTE) and drive PI Planning and SAFe/Scrum ceremonies, manage cross-team dependencies and impediments, and ensure execution transparency and realistic commitments.
• Partner with Product Owners on roadmaps, backlog, resources, risks, and governance using Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint.
• Serve as scrum master for multiple Agile Release Trains associated with Data and Reporting Platforms to capture, track, and deliver Project and BAU work.
• Facilitate and continuously improve PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt events, and other SAFe ceremonies.
• Manage and optimize the flow of value across multiple Agile teams.
• Track and communicate ART execution metrics, program health, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Drive adoption of Agile metrics, flow-based planning, value stream thinking, and continuous improvement practices.
• Apply project management disciplines, including risk and issue management, financial awareness, governance, stakeholder communication, and status reporting.
• Foster a culture of transparency, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with onshore and offshore counterparts in Business and IT for requirement analysis, data analysis, interface design, and prepare source-to-target mapping specifications for Enterprise Data Platforms.
• Support delivery of BAU enhancements through Scrum mastery, business analysis, testing, and release and deployment activities.
• Facilitate collaboration among product, business, architecture, data engineering, AI/ML, platform, security, risk, and control teams.
• Leverage AI tools for automated portfolio management, releases and deployments where possible, and identify opportunities for AI-driven solutions.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of overall progressive experience in Agile delivery and project management with demonstrated experience coordinating large-scale Agile delivery.
• 5+ years of experience serving as a Release Train Engineer in a SAFe environment.
• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master supporting Agile teams.
• 3+ years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services sector as a BA/DA.
• Experience managing risks, dependencies, impediments, release coordination and stakeholder alignment across multiple teams.
• Good understanding of banking domains such as Loans, Deposits, Credit Risk.
• Strong SQL and data analysis expertise in Data Warehousing / Data Lakes.
• Hands-on experience with SAFe Agile Frameworks, Jira, ServiceNow, etc.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, technology, or related field.
• Current SAFe Release Train Engineer certification.
• SAFe Scrum Master and SAFe Advanced Scrum Master certification.
• Certified ScrumMaster or Professional Scrum Master.

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced degree.

Details

• Location: MUFG Global Service Private Ltd., Bengaluru (BCIT).