Principal IT Analyst – Release Train Engineer, SAP S/4 HANA

Role Overview

• Lead Agile Release Train (ART) execution for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), partnering with senior leadership to define strategy and drive enterprise-wide Agile adoption
• Facilitate all ART level ceremonies, including Program Increment Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops, ensuring alignment and successful delivery of Program Increments (PIs)
• Orchestrate and align cross-functional teams in the Agile Release Train across functional and technical teams, ensuring seamless integration and value delivery
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product management, system architects, and system integrators to prioritize program backlogs and align deliverables with strategic business objectives
• Coordinate across ARTs, ensuring clear communication of objectives, dependencies, and priorities between ARTs and with the Solution Train leadership
• Coach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery teams on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles to foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance
• Define, track, and report ART level metrics, including program predictability, feature completion, cumulative flow, and business value delivery, providing transparency and supporting executive decision-making
• Monitor team level metrics, such as velocity, sprint burn-down, cycle time, and defect trends, to ensure predictable and high-quality execution at the team level
• Align and track Program Increment Objectives across ARTs and the Solution Train, ensuring teams understand business priorities, interdependencies, and commitment levels, while reporting on objective completion and planned business value achievement
• Manage dependencies across ARTs and with the Solution Train, Identify and track inter ART dependencies and integration points, Ensure early resolution of blockers affecting multiple ARTs
• Optimize flow of value across ARTs by identifying process inefficiencies, removing impediments, and promoting continuous improvement in delivery pipelines
• Partner with Release Management and DevOps teams to plan, coordinate, and execute releases across all ARTs, ensuring high-quality, timely deployments across integrated SAP modules
• Facilitate ART retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives, capturing lessons learned and implementing enhancements across teams, ARTs, and the Solution Train
• Ensure Agile delivery aligns with enterprise governance, compliance, and quality standards, while maintaining focus on value delivery across the program

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience leading large / complex ERP transformation programs
• Proven experience delivering SAP S/4 HANA platform implementations leveraging SAFe
• Strong understanding of business processes in at least one of the process areas: Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA technology landscape, with SAP functional expertise in at least one of the process areas; Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report
• Excellent Program Management skills and ability to orchestrate large cross functional teams
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills across global, matrixed organizations
• Strong knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile, Scrum, and Kanban

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• EAP
• Educational Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave)
• 12 Paid Holidays