Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Vodacom is a Leading African Mobile communication company providing wider range of communication services including mobile voice, messaging, data and converged services to over 73.6 million customers. From our roots in South Africa, we have grown our mobile network business to include operations in Tanzania, DRC, Mozambique and Lesotho. The mobile networks cover a total population of approximately 200 million people. Through Vodacom Business Africa (VBA) we also offer business managed services to enterprises in over 40 countries across the continent. Vodafone is the majority shareholder of Vodacom and has a 65% share.

Were at our best when we lead and over the past 20 years, as the Company that pioneered mobile in South Africa, Vodacom has achieved a remarkable list of firsts. Were immensely proud to be a leader in our field and are 100% committed to continue trailblazing.

We employ individuals who are as passionate about customers as we are. We are truly Customer Obsessed which means that we are passionate about exceeding customer expectations; work relentlessly to really understand the customer; look at decisions through the customers eyes and take personal accountability for the customer experience.

We have the below vacancy available in our Organisation:
The G Band Release Train Engineer (RTE) role is based within Technology.

The role of the Release Train Engineer (RTE) is to facilitate Agile Release Train processes and execution, respectively. Escalate impediments, manage risk, help assure value delivery, and help drive continuous improvement. Participate in the Lean-Agile transformation, coaching leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in the new processes and mind-sets. Assist in adapting SAFe to the organization, standardising and documenting practices. Manage the execution and delivery of strategic programmes across OpCos. Participate in the shaping of the business operating models in each market.

Your responsibilities will include:
Prioritise and plan program Increment as part of the Agile Release Train (ART):

• Define the agile capability in each OpCo.
• Assist in the creation of virtual, BU aligned squads.
• Plan and execute value delivery through multiple tribes and across customer journeys
• Facilitate adaption, standardizing and documenting practices.
• Guide the team, including facilitating programme level processes and execution and growing the methodology at the program level (yet still allowing the team to self-organise).
• Plan and obtain resources and tools.
• Organize, run and facilitate the Program Increment (PI) Planning.
• Organize, run and facilitate Release Management forum.
• Secure Shared Services commitments and accountability for release plans.
• Provide release plans that offer realistic means of achieving commitments.
• Establish program level cadence and drive program level ceremonies (e.g. PI Planning, Product Management Council, Scrum of Scrums, System Demo Inspect and Adapt Workshop and retrospectives.
• Manages and optimises the flow of value through the programme using various tools, such as the programme and value stream Kanbans.
• Drive relentless improvement.
• Assess the continuum maturity level of the programme/value stream and help improve.

Foster collaboration amongst and across ART:

• Encourage cross-value stream coordination and collaboration.
• Facilitate intergroup communication and dependency resolution, specifically helping to keep information moving so that the teams can focus on delivery.
• Facilitate alignment dependencies between the program team and third parties, release managers, or between the team and other Scrum Teams.
• Encourages the collaboration across Program and Team layer of SAFe.

Coaching and Mentoring of the ART:

• Provide leadership, direction and coaching to Feature team and Scrum Masters.
• Develop, coach and mentor teams and scrum masters in lean/agile practices and mind-sets.
• Actively contribute to the banks nWOW Community through participation in the internal Agile Community of Practice and Scrum Master Forums.
• Chairs the scrum of scrums (SoS). As a leader and the scrum master of scrum masters, the RTE is perfectly positioned to ensure that teams interact and share cross-team issues and risks by facilitating the SoS.