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Technology - Agile, Delivery, & Product
Are you passionate about delivering solutions? Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability, and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes extraordinary pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join the Global Technology organization at Prudential, youll unlock an exciting and impactful career all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the worlds leading financial services institutions.
Your Team
As a Director, Release Train Engineer in our Global Technology (Asset Management, Financial Management Corporate Functions) area, you will partner with Chief Product Owners, Solution Architect Engineers, and delivery professionals to improve our Marketing technology stack and privacy initiatives. You will ensure strategy and execution alignment through collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to your deep expertise and experience in delivery, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership demeanor and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.
The current EWA for this role is hybrid (minimum of 2 days/ week) in our Newark, NJ office.
Here is what you can expect on a typical day
Serve as servant leadership for the teams and broader organization and act as Lead Scrum Master and coach for one of our Agile Release Train(s), consisting of up to 10 Agile teams.
Stand-up, launch, and ensure the ART stays on course by facilitating all if its events, ceremonies, and processes while assisting the ART in delivering value and driving steadfast improvement
Synthesize, track, and communicate Program Increment (PI) objectives, risks, and dependencies with key partners; supervise execution of features
Ensure strategic alignment through collaboration with Chief Product Owners, Solution Architect Engineers, Tech Leads and other partners and collaborators on the ART and across the organization.
Provide an outstanding blend of strategic and tactical leadership
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
Minimum 1 year of experience as a Release Train Engineer
Ability to lead independently with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives to the benefit of the organization
Experience with agile development methodologies
Knowledge of business concepts, tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business
Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and solving challenges
Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills
Significant experience and/or deep expertise with several of the following:
Proficiency in multiple Agile methodologies, including Scaled Agile Framework, with proven expertise in scaling and delivery across teams of various maturity including start-ups.
Expertise in all aspects of Agile Team Facilitation including Pre PI-Planning, PI Planning, Scrum-of-Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt
Proven grasp and practical experience in various Agile toolchains, including Jira, Jira Align, and Miro
Strong leadership skills, both strategic and tactical, with a high degree of emotional intelligence
Background in Agile delivery with a success record in building new products, capabilities, solutions, and teams
Preferred Qualifications
Certified Release Train Engineer certification
Experience in serving as a Release Train Engineer within the financial services industry across multiple verticals, be they technical or business in nature
High degree of comfort in interacting with Senior Leadership Teams
Youll Love Working Here Because You Can:
Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, well help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. Youll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.
What we offer you:
Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave
Retirement plans:
401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)
Company-funded pension plan
Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs
Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.
To find out more about our Total Reward package, see our Total Rewards Brochure. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.
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Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $160,700.00...

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