Release Train Engineer (Pharmacy)
McKesson
McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.
What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.
CoverMyMeds' Pharmacy Product is a high-performing team focused on delivering innovative solutions for pharmacies that improve patient outcomes. In partnership with teams across the business, Pharmacy Product helps people get the medicine they need to live healthier lives.
What You'll Do:
As the dedicated Pharmacy Value Stream Release Train Engineer, you will serve as the chief facilitator, enabling alignment, execution, and continuous improvement across multiple teams. Operating within the Pharmacy Suites SAFe Operating Model and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) framework, you will establish the operating cadence that enables work to flow seamlessly from strategy through delivery. As a key contributor, you will apply deep expertise and independent judgment to coach teams and leaders, improve predictability, manage dependencies, solve complex delivery challenges, and deliver value at scale. This role enables alignment and execution across the system and does not own product priorities, technical architecture, team-level delivery decisions, or people management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Operating Model Transformation Team and Product Operations to design, facilitate, and continuously improve value stream and ART-level operating cadences, including PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, Product Owner Syncs, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and PI execution reviews.
- Establish a consistent operating rhythm that enables alignment and execution, and lead large-scale, cross-functional planning and execution events involving multiple teams, competing priorities, and real-time decision-making.
- Ensure teams and leaders are prepared for PI Planning by aligning priorities, capacity, dependencies, risks, objectives, and backlog readiness. Facilitate Program Board creation and planning alignment, confidence voting, risk ROAMing, and the capture of committed and stretch PI objectives. Support pre-planning activities to promote realistic sequencing, alignment, and committed delivery outcomes.
- Ensure cross-team dependencies, risks, blockers, and impediments are visible and actively managed across the value stream. Monitor and improve flow across the system by identifying and addressing systemic bottlenecks, mediating cross-team conflicts and dependency trade-offs, and proactively escalating issues that cannot be resolved at the team level.
- Track performance, flow metrics, ART health, and delivery outcomes to improve predictability and execution confidence. Use AI-enabled analytics and dashboards to identify patterns and bottlenecks, surface risks earlier, and translate delivery insights into clear actions and data-driven decisions for teams and leaders.
- Lead Inspect & Adapt workshops, retrospectives, problem-solving sessions, and improvement backlogs that strengthen ART health and delivery performance. Coach teams and leaders on Lean-Agile principles, decentralized decision-making, and system-level thinking. Share expertise and guide colleagues with less experience, enabling self-sustaining delivery systems rather than directly managing execution outcomes.
- Act as a connective force across Product Management, Technology, User Experience, Data, portfolio partners, and business leadership. Ensure alignment between strategy, backlog priorities, and execution; maintain visibility into ART health and outcomes; and communicate delivery risks, dependencies, decisions, and improvement opportunities to leaders and cross-functional partners.
- Use AI-assisted tools to enhance facilitation, scenario modeling, and dependency management across the ART. Apply predictive insights to anticipate delivery risks, optimize sequencing, redirect efforts as conditions change, and improve decision-making during PI Planning and execution, enabling faster and more adaptive value delivery.
Skills You'll Need:
- Degree or equivalent experience and typically 7+ years of relevant professional experience in Agile delivery, program delivery, product development, technology, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Agile teams in a scaled environment and leading large, cross-functional planning and execution events.
- Strong working knowledge of SAFe, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, PI Planning, dependency management, flow, and continuous improvement practices.
- Advanced facilitation, coaching, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to develop practical approaches to complex problems, apply sound judgment with limited direction, anticipate change, and redirect efforts as needed.
- Ability to influence without formal authority and communicate credibly with delivery teams, senior leaders, and cross-functional partners.
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to connect delivery patterns, risks, dependencies, and organizational outcomes.
- Experience using Agile planning and collaboration tools such as Atlassian and Miro.
Preferred Skills:
- SAFe Release Train Engineer, SAFe Practice Consultant, SAFe Agilist, Certified ScrumMaster, Agile Coach, PMP, or comparable certification; relevant experience is valued alongside credentials
- Experience supporting pharmacy products, pharmacy operations, pharmacy technology, medication access, or another healthcare delivery environment.
- Experience with AI-assisted facilitation, predictive delivery insights, scenario modeling, or automation of Agile metrics and reporting.
- Experience working in a product-led operating model or value stream environment spanning product, engineering, data, user experience, and business teams.
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$115,400 - $192,300McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:
McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: .
McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) or (Canada) . Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
Join us at McKesson!
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Lead Release Train Engineer
Humana
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The Lead Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as the servant leader, facilitator, and coach for a complex Agile Release Train (ART), supporting multiple Scrum teams in delivering business value through the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). This role is responsible for facilitating ART execution, promoting Agile best practices, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The Lead Release Train Engineer collaborates closely with business and technology leaders to drive alignment, transparency, predictability, and successful delivery of strategic initiatives.The Lead Release Train Engineer performs advanced work requiring extensive experience, independent judgment, and the ability to solve complex problems across large-scale programs and value streams.
The Lead Release Train Engineer serves as the primary facilitator and coach for a complex Agile Release Train (ART), ensuring alignment with SAFe principles and Agile best practices. This role partners with business and technology stakeholders to optimize value delivery, improve program execution, and drive continuous improvement across teams. The Lead Release Train Engineer leverages Agile metrics, assessments, and feedback mechanisms to identify opportunities for increased efficiency, collaboration, and delivery excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary facilitator and servant leader for a complex Agile Release Train (ART), ensuring effective adoption and execution of SAFe principles, practices, and ceremonies.
- Lead and facilitate ART events, including Program Increment (PI) Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt Workshops, and other program-level ceremonies.
- Facilitate PI Planning readiness through continuous exploration, roadmap alignment, backlog refinement, and pre- and post-PI planning activities.
- Coach, mentor, and influence Scrum Masters, Product Owners, technical teams, business partners, and leaders at all levels, including executive leadership, on Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
- Partner with Product Management, Product Owners, Solution Management, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between strategic objectives and execution.
- Identify, manage, and help resolve program-level dependencies, risks, and impediments that impact the flow of value across teams.
- Drive continuous improvement by facilitating Inspect and Adapt workshops and leading the execution of improvement initiatives.
- Promote collaboration among teams, architects, engineering leaders, and business stakeholders to improve delivery outcomes.
- Utilize Agile metrics, dashboards, and program health indicators to assess ART performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Support the development and maturation of value streams and Agile delivery practices across the organization.
- Foster Communities of Practice and encourage the adoption of engineering excellence and built-in quality practices.
- Ensure teams maintain focus on quality, predictability, continuous delivery, and the achievement of business outcomes.
- Partner with the Agility Enablement organization to improve program execution, operational excellence, and Agile maturity.
- Exercise considerable independent judgment and decision-making while establishing priorities, managing competing demands, and guiding work across multiple teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
- 7+ years of related experience, including 5+ years serving as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer, or similar Agile leadership role supporting large-scale, technically complex initiatives.
- Extensive experience leading Agile Release Trains within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
- Current SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), or comparable SAFe certification.
- Advanced knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean-Agile principles.
- Demonstrated success leading large, complex programs and value streams across multiple teams and stakeholder groups.
- Experience influencing and collaborating with senior leaders, business stakeholders, product teams, portfolio management, and technology organizations.
- Strong facilitation, communication, coaching, and leadership skills with the ability to drive alignment through influence.
- High emotional intelligence and strong relationship-building capabilities.
- Passion for continuous improvement and delivering exceptional customer and business outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Advanced proficiency with Agile Lifecycle Management tools, such as Jira Align, and Azure DevOps.
- Advanced Agile certifications, such as ASM, A-SPC, CSP-SM, A-CSM, or PSM III.
- Agile Coaching certifications, such as ICP-ATF, ICP-ACC, or Certified Team Coach (CTC).
- Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, or related process improvement certifications.
- Experience within healthcare, health insurance, or other highly regulated industries.
- Strong knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and modern product delivery practices.
- Experience leading enterprise-scale Agile transformations and organizational change initiatives.
Use your skills to make an impact
This role plays a critical part in enabling high-performing Agile teams and driving the successful execution of strategic business initiatives. The Lead Release Train Engineer fosters collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while helping teams deliver meaningful business value through disciplined Agile practices and Lean-Agile principles.
Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.$129,300 - $177,800 per yearThis job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application Deadline: 10-27-2026
About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Release Train Engineer (Pharmacy)
McKesson
McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.
What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.
CoverMyMeds' Pharmacy Product is a high-performing team focused on delivering innovative solutions for pharmacies that improve patient outcomes. In partnership with teams across the business, Pharmacy Product helps people get the medicine they need to live healthier lives.
What You'll Do:
As the dedicated Pharmacy Value Stream Release Train Engineer, you will serve as the chief facilitator, enabling alignment, execution, and continuous improvement across multiple teams. Operating within the Pharmacy Suites SAFe Operating Model and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) framework, you will establish the operating cadence that enables work to flow seamlessly from strategy through delivery. As a key contributor, you will apply deep expertise and independent judgment to coach teams and leaders, improve predictability, manage dependencies, solve complex delivery challenges, and deliver value at scale. This role enables alignment and execution across the system and does not own product priorities, technical architecture, team-level delivery decisions, or people management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Operating Model Transformation Team and Product Operations to design, facilitate, and continuously improve value stream and ART-level operating cadences, including PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, Product Owner Syncs, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and PI execution reviews.
- Establish a consistent operating rhythm that enables alignment and execution, and lead large-scale, cross-functional planning and execution events involving multiple teams, competing priorities, and real-time decision-making.
- Ensure teams and leaders are prepared for PI Planning by aligning priorities, capacity, dependencies, risks, objectives, and backlog readiness. Facilitate Program Board creation and planning alignment, confidence voting, risk ROAMing, and the capture of committed and stretch PI objectives. Support pre-planning activities to promote realistic sequencing, alignment, and committed delivery outcomes.
- Ensure cross-team dependencies, risks, blockers, and impediments are visible and actively managed across the value stream. Monitor and improve flow across the system by identifying and addressing systemic bottlenecks, mediating cross-team conflicts and dependency trade-offs, and proactively escalating issues that cannot be resolved at the team level.
- Track performance, flow metrics, ART health, and delivery outcomes to improve predictability and execution confidence. Use AI-enabled analytics and dashboards to identify patterns and bottlenecks, surface risks earlier, and translate delivery insights into clear actions and data-driven decisions for teams and leaders.
- Lead Inspect & Adapt workshops, retrospectives, problem-solving sessions, and improvement backlogs that strengthen ART health and delivery performance. Coach teams and leaders on Lean-Agile principles, decentralized decision-making, and system-level thinking. Share expertise and guide colleagues with less experience, enabling self-sustaining delivery systems rather than directly managing execution outcomes.
- Act as a connective force across Product Management, Technology, User Experience, Data, portfolio partners, and business leadership. Ensure alignment between strategy, backlog priorities, and execution; maintain visibility into ART health and outcomes; and communicate delivery risks, dependencies, decisions, and improvement opportunities to leaders and cross-functional partners.
- Use AI-assisted tools to enhance facilitation, scenario modeling, and dependency management across the ART. Apply predictive insights to anticipate delivery risks, optimize sequencing, redirect efforts as conditions change, and improve decision-making during PI Planning and execution, enabling faster and more adaptive value delivery.
Skills You'll Need:
- Degree or equivalent experience and typically 7+ years of relevant professional experience in Agile delivery, program delivery, product development, technology, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Agile teams in a scaled environment and leading large, cross-functional planning and execution events.
- Strong working knowledge of SAFe, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, PI Planning, dependency management, flow, and continuous improvement practices.
- Advanced facilitation, coaching, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to develop practical approaches to complex problems, apply sound judgment with limited direction, anticipate change, and redirect efforts as needed.
- Ability to influence without formal authority and communicate credibly with delivery teams, senior leaders, and cross-functional partners.
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to connect delivery patterns, risks, dependencies, and organizational outcomes.
- Experience using Agile planning and collaboration tools such as Atlassian and Miro.
Preferred Skills:
- SAFe Release Train Engineer, SAFe Practice Consultant, SAFe Agilist, Certified ScrumMaster, Agile Coach, PMP, or comparable certification; relevant experience is valued alongside credentials
- Experience supporting pharmacy products, pharmacy operations, pharmacy technology, medication access, or another healthcare delivery environment.
- Experience with AI-assisted facilitation, predictive delivery insights, scenario modeling, or automation of Agile metrics and reporting.
- Experience working in a product-led operating model or value stream environment spanning product, engineering, data, user experience, and business teams.
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$115,400 - $192,300McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:
McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: .
McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) or (Canada) . Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
Join us at McKesson!
Originally posted on Himalayas