SAFe Release Train Engineer

Job Description

Release Train Engineer (RTE) Pharma / Life Sciences (SAFe)

Role Summary

Datavid provides enterprise-ready software solutions designed to help businesses extract, enrich, and utilize their most valuable knowledge. Our focus is on delivering cutting-edge data engineering and AI services to global enterprises leading in research, development, customer experience, and innovation. With a dedicated team of over 120+ professionals, including software developers, data engineers, machine learning specialists, AI engineers and project managers, Datavid is committed to helping organizations unlock the full potential of their data.

Role Description

We are seeking a SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) to join our global engineering team. This is a full-time remote role responsible for facilitating and enabling one or more Agile Release Trains (ARTs) delivering pharmaceutical R&D, clinical, regulatory, quality, or commercial technology capabilities within a regulated life-sciences environment.

The RTE ensures alignment, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement across multiple agile teams while maintaining compliance with GxP, validation, data integrity, and quality standards. The role works closely with Product Management, Architecture, Quality, Regulatory, and senior business stakeholders to enable Lean-Agile delivery at scale without compromising patient safety or regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Release Train Leadership (Pharma Context)

Act as chief facilitator and servant leader for an Agile Release Train supporting pharma domains such as:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical

Clinical Development & Operations

Regulatory Affairs & Submissions

Pharmacovigilance & Safety

Manufacturing, Quality, or Commercial IT

Establish and sustain ART cadence while respecting regulated delivery constraints

Promote a culture of transparency, quality, and continuous improvement

Program Increment (PI) Planning & Execution

Plan and facilitate PI Planning events involving cross-functional teams, vendors, and business SMEs

Ensure alignment to:

Portfolio themes and roadmap commitments

Regulatory milestones (e.g. submissions, inspections, audits)

Data integrity and validation needs

Facilitate dependency mapping, risk identification, and ROAMing with regulatory and quality awareness

Support PI objective definition and confidence voting in complex stakeholder environments

Facilitation of SAFe Ceremonies

Facilitate and improve ART-level ceremonies:

Scrum of Scrums

PO Sync

System Demos (with validated artefacts where required)

Inspect & Adapt workshops

Ensure ceremonies focus on outcomes, quality, and compliance, not just speed

Dependency, Risk & Impediment Management

Proactively manage cross-team and cross-vendor dependencies involving:

Validation & CSV

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Affairs

Security & Data Privacy

Identify and remove system-level impediments impacting delivery timelines or compliance

Escalate risks appropriately while enabling teams to resolve issues at the lowest possible level

Compliance, Quality & Governance Enablement

Partner with Quality, Validation, and Regulatory teams to:

Embed compliance into agile ways of working

Ensure audit-ready delivery processes

Support documentation, traceability, and evidence generation

Enable agile delivery within GxP-regulated environments without reverting to waterfall behaviours

Coaching & Continuous Improvement

Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams on:

SAFe practices adapted for life-sciences delivery

Flow, WIP limits, and value-based prioritisation

Balancing speed with quality and compliance

Drive continuous improvement actions from Inspect & Adapt workshops

Metrics & Transparency

Track and communicate ART-level metrics including:

PI predictability

Flow metrics (Flow Velocity, Flow Time, Flow Load)

Quality and stability indicators where applicable

Provide clear, data-driven updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums

Key Stakeholders

Product Management & Product Owners

Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, and Quality stakeholders

Architecture, Platform, and DevOps teams

Validation & Compliance functions

External vendors and systems integrators

Portfolio and Digital Transformation leadership

Required Experience & Skills

7+ years experience in Agile delivery roles (Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Program/Delivery Manager)

Proven experience as an RTE or equivalent role within pharma or life sciences

Strong understanding of SAFe and Agile at scale

Experience operating in GxP-regulated environments

Ability to facilitate large, complex planning and alignment events

Strong stakeholder management skills in matrixed organisations

Calm, structured approach to ambiguity and regulatory complexity

Preferred Experience

Exposure to clinical systems (CTMS, EDC, eTMF, Safety systems)

Experience supporting regulatory submissions or inspections

Working knowledge of CSV, validation, and audit requirements

Experience coordinating multiple vendors or global delivery teams

Certifications (Preferred)

SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)

SAFe Agilist (SA)

Scrum Master / Advanced Scrum Master

Life-sciences or GxP training / certification (advantageous)