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Lead Associate Principal, Release Train Engineering

Options Clearing Corporation
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/26/2025
*****THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VISA SPONSORSHIP*****
What You'll Do:
A Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader who guides Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to achieve their goals. RTEs are considered to be "super Scrum Masters" who coordinate and drive other Scrum Masters towards goals. They are also known for their deep understanding of the agile framework and SAFe. At OCC the RTE’s will oversee and facilitate the release process across their assigned ARTs to ensure alignment and release compliance.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
  • Planning: Creating the program increment chart and ensuring teams meet deadlines
  • Initiating: Standing up ART’s at OCC
  • Coaching: Providing training and guidance to the ART, and serving as a role model
  • Monitoring/Reporting: Overseeing the ART's activities, and analyzing its performance
  • Communicating: Facilitating communication with stakeholders, and fostering open communication between teams
  • Managing: Managing impediments and risks, and helping the ART manage budget and productivity issues
  • Collaborating: Collaborating with Product Management, the System Architect, and Business Owners
  • Prioritizing: Working with teams to prioritize features for a given PI planning cycle
  • Maintaining: Maintaining calendars for program increments, and implementing PI planning events
  • Improving: Promoting improvement through inspect and adapt (I&A) events after PI completions
Supervisory Responsibilities:
  • Lead/Mentor junior members of the team
Qualifications:
The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
  • Experience in standing up and leading multiple Agile Release Trains
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Leader in cross-team collaboration with ability to work independently
  • Experience in coaching Scrum Masters in Lean practices
  • Analytic thinker with ability to solve problems and make/capture decisions
  • Software delivery knowledge
Technical Skills:
  • Agile/Scrum Certifications
Education and/or Experience:
  • 6 years of experience in standing up and leading multiple Agile Release Trains
  • Leader in cross-team collaboration with ability to work independently
  • 6 years of Experience in coaching Scrum Masters in Lean practices
Certificates or Licenses:
  • Scrum Master and Lead Agile Certified
About Us
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
Benefits
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
  • A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
  • Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
  • Generous PTO and Parental leave
  • 401k Employer Match
  • Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision
Visit
https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together
for more information.
Compensation
  • The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
  • In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
  • We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on
    www.theocc.com/careers
  • All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.
Salary Range
$129,200.00 - $169,800.00
Incentive Range
8% to 15%
This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.
Step 1
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Step 2
You will receive an email notification to confirm that we've received your application.
Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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