Principal Release Train Engineer - AI

This role is for a Principal Release Train Engineer at MetLife, focused on leading delivery coordination and portfolio operations for a new AI product operating model. The role involves tracking dependencies, managing risks, leading a team of Scrum Leads and Portfolio Operations Specialists, and partnering with Product Management to align delivery with roadmap priorities. It requires extensive experience in Agile program management and coordinating complex, multi-platform environments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead delivery coordination across platform and enablement pods - tracking cross-team dependencies, managing risk escalations, and maintaining end-to-end delivery visibility
  2. Serve as portfolio operations leader: own delivery cadence, PI-level planning activities, increment commitments, and metrics reporting across the program
  3. Lead and develop a team of Scrum Leads and Portfolio Operations Specialists who report directly to this role and serve the portfolio
  4. Partner with Product Management to align delivery sequencing with roadmap priorities and surface blockers early
  5. Coordinate dependencies across internal pods and partner platform teams to reduce friction and maintain program momentum

Skills

Required

  • Agile program management
  • leading delivery across multiple concurrent teams or workstreams
  • coordinating cross-team dependencies
  • managing delivery risk in complex, multi-platform environments
  • portfolio- or program-level planning and cadence
  • facilitation
  • communication
  • organizational skills

Nice to have

  • SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or equivalent agile delivery certification
  • product company or product-oriented platform delivery environment
  • portfolio-level Agile or DevOps transformation within a large enterprise context
  • ALM and portfolio management tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, Targetprocess, or equivalent)

What the JD emphasized

  • demonstrated experience leading delivery across multiple concurrent teams or workstreams
  • Proven track record coordinating cross-team dependencies and managing delivery risk in complex, multi-platform environments
  • Strong agile delivery background with practical experience running portfolio- or program-level planning and cadence
  • comfortable operating in ambiguity during a stand-up phase