Job Description

About the Company

n Davidson has partnered with Barwon Water to appoint a Release Train Lead to play a pivotal role in driving the successful delivery of strategic technology and transformation initiatives across the organisation.

About the Role

n As the Release Train Lead, you'll sit within the Enablement function and play a critical role in coordinating multiple Agile squads delivering software products and services.

n You'll be responsible for establishing consistent ways of working, managing dependencies, improving release predictability and ensuring teams can deliver quality outcomes at scale.

n You'll be comfortable operating in an setting where not everything is defined, bringing structure, governance and clarity without creating unnecessary process overhead.

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Key Responsibilities:

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- Establish and embed repeatable frameworks for: n n
- PI Planning
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- ART Syncs
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- Scrum of Scrums
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- System Demos
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- Inspect & Adapt sessions
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- Build fit-for-purpose release management, service transition and testing practices.
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- Develop release plans, checklists, stage gates and governance processes that create consistency across squads.
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- Coordinate cross-squad dependencies, risks, environments, approvals and testing activities.
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- Work closely with Engineering, Change and Quality stakeholders to ensure successful release outcomes.
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- Facilitate alignment and communication across multiple Agile teams and business stakeholders.
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- Use delivery metrics, retrospectives and lessons learned to continuously improve release quality, reliability and speed.
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- Drive enterprise-wide delivery improvements while maintaining a pragmatic and delivery-focused approach.
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About You

n We're looking for someone who combines strong delivery leadership with enough technical understanding to engage meaningfully with engineering teams.

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- Experience as a Release Train Engineer, Release Train Lead, Delivery Manager, Release Manager or Senior Agile Delivery professional.
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- Proven experience coordinating multiple Agile teams and managing cross-functional dependencies.
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- Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycles, release management and testing practices.
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- Confidence using JIRA and Agile delivery tooling.
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- A solid understanding of APIs, integrations and modern software delivery concepts.
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- Experience establishing frameworks, governance and ways of working from the ground up.
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- The ability to work effectively in ambiguity and adapt processes to suit organisational needs.
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- Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills.
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Nice to Have:n

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- Experience operating within or alongside SAFe environments.
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- SAFe certification is welcome but not required.
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- Experience building release and delivery frameworks for mid-sized organisations rather than large enterprise environments.
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The Benefits

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- 12-month fixed term contract
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- Competitive salary package
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- Ppportunity to play a key role in an organisation undertaking one of regional Victoria's most significant transformation
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n Please submit your current resume to apply. If you'd like a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Maaz Mian on [email protected], quoting reference JN -102026-44532. To learn more about Davidson, visit davidsonwp.com.

📌 Release Train Lead (North Geelong)
🏢 Davidson
📍 North Geelong