Principal Release Train Engineer

Location: Pune, India

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

## **The Role**

AspenTech is a global leader in industrial AI and asset optimization software, enabling innovation in highly complex industrial environments. We are seeking a highly capable Principal SAFe Release Train Engineer / Specialist (RTE) to lead the execution and continuous improvement of Agile Release Trains (ARTs) within our organization. In this pivotal role, you will serve as a servant leader and coach, driving program alignment, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement across multiple Agile teams.

In this pivotal role, you will act as the operational and facilitative backbone of the ART—ensuring effective coordination, removing impediments, and fostering collaboration across product, engineering, and business functions.

This is a high-impact role at the heart of our Agile transformation. You will directly influence how teams deliver customer value, ensuring strategic alignment, predictability, and flow across large-scale initiatives. If you thrive in complex, fast-moving environments and are passionate about Lean-Agile leadership, this opportunity offers the chance to make a lasting organizational impact.

## **Your Impact**

**Program Execution & Facilitation:**

• Lead and facilitate the execution of one or more Agile Release Trains (ARTs), aligning 50–125+ team members across multiple Agile teams.

• Plan and orchestrate all key SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, and Inspect & Adapt sessions.

• Ensure continuous flow of value by proactively identifying and resolving cross-team dependencies, risks, and impediments.

**Stakeholder Alignment**

• Partner with Product Management, System Architects, and Business Owners to align on vision, priorities, and delivery commitments.

• Promote transparency and data-driven decision-making through effective communication, reporting, and metrics tracking.

**Leadership & Coaching:**

• Act as a servant leader to Agile teams, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners—providing guidance on Lean-Agile principles, practices, and mindsets.

• Mentor and develop Scrum Masters to strengthen team-level agility and performance.

• Champion a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and continuous learning across the ART.

**Metrics & Performance Management:**

• Establish and monitor ART-level performance metrics including velocity, predictability, and quality.

• Analyze trends to identify improvement opportunities and drive measurable performance gains.

• Provide clear visibility into ART progress and outcomes for leadership and stakeholders.

**Continuous Improvement:**

• Lead Inspect & Adapt sessions to identify systemic improvement actions.

• Promote best practices in DevOps, Lean flow, and Agile governance.

• Foster innovation by supporting teams in experimenting and adopting new practices that enhance delivery performance.

## What You'll Need

**Experience:**

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Agile delivery roles within large-scale software, technology, or systems environments.

• Minimum 3 years in a leadership or coordination role such as Release Train Engineer, Program Manager, or Agile Delivery Lead within a SAFe environment.

• Proven success in facilitating large, cross-functional initiatives and driving delivery in a matrixed organization.

**Education:**

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.

**Skills & Competencies:**

• Deep understanding of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Lean-Agile principles, and DevOps practices.

• Strong facilitation and servant leadership capabilities, with the ability to influence without authority.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and business functions.

• Proficiency with Agile delivery tools such as Jira Align, Azure DevOps, Rally, or equivalent platforms.

• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret and leverage metrics for performance optimization.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with an ability to navigate complex delivery environments.

**Preferred Certifications:**

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) — *Required*

• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist (SA), or other relevant Agile certifications — *Preferred*

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks.

If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster.

With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate.

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