Release Train Manager - Tieto Caretech (m/f/d)

At Tieto Caretech you’ll get a chance to provide patients and end users with purposeful technology and product offerings that help them in their life. If that sounds interesting, please keep on reading.

About us

Through advanced, intuitive technology, Tieto Caretech reduces administrative work, improves decision-making, and strengthens safety and quality in health and social care. With the Lifecare software portfolio we enable health and social care professionals to focus
on what matters most: people.

We are a global team of professionals working on providing products and services to different sectors from intensive care to laboratory and social care. In addition to working closely with our customers, we also have our own products that we build and develop for various fields in society. From enabling healthcare professionals to spend more valuable time with their patients to providing data for professional athletes to achieve even better results, we make all that possible. With us you can be part of advancing societies through purposeful technology and make your mark on the health and wellbeing of people.
 

About the role

We live in interesting times where technology helps people get access to medical care easily, bringing patients and medical professionals together regardless of the distance. Such a world already exists, and we are helping to make it a reality for citizens of Nordic countries. If you want to become a part of the taskforce driving these changes, bring us your experience and dedication, and support us in our meaningful work.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person who is seeking a new challenge and an opportunity to further improve his/her skills and career in a great working environment!

The Release Train Manager (RTM) is a servant leader and coach for the release train. The RTM's major responsibilities are to facilitate the release train events and processes. One of the main responsibilities is to assist the teams in delivering value. The RTM communicates with stakeholders, escalates impediments, helps manage risk, and drives relentless improvements. The RTM facilitates and enables end-to-end value delivery through the Release Train.

As a Release Train Manager, you will:

• Facilitate the Release Train’s events and processes.
• Coach and support teams and POs in organizing their work to deliver roadmap features and maintenance tasks.
• Serve to fulfill the objectives of the Increment/Release plan.
• Cooperate with the Release Manager, Product Owners, Product Managers (PMs), and other RTMs regarding detailed release planning and release train's release issues, strategy, and execution alignment.
• Ensure all governance elements of quality, security, regulatory, and other compliance-related aspects of the release train are addressed prior to release.
• Work with Product Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure tracking the execution of features and capabilities.
• Represent on steering groups.
• Take care of the Release Train communication to stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate Program Increment Planning (PI) (together with all RTMs).
• Resolve and/or escalate impediments.
• Help in risk management and managing dependencies.
• Drive continuous improvement.
• Balance resource plans and provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
• Manage Release Train budgeting and follow-up of the budget.

As a Release Train Manager, your key values are:

• Development planning, scheduling, and commitment
• Development efficiency
• Release approval proposal
• Cost control
• Quality
• Listen and support teams in problem identification and decision-making
• Create an environment of mutual influence

We are looking for someone with:

• Desire to lead a program with several teams and products
• Fluent written and spoken English and Finnish
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum/SAFe processes and principles
• Good communication, presentation, and leadership skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge and understanding of the healthcare market, customer, and business
• Enthusiasm, energy, ambition, and motivation
• 10+ years in software product development, including 5+ years in managerial role.

What’s in it for you?

With us you will be part of the important and meaningful work of developing healthcare and welfare for all of us. You have an important mission to make a difference that really matters. In addition, as a company we offer you professional growth, open and friendly culture, and an outstanding work-life balance! We believe that our organizational culture is an important part of enabling you to be successful. We provide a flexible hybrid work model as part of our culture and way of working.

Finally, we also believe in curiosity and learning as a lifestyle. We want to encourage you to keep up that curiosity and deepen your knowledge on topics you’re interested in. For example, we host a ‘Keep Learning Week’ twice a year, a week where everyone at Tieto has the possibility to join different training courses in a truly global setting.

Could you be our new colleague?

We look forward to hearing from you! We will fill the position as soon as we find the right person, so we encourage you to apply today. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact the hiring manager Teijo Mustonen (teijo.mustonen@tieto.com)

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