Release Train Engineer - Asia

Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make decisions easier and lives better. Help shape the future you want to see — and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go.

Position Responsibilities:

Agile Release Train Leadership

• Facilitate all ART-level events: Program Increment (PI) Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops
• Ensure readiness across teams and alignment with business goals
• Track ART progress, manage risks, and resolve dependencies using tools like Kanban and ROAM

Coaching & Facilitation

• Mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile teams in Lean-Agile practices
• Promote self-organization, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Drive adoption of SAFe principles and DevOps practices

Flow Optimization & Delivery

• Establish ART Kanban systems and monitor flow metrics (e.g., predictability, throughput)
• Support continuous delivery pipelines and CI/CD optimization
• Conduct value stream mapping to identify and eliminate bottlenecks

Stakeholder Engagement

• Represent Canadian content priorities across multiple business units
• Act as liaison between ART teams and business stakeholders
• Ensure transparency on PI objectives, progress, and risks
• Manage communications cross-channel, including internal stakeholders, and partner with business teams to manage external customers of experience changes

Technical Leadership

• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate AEM Cloud and headless CMS into delivery workflows
• Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG) and security requirements
• Support API-driven architectures and cloud-native solutions

Required Qualifications:

• 7–10 years of experience in Agile delivery within public and secure site environments
• Proven experience as a Release Train Engineer or similar SAFe leadership role
• Strong understanding of SAFe, Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), and Lean principles
• Familiarity with AEM Cloud, headless CMS (Contentful), and API-first architectures
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and servant leadership skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; SAFe RTE certification preferred

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact hr@manulife.com.

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