Principal IT Analyst - Release Train Engineer SAP S/4

Fantastic career opportunity as a Principal IT Analyst, Release Train Engineer – SAP S/4 HANA in Atlanta, GA, Corporate Information Technology As Principal IT Analyst, Release Train Engineer for the SAP S/4HANA implementation at Honeywell, you will lead the Agile Release Train/s to build S/4 HANA capabilities for all Strategic Business Groups (SBG’s) and Business Models across Honeywell. Reporting to the Director IT Program Management, this role owns the strategy, governance, and execution of S/4HANA Build for the Agile Release Trains at an enterprise level. In this role, you will impact the organization's technology strategies and projects, aligning them with business objectives. Your expertise will lead to data-informed decision-making, enhancing operational efficiency, and contributing to the organization's technology roadmap. By analyzing complex IT systems and offering innovative solutions, you will play a key role in shaping the future of technology at Honeywell. You will report directly to our Director, IT Program Management and you’ll work out of our Atlanta, GA location on a Hybrid work schedule. Hybrid Work Schedule Note: For the first 90 days, New Hires must be prepared to work 100% onsite M-F ### Responsibilities **Key Responsibilities** - Lead Agile Release Train (ART) execution for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), partnering with senior leadership to define strategy and drive enterprise-wide Agile adoption - Facilitate all ART level ceremonies, including Program Increment Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops, ensuring alignment and successful delivery of Program Increments (PIs) - Orchestrate and align cross-functional teams in the Agile Release Train across functional and technical teams, ensuring seamless integration and value delivery - Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product management, system architects, and system integrators to prioritize program backlogs and align deliverables with strategic business objectives - Coordinate across ARTs, ensuring clear communication of objectives, dependencies, and priorities between ARTs and with the Solution Train leadership - Coach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery teams on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles to foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance - Define, track, and report ART level metrics, including program predictability, feature completion, cumulative flow, and business value delivery, providing transparency and supporting executive decision-making - Monitor team level metrics, such as velocity, sprint burn-down, cycle time, and defect trends, to ensure predictable and high-quality execution at the team level - Visibility and Transparency: Creating and maintaining dashboards (e.g. Kanban systems) to provide a clear view of progress across the ART. - Risk and Dependency Management: Tracking risks identified during PI planning and monitoring dependencies between teams. - Tool Configuration: Ensuring that Jira is configured to properly reflect PI goals and team output. ### Qualifications **YOU MUST HAVE** - 7+ years of experience leading large / complex ERP transformation programs - Proven experience delivering SAP S/4 HANA platform implementations leveraging SAFe - Strong understanding of business processes in at least one of the process areas: Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report - Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA technology landscape, with SAP functional expertise in at least one of the process areas; Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report - Excellent Program Management skills and ability to orchestrate large cross functional teams - Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills across global, matrixed organizations - Strong knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile, Scrum, and Kanban **WE VALUE*…