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Release Manager
Location: REMOTE
Duration 12 months
Start: ASAP
Interview: Video
- Scheduling, managing and coordinating releases across multiple applications within various portfolios across different teams and projects.
- Constructing a release calendar for the different projects to have a centralized view of all releases.
- Planning release windows and the overall release lifecycle.
- Monitoring the release process and collecting feedback from the different teams.
- Making improvements on a regular basis to the release process.
- Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
- Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.
- Ability to coordinate multiple teams to ensure tasks are completed in time with the release schedule.
- Schedule the CAB meetings to discuss the release schedules with the team and find roadblocks, if any.
- Keeping track of existing technology versions of all software used across different solutions in managed service including both PROD and No-PROD.
- Maintaining a release calendar of all software already deployed, grouped by Clients and Environments.
- Maintaining a release calendar of all software in the build phase with the planned release date, grouped by Clients and Environment.
- Maintaining a map of software to environment and clients.
- Track schedules for clients in relation to the software release to their environment aligning with SOW. This will include promised deliverables, commitments, bug fix schedules, release cadence, and any client-specific moratoriums.
- Keep track of all version releases/upgrades and their impact on client deliverables and existing functionality.
- Voice and call out release version and schedule impact analysis and give inputs regarding combining features vs excluding ones that can have a high impact or are not relevant.
- Communicate between implementation teams to coordinate releases.
- Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release are not affected.
- Track the progress and find issues, if any. Always work to improve the process of release.
- Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
- Represent the Solution in Change Advisory Board Meeting.
- Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality.
- Weekly Release Reporting.
- Work with release engineers to understand the impacts of branches and code merges.
- Continually work towards making improvements in the release process.
- Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews.
- Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required.
- Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensures alignment across key partners and vendors.
- Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification list
Required:
- Scheduling, managing and coordinating releases across multiple applications within various portfolios across different teams and projects.
- Maintaining a release calendar of all software in the build phase with the planned release date, grouped by Clients and Environment.
- Keeping track of existing technology versions of all software used across different solutions in managed service including both PROD and No-PROD.
- 2-6 years of the previous release and/or project management experience, (A solid understanding of project management principles preferred).
- 8-10 years of experience in information systems operations environment in systems analysis or development
- Formal training in project management practices is preferred.
Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle. - Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.
- Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills.
Advanced written and verbal communication skills are a must.