Release Manager

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Primary Skill: Release Manager


• Secondary: Agile


• Experience: Minimum 10 years

Roles & Responsibilities

• Forward Plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio.


• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.


• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed expectations.


• Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates.


• Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes.


• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations.


• Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews.


• Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans.


• Weekly Release Reporting.


• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required.


• Negotiate, plan and manage all release activities.


• Work with release engineers to understand impacts of branches and code mergers.


• Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.


• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process.


• Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.


• Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks

Roles & Responsibilities

Proactive and result-oriented leader, adept in mentoring and motivating the dynamic team to exemplary performance.

Strong communication, collaboration, and team building skills with proficiency in grasping new technical concepts quickly.