Release Manager

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company that provides solutions for engineering, technology, and product development projects. For decades, we’ve been helping our clients develop products that are changing the world, whether that’s by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set a new standard of care, or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. Our team of more than 600 people works across industries including aerospace, medical devices and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicle, electric vehicles, rail, and more. Our offices across the US have different industry focuses and engage with our clients in different ways, ranging from working on-site at client facilities to performing product development at our delivery centers. 
 
ALTEN Group, our parent company, has been a leader in engineering and information technology for more than 30 years. ALTEN Group operates in 30 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and employs more than 36,000 people, 88% of whom are engineers. The company covers the whole development cycle and offers a choice of service levels, from technology consulting to complete project outsourcing. 
 
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you join a group of people passionate about collaborating to solve some of the world’s most technical engineering challenges. Our success is tied to taking care of our employees by building relationships and providing opportunities for mentorship and career growth. We offer comprehensive benefits for all full-time employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer matching; paid time off (PTO); paid parental leave; and mentorship to help you take your career to the next level. You don’t have to take our word for it that we are a great place to work—we were named on the 2023 Top Workplaces list thanks to feedback from our proud employees.

As a Release Manager you will be responsible for;

• Handle scrum, SAFe and waterfall methodologies, leading the delivery model through the several applied methodologies.
• Continuously keep in sync, review, and adapt the adequation between business targets & content, speed & quality, organizational & people readiness to delivery consistent business releases and value.
• Synchronize all actors, and has to interact with an extremely large stakeholder panel, between project streams, functions, countries and seniority
• Interface with the Airbus internal global IM organization to secure platform readiness, guarantee handover to the “run” mode and quality end user service delivery towards Airbus Canada
• Drive the definition of regular business releases to implement coherent value across various streams
• Structure and deliver the release management of all Applications, ensuring interdependencies management and any impact on the TSAs & budget
• Coordinate / drumbeat the EIS Readiness and preparation, including the CutOvers
• Feed the portfolio to identify the impacts of any transformation delivery on the separation journey, and vice versa
• Implement & document a formal process to validate OTCQ of the different deliverables

This profile is expected to be a highly skilled professional profile with proven leadership skills. Demonstrated Agile / SAFe competencies are required. The capacity to speak IT language as well as Business language is required.

Qualifications;

• 5-10+ years experience in Release Management, Delivery Management, or Agile Program Management
• Strong in SAFe, Agile, and Waterfall delivery models
• Experience as EPIC Owner, RTE, or similar in Scaled Agile (SAFe) environments
• Experience in enterprise-wide delivery orchestration, ideally in aerospace, manufacturing, or large industrial IT
• Familiar with transition states (TSA, M&A, carve-outs) and cutover management
• Excellent stakeholder management: interfacing across functions, geographies, and seniority levels
• Tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, ServiceNow, Planisware, or similar

Salary Range: $90,000 - $130,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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