Release Manager
Job Summary
Job Description
- 5+ years of experience in Application Deployment & Release Management
- Active position, able to self-manage and follow-up multiple activities
- 10+ years of Project Management experience.
- Experience in managing multiple teams of 20 to 25 people
- Experience in defining the process for executing small to medium projects
- Experience in effort, cost estimation, resource loading and calculation of gross margin
- Experience with SOW & billing
- Experience in handling a distributed team at onsite and offshore
- Experience in team formation from the initial phase of the project
- Experience in people management, motivation monitoring, talent development
- Experience in identifying risk, risk management, stakeholders' management
- Reporting the program/project status to internal and external stakeholders
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Experience in creating the project plan using Microsoft Project
- Experience working on Agile DevOps culture [ADO] Kanban and sprints
- Excellent communication and coordination abilities
- Proficiency in release management tools and software
- Certifications in project management (e.g., PMP)
8 skills required
Job Details
Project description
We're seeking a strong Release Manager that would be responsible for release management and overall engagement with one of the peers within the top tier insurance company account. A Release Manager plays a crucial role in the Application/Service Development and Delivery process
In Luxoft, our culture is one that strives on solving difficult problems focusing on product engineering based on hypothesis testing to empower people to come up with ideas.
In this new adventure, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a world-class team in the field of Insurance by building a holistic solution, interacting with multidisciplinary teams, working on cutting-edge technologies, utilizing the MS Azure capabilities.
A project is a customization of a global Insurance company appilcation to reflect the specifics of North American market, and provide integerations with the regional applications and regulators.
Responsibilities
Managing risks and resolving challenges that impact release scope, quality, and schedules
Planning release windows and cycles across portfolios, components
Managing relationships working on interrelated processes
Communicating crucial release plans and changes
Measuring and monitoring progress to achieve a timely software release within defined budgetary limits and defined quality standards
Coordinating processes between different teams (possibly in various locations)
Communicating necessary release details to business teams
Managing, planning, and negotiating release activities
Initiating and overseeing progressive release processes
Coordinating enterprise release content and efforts based on OS updates and third-party apps
Producing deployment, implementation, and run books plans
Conducting release readiness and milestone reviews
Maintaining release schedules for every core service and ensuring it aligns with major vendors and other stakeholders
Working with release engineers to comprehend code merges and branch ramifications
Leading and coordinating checklist and deployment plan execution
Developing automation and release management tools along with scripts necessary for the construction, continuous integration, and deployment of software release
Researching new software development and the best methods and techniques for managing configurations regarding a business's existing needs
Ensuring that releases operate as per expectations
Ensuring that requirements are clear across dependent project streams with an effective release
Initiating and overseeing the development of technical guides and training for external functionality
Managing the development of deliverables into production environments
Validating release notes
Deployment management of deliverables to the test environment particularly guaranteeing that the external dependent items are available during the test runtime
Skills
Must have
5+ Yrs Proven Work Experience on Application Deployment & Release Management with DevSecOps background & an Overall IT Experience of 12+ yrs Experience
Active position, able to self-manage and follow-up multiple activities with different corporate functions
Project Management experience of 10+ years.
Should have experience in managing multiple teams of 20 to 25 people
Have an experience in defining the process for executing a small to medium projects
Experience in effort, cost estimation, resource loading and calculation of gross margin
Should have experience with SOW & billing
Should have handled a distributed team at onsite and offshore
Experience in team formation from the initial phase of the project
Should have experience in people management, motivation monitoring, talent development
Experience in identifying risk, risk management, stakeholders' management
Reporting the program/project status to internal and external stakeholders
Should have good communication and presentation skills
Have experience in creating the project plan using Microsoft Project
Nice to have
Should have been working on Agile DevOps culture [ADO] Kanban and sprints.
Excellent communication and coordination abilities.
Proficiency in release management tools and software.
Certifications in project management (e.g., PMP) or specific software tools can be beneficial
Other
Languages
English: C1 Advanced
Seniority
Senior
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