Job Description

Pune, India


Release Management


BCM Industry


15/07/2024


Req. VR-106597



##### Project description

Release Manager will be part of the digital transformation and will be responsible for managing release and deployment activities for transformation program releases.


##### Responsibilities


Establish an Enterprise Release Framework and continually work towards making improvements in the release process.


Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.


Maintains the Enterprise Release Schedule/Calendar for all entities and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.


Communicate release details and schedules to the stakeholders as required (Weekly/Bi-Weekly/Monthly).


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


Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans.


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


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


Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates.


Identify and report the risks that can delay the release.


Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.


Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.


Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities


Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.


Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software.


Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.


Make improvements in the methodologies used for configuration management and development of software that helps to find ways to use in configuration management.


##### Skills


Must have


Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field


Must have 5+ years of extensive experience in Release Management.


Retail Banking domain experience (including Core Banking and Lending)


More than 10 years of experience in information systems operations environment in systems analysis or development.


Experience in planning and managing releases, prepare and manage release calendar and change management.


Strong Project management experience.


Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle


Good Analytical and problem solving skills with good interpersonal, leadership, communication and presentation skills.


Strong experience in planning and managing deployment activities


Extensive experience in planning and managing deployment activities in cloud environment for a financial organisation.


Strong experience in planning and managing deployment activities


Experience in Project to BAU transition for the scheduled Releases.


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.


Nice to have


Project Management


Release Management Tool


##### Other


Languages


English: C2 Proficient


Seniority


Senior