Job Description

Project descriptionRelease 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.

• 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.

• Project Management \xe2\x80\xa2 Release Management Tool

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