Job title – Release Manager
Client – TransUnion
Location – (fully remote)
Business days – Starting 6 months but can go long term.
6-month contract to start off but with a strong possibility of extension
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
Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a Release Manager.
Solid understanding of the Change and Release Management process.
Knowledge of GCP or AWS or other cloud service providers.
Experience of managing releases in containerized environment with microservices
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to coordinate with stakeholders in different time zones.
Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, ITIL would be an asset.
PMP would be an asset.
