Release Manager/Lead

Release Manager/Lead for a 12+ month duration at AG. Responsible for communicating release objectives, managing release schedules, and ensuring compliance. Requires strong technical skills, particularly in Java/J2EE and Build/Release management.

Requirements

• Communicate release objectives, policies, standards, procedures, and processes to all stakeholders
• Manage release schedule, key release milestones, and support release activities for ecommerce system design and implementation
• Determine readiness of each release in coordination with QA based on release criteria
• Cross-track coordination of development, integration, system changes with customers, activities like testing and validation
• Evaluate existing environments, support new business and customer needs, and improve existing business
• Provide deployment leads with standards and time frames, work with release stakeholders to resolve blocking release issues
• Identify and track cross-project dependencies within a release
• Identify scope changes and escalate them per scope control guidelines
• Balance the need to minimize risk to release schedule, cost, and benefit with the need to accommodate changing customer needs
• Assist in the resolution of team conflicts, develop written and oral presentations for diverse audiences, participate in budgeting for the team
• Lead the development of system solutions, within the guidelines identified in the Information Systems Development Life Cycle (ISDLC)
• Identify and report on issues that may affect the release budget, timeline, or performance outcomes
• Identify, track, and drive Release level issues and risks to closure
• Integrate with overall PMO processes
• Execute long-term release planning
• Mentor and develop Associates by assigning specific work to develop knowledge on ITIL processes and policies
• Guide and teach continuous process improvements methods through informal and formal mentorship
• Lead team tasks by making assignments to team members and provide report updates on release tasks and activities
• Provide release-related metrics for monitoring of release efficiency