Release Manager

Responsibilities: Coordinate, plan and maintain the release roadmap for one or more applications Plan and coordinate multiple parallel releases and deployments Plan release go-live and post-go-live activities Plan, coordinate and track change activities throughout the release process Lead release decision meetings and secure stakeholder approval for release milestones Plan and facilitate handover sessions between development and operations teams Collaborate with Release Managers, Test Managers, Product Owners, Execution Leads, Scrum Masters and Operations teams to ensure successful deliveries Improve release quality and efficiency through automation, release orchestration and DevOps practices Requirements: Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT or a related discipline Minimum 5 years of experience in IT project management and planning Proven experience in release or deployment management activities Strong networking, interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills Analytical mindset with strong coordination and planning abilities Ability to pay attention to details while maintaining an overall view of deliveries and dependencies Accountability, proactivity and ability to adapt quickly to change Practical understanding of Agile, Scrum and SAFe methodologies Highly proficient spoken and written English Technical mindset with the ability to communicate effectively with development teams Experience creating and validating deployment runbooks in collaboration with technical teams Experience working with incident, problem and change management processes and tools under the ITIL framework Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment practices Basic understanding of DevOps ways of working Ability to work with release orchestration tools and automated release pipelines Flexibility to work paid evening and weekend hours during implementation activities Nice to have: Experience in the banking sector Experience with incident, problem and change management processes on the client side