Senior Release Management Practice Lead

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Senior Release Management Practice Lead – Contract Position In Richmond

On behalf of our client in Richmond, Ignite Technical Resources is looking for a Senior Release Management Practice Leadwith our client for a 12-month contract opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Communicates with key EDO stakeholders including Portfolio Management, Product development team, Release Train Engineers, Delivery and Operation Managers.
• Creates a centralized view of all releases via appropriate tools and through close collaboration with required stakeholders.
• Supports product delivery team and addresses interdependencies to ensure release integrity and adherence to delivery and operations milestones.
• Develop and Conducts relevant release governance including Release Readiness reviews and Business Go/No-Go reviews.
• Establishes a process to address the allocation of application environments, migrations, shared usage, software upgrades, service level agreements, patching, decommissioning, and re-allocation.
• Manages data refreshes on a scheduled basis including data cleansing of sensitive data if required to maintain the current testing database.
• Manages test environment (on-premise and cloud) usage across product delivery teams.
• Assists product development team with establishing application environment requirements.
• Applies automated approaches to processes and workflows promoting efficiency and reducing human dependency.
• Contributes to the Business case development, ensuring the environment requirements are represented.
• Provides reports on environment usage/utilization availability, forward planning, and schedules.
• Maintains a repository for all information on an IT environment (on-premise and cloud).
• Promotes a service-oriented approach in providing services to external and/or internal customers. Identifies follows up, and/or responds to clients’ needs and areas of concern, taking appropriate action to quickly resolve issues.
• Monitors and contributes to team health by promoting a collaborative culture within the team and with other teams.
• Conveys our client’s specific technical and procedural context and information while onboarding new team members.
• Researches information and prepares detailed written reports and documentation for administrative and operational purposes.
• Maintains current knowledge in the respective release management and environment management fields of responsibility by reviewing relevant materials and journals and maintaining appropriate professional contacts.
• May travel on Board business.
• Undertakes special projects or assignments as required.
• Performs other related duties as required.
  

Requirements

• Demonstrated strategic thinking (vision) for Release Management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple teams.
• Ability to facilitate effective discussion across different stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to engage teams.
• High-level problem solving and decision-making skills, especially under pressure.
• Agile and innovative mindset.
• Extensive background in software development and product release management.
• Extensive background in environment management (on-premise and cloud).
• Experience with product delivery using Agile/DevOps delivery method.
• Experience with product delivery using a Hybrid (iterative waterfall) delivery method.
• Advanced understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CD/CI).
• Experience in using Application Release Management (ARA) tools.
• A minimum of 5 years of directly related experience.
• An undergraduate degree in a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have strong strategic thinking and communication skills (verbal, written, and listening), successful product delivery experience ( Agile/DevOps, Hybrid – Iterative Waterfall), proven analytical and problem-solving abilities, a customer-service orientation, and technical or business knowledge of an IT organization.
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) training and certification like SAFe Practitioner, or willingness to take the course and obtain certification within 2 months from commencement of work.
• Must reside in BC during the contract period even when working remotely and be ready to report to the office when needed.
  
  

Please Note

Only candidates applying via the link below will be shortlisted.

https://ignitetechnical.com/current-jobs/?utm_source=Betterteam#/jobs/11664

Due to the volume of resumes, only those candidates being considered will be contacted.

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