Software Release Manager
Job Description
Main-Purpose-of-the-role
The-Software-Release-Manager-is-responsible-for-planning,-coordinating,-governing,-and-delivering-software-releases-across-multiple-applications-and-environments.-The-role-ensures-that-software-deployments-are-delivered-safely,-efficiently,-and-with-minimal-business-disruption-whilst-maintaining-quality,-compliance,-and-operational-stability.
Working-closely-with-Engineering,-Product,-QA,-Infrastructure,-and-Support-teams,-the-Software-Release-Manager-owns-the-release-life-cycle-from-planning-through-deployment,-post-release-validation,-and-continuous-improvement.
Key-responsibilities:
- Release-Planning-and-coordination
- Release-Governance
- Deployment-Management
- Risk-and-issue-management
- CI/CD-&-DevOps-Collaboration
- Stakeholder-Communication
- Post-Release-Activities
- Continuous-Improvement
Person-specification:
- Strong-release-planning-and-organisational-skills
- Excellent-stakeholder-management-and-communication-skills
- Strong-understanding-of-(SDLC)-software-delivery-life-cycle
- Managing-complex-multi-team-software-releases
- Experience-in-Agile/Scrum-delivery-environments
- Managing-production-deployments-and-hot-fixes
- Experience-with-CI/CD-pipelines
- Working-with-change-management-processes
- Experience-with-Azure-DevOps,-Jira-or-similar-tooling,-Octopus-Deploy,-Git/Bitbucket,-Azure-Cloud-Services,-SQL-Server,
- Degree-in-Computer-Science,-Engineering,-IT-or-related-discipline
- ITIL-Foundation-Certification
- Agile/Scrum-Certification
- Project-Management-qualification-(PRINCE2/PMP)