Modernisation Release Manager

Modernisation Release Manager

£650-£750 per day

City of London - Hybrid

MUST HAVE insurance tech transformation/modernisation experience.

1. release management
2. project management
3. organisation skills

-be responsible for overseeing the release management lifecycle, including scheduling, coordinating and the management of release for multiple applications across various initiatives and project teams.

-releases can be inclusive of application updates, operating system patches, security improvements, hardware upgrades.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan the release windows and cycles across the Programme, in conjunction with the different project teams. Ensure cutover plans are in place and correctly managed.
• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, impact, schedule, and quality.
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time.
• Coordinate release content and effort based on the potential impact of releases that need to be co-ordinated across the project teams, aiming for a release on demand philosophy, where possible.
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations.
• In conjunction with the project teams, co-ordinate Deployments, Runbooks and Implementation Plans.
• Environments readiness management, ensuring enterprise-wide release discipline through planning and implementation of a release calendar, including code freeze and release windows.
• Support the team implementing automated deployments.
• Weekly Release Reporting.
• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business, as required.
• Negotiate, plan and manage all release activities.
• Work with environment manager and release engineers to understand impacts of branches and code merges.
• Maintains an Enterprise release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process.
• Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.
• Ensure that automated CI/CD are in place across the project team to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms.
• Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks.
• Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 2-4 years of previous release and/or project management experience, (Solid understanding of project management principles preferred).
• 8-10 years of experience in information systems operations environment in systems analysis or development.
• Formal training in project management practices preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Knowledge of cloud and on-premises technologies.
• Ability to work with diverse teams and facilitate collaboration.
• Knowledge of CI/CD Practices

Modernisation Release Manager

£650-£750 per day

City of London - Hybrid

MUST HAVE insurance tech transformation/modernisation experience.