Release Manager

Release Manager

Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Job Type: Contract- W2

Function Related Activities:

• Designing streamlined processes and improvements within the organization
• Coordinate with key stakeholders across the organization during all phases of the release including requirement reviews, prioritization, estimation, capacity planning and delivery
• Provides subject matter expertise across Agile development methodologies and tool sets
• Leverages the Freestyle tool stack to communicate release details and project manage all phases of release activities and ceremonies
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the organization to identify process gaps and implement process improvements
• Manages risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
• Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensures alignment across key partners and vendors
• Gather and analyze metrics on each release
• Organizes and runs meetings for defects as well as team release meetings
• Performs light administration of Jira projects, Confluence wiki, and GitHub
• Works with Scrum Master and Product Owner to ensure team alignment
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process

Education: Bachelor's Degree required, and Masters preferred

Related Work Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in large-scale technology, software development and customer operations
• Strong knowledge of agile principles and tools
• Experience in service or product management
• Strong organization, planning and communication skills