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Modernisation Release Manager
£750 per day INSIDE IR35
Birmingham - Hybrid
MUST HAVE insurance tech transformation/modernisation experience.
- release management
- project management
- 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
- Ensure cutover plans are in place and correctly managed
- Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, impact, schedule, and quality.
- 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
- 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.
- Weekly Release Reporting.
- Communicate release details and schedules to the Business
- Negotiate, plan and manage all release activities.
- Work with environment manager and release engineers
- Maintains an Enterprise release schedule for all core services
- 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
Qualifications:
- 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
£750 per day INSIDE IR35
Birmingham
MUST HAVE insurance tech transformation/modernisation experience.
