Release Coordinator

Do you thrive in managing seamless software releases Are you effective in settings where your innovative ideas can facilitate continuous improvement We are seeking an experienced Release Coordinator with Devops CD/CI knowledge to manage and optimize our release management processes ensuring smooth and efficient software delivery.

As our Release Coordinator you will be responsible for managing our release process across programs and application teams. This includes planning scheduling coordinating and overall management of the software build process through the different stages within SDLC.

You will build and maintain relationships with stakeholders team members and peers; and are responsible for communicating release expectations and statuses across Operational value streams program stakeholders and impacted users.

The team you will be part of:

You will join our Test & Release Management team and report to Head of Test & Release Management Vignesh Manohar.

You will be responsible for the Release Management lifecycle that involves maintaining quality across the stages such as scheduling the release coordinating between teams and deployment of release as per the schedule and within will oversee release process within the Development value streams to make them deliver the services and software on time and will manage cross release coordination.

Our team is diverse with members from various nationalities and located cross the world and we operate in a hybrid work environment. Our daily communication language is English. We promote a culture of collaboration continuous improvement and innovation that are integral to our groups progress.

Impact of the role:

The new position as Release Coordinator is crucial for optimizing our software and platform delivery processes. Your experience in DevOps and CI/CD will streamline existing and new workflows ensuring we meet high standards and compliance. By encouraging teamwork and clarity among diverse stakeholders you will support ongoing process development and inventiveness in our procedures. This role is essential in transforming our approach to software delivery aligning with organizational goals and meeting customer expectations.

Your contribution is appreciated and you will:

• Implement release processes across environments ensuring ontime delivery while aligning with organizational goals and meeting customer expectations.

• Operationalize release strategy across our Digital Data IT (DDI) Organization.

• Plan and oversee the entire release lifecycle including scheduling coordinating and managing releases across applications and portfolios.

• Conduct release readiness reviews milestone reviews and business go/nogo reviews and produce deployment run books and implementation plans

• Maintain release documentation and manage key information such as build and release procedures dependencies and notification lists

• Schedule the release meetings to discuss the release schedules with the team and find roadblocks if any.

• Identify and manage risks that may affect release scope schedule and quality while providing continuous improvement feedback to the release process.

• Promote Utilization of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines into quality gates for efficient delivery and to maintain high standards.

• Generates and publishes releaserelated reports and facilitates postrelease retrospectives to improve the release process and minimize the risk of future deployments.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory and security guidelines during release cycles.

To thrive in the role we imagine that you have:

• A higher educational background at a bachelors level within Computer Science Information Technology Economics or other relevant field of study

• Bring a solid experience in release management particularly in environments where quality and compliance are critical or from a similar position.

• Thorough understanding of branching strategies configuration management testing build and release processes for complex software.

• Proficiency with release management tools (e.g. Azure DevOps Jira or similar platforms).

• Comprehensive understanding of Agile CI/CD ITIL processes and software development lifecycle (SDLC).

• Proficient in bringing together crossdisciplinary teams to facilitate collaboration between technical and business units.

• Skilled in communication and presentation with experience handling RAB meetings and executive updates.

• Fluent in English both written and spoken.

• Experience working Agile. If you have experience working especially within the SAFe framework that will be a benefit.

We encourage you to apply

Even if you dont match all the abovementioned skills we welcome your application if you think you have transferrable skills. We highly value a mindset and motivation that align with our core values to not only ensure growth for you but for your team and the wider GN organization as well.

We are focused on an inclusive recruitment process

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. As such we encourage you to submit your CV without a photo to ensure an equal and fair application process.

Should you have any special requirements for the interview please let the Hiring Manager know upon accepting invitation to interview.

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