What are we looking for you to do?

- Release Process & Quality Management: Oversee the entire release process while maintaining a high standard of quality.

- Release Plans Communication: Effectively communicate release plans to all stakeholders involved.

- Progress Monitoring: Measure and monitor progress to meet release deadlines efficiently.

- Operational Excellence: Ensure that releases meet or exceed expectations in terms of functionality and performance.

- Prioritization Management: Strategically prioritize tasks and activities for optimal release outcomes.

- Release Strategy Ownership: Take ownership of defining, communicating, and executing the release strategy.

- Stakeholder Engagement: Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders throughout the release cycle.

- Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate seamlessly between diverse teams across functions and geographical locations.

- Attention to Detail: Pay close attention to assembling interrelated components and streamline the release management process meticulously.

- Release Calendar Management: Lead the planning and execution of release calendars, including readiness and milestone reviews.

- Risk Management: Identify, mitigate, and resolve risks that may impact release scope, quality, or timelines.

- Deployment Management: Ensure smooth deployment of deliverables to production, coordinating with relevant teams for readiness.

- Configuration Management: Adhere strictly to configuration management processes and best practices.

- Quality Assurance: Manage the execution of production regression/sanity tests to uphold software quality standards.

- Mobile App Management: Oversee PROD mobile app submission and maintenance processes.

- Capacity Planning: Efficiently manage the capacity and resources of the release team.

- Backup Support: Provide backup support for the Software Quality Management (SQM) Lead when necessary.

- Test Strategy Definition: Define comprehensive test strategies and plans to ensure thorough testing coverage.

What are we looking for in the successful candidate?

- Ideally 5+ years experience in a lead role preferably working in mobile and cloud based eco-system.

- Ability to drive pipeline automation and deployment.

- Excellent communication skills: verbal and written.

- Ability to handle configuration management.

- A two to six-year experience in using project or release management tools.

- An expert understanding of software development lifecycle.

- Excellent analytical skills.

- Structured thinking.