Release Manager

Description :

Shift Time : 6pm - 3am IST

Hyderabad

Release Management :

- Responsible for end-to-end delivery of Projects and Products. Use Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid approach as needed to ensure projects and products have the governance, control and oversight needed to successfully deliver.

- Demonstrate ownership and accountability for your projects and products whilst empowering your teams to deliver.

- Uses extensive SDLC expertise and experience to work closely with Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, QA, Testing and Engineering to deliver the required functionality and value aligned to the Product Roadmap

- Use appropriate tools and metrics to demonstrate the end-to-end throughput of requirements, features, epics and user stories from initiation to production

- Collaborate effectively with teams across IT, Business Partners and Vendors to ensure the successful delivery, from planning to hypercare, of Products and Projects

- Ensure projects are completed On Time, In Full, With Quality, On Budget

- Provide accurate, concise and focused status reporting including up to C-level

- Define, track and mitigate risks and issues.

- Develop and maintain metrics to measure and report on project and release management effectiveness

- Conduct Retrospectives to identify successes and challenges and improve future products

- Work to ensure adherence to HGV defined Release Management policies, procedures and standards

- May manage, lead and support a team of Project / Release Managers and Scrum Masters to ensure successful delivery of software products and functionality

- Support the continuous improvement of the HGV Release Management process to increase efficiency, quality and success

- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus

Stakeholder Management:

- Understand and manage stakeholder expectations to ensure successful Product & Project Delivery

- Conduct Executive Sponsor updates and provide the appropriate status information for budget, schedule, scope, resource, quality

- Partner with teams to create and implement Release Communication Plans and conduct ongoing reviews with all impacted parties through the entire Delivery cycle

Required :

- Ten (10) plus years of successfully managing projects / products in a fast-paced environment

- Completes all required Company training/compliance courses as assigned.

- Adheres to Company standards and maintains compliance with all policies and procedures.

- Performs other related duties as assigned.

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

- Extensive experience in Project Management, or a related field, including Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

- Proven experience in successful delivery of projects, programs and / or products

- Proven experience managing a team and leading a project management function

- Experience and full understanding of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies

- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on continuous improvement

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

- Full understanding of Product Management tools and process e.g. Aha, ADO.