We are looking for an IT Release Manager to join our growing team! In this role, your primary responsibility is to work alongside various development and operations teams to guarantee the scheduling of releases. Focus is placed on ensuring the smooth flow of changes through various pre-production environments, culminating in a successful deployment to production.As an IT Release Manager, your duties and responsibilities will include:Manage and coordinate all aspects of Brightspeed's IT release cycles, ensuring smooth deployments and integrationsOversee the end-to-end release process, including planning, scheduling, coordinating, and deploying software releases while minimizing disruptions to production environmentsManage interdependencies to ensure the integrity of the delivery and releaseEnsure deployments are promoted and test activities occur within development environments in accordance with the Release Schedule and established frameworkCreate release guidelines to distribute across the companyWork with Engineering/Architects to assess release milestones and adapt/grow them as requiredWork with Engineering & Project Management (PM) to define deployment plan interdependenciesWork with PMO, engineering, and QA to define upcoming environment requirements and specificationsDefine and enforce entry criteria for ProductionCreates full visibility into release readiness, Go/No-Go, and milestone reviewsCollaborate with delivery/release managers from different business unitsEstablish and maintain documents related to procedures on build and releaseDevelop and maintain a release management plan and calendar that aligns with business goals.Monitor, measure, and manage the deployment process, including sandbox management, QA, DEV, and production releasesIdentify and mitigate risks associated with Brightspeed's IT releasesProvide status updates and communicate release plans to stakeholdersTroubleshoot and resolve issues and conflicts that arise during release and deployment processes
