Sompo
Are you looking for your next opportunity? Sompo has a unique opportunity for an IT Release Manager to join our Information Technology team. This role will be responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the delivery of software releases across the organization, collaborating with development, testing, and operations teams to ensure smooth and timely deployments. The IT Release Manager ensures releases are delivered with minimal disruption to business operations and align with organizational goals and strategies.
What you’ll be doing
Release Planning: Define and manage the release schedule, ensuring alignment with business priorities and deadlines. Work with all team leads to understand resource capacity for each release end-to-end. Coordinate and oversee release planning meetings, ensuring all stakeholders are informed and aligned. Develop and maintain release documentation, including end-to-end schedules. Identify risks, dependencies, and conflicts across the end-to-end application lifecycle and implement mitigation strategies.
Release Coordination: Act as the primary point of contact for all release-related activities and communications. Work closely with business analysis, development, quality assurance testing, infrastructure, and operations to deliver release scope. Coordinate release work items across systems and teams, manage dependencies, resolve conflicts, and ensure timely and effective handoffs. Coordinate end-to-end integration tests where applicable, ensuring data, environments, and timing are coordinated across systems. Collaborate with operational teams to ensure proper business change management related to each release. Collaborate with project managers to manage dependencies between project timelines and release schedules. Coordinate release builds and deployments, ensuring all items meet testing and readiness requirements for deployment. Coordinate with the Change Approval Board to ensure compliance with production deployment requirements.
Monitoring and Continuous Improvement: Establish and analyze metrics and KPIs to manage the process effectively for end-to-end release management across all production applications and data. Establish a reporting package to communicate IT’s release statuses, deliveries, and performance to business stakeholders. Evaluate and implement improvements to the release process on an ongoing basis, including changes to the Azure DevOps workflow.
What you’ll bring
Degree in Management, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years’ experience in application development and delivery.
2+ years of release management experience with experience planning multiple releases across systems.
Proficiency in release management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, JIRA).
Experience in resource capacity planning across teams.
Knowledge of application delivery and release metrics.
Detail-oriented, organized, and structured. Ability to coordinate between business and technical teams and communicate clearly, both written and verbal.
Proficient at troubleshooting and optimizing in a production environment.
Salary Salary Range: $95,000 – $135,000. Actual compensation depends on location, qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience. Equal Opportunity Employer Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and we intentionally value inclusion and diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex orientation, national origin, or age. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
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Release Planning: Define and manage the release schedule, ensuring alignment with business priorities and deadlines. Work with all team leads to understand resource capacity for each release end-to-end. Coordinate and oversee release planning meetings, ensuring all stakeholders are informed and aligned. Develop and maintain release documentation, including end-to-end schedules. Identify risks, dependencies, and conflicts across the end-to-end application lifecycle and implement mitigation strategies.
Release Coordination: Act as the primary point of contact for all release-related activities and communications. Work closely with business analysis, development, quality assurance testing, infrastructure, and operations to deliver release scope. Coordinate release work items across systems and teams, manage dependencies, resolve conflicts, and ensure timely and effective handoffs. Coordinate end-to-end integration tests where applicable, ensuring data, environments, and timing are coordinated across systems. Collaborate with operational teams to ensure proper business change management related to each release. Collaborate with project managers to manage dependencies between project timelines and release schedules. Coordinate release builds and deployments, ensuring all items meet testing and readiness requirements for deployment. Coordinate with the Change Approval Board to ensure compliance with production deployment requirements.
Monitoring and Continuous Improvement: Establish and analyze metrics and KPIs to manage the process effectively for end-to-end release management across all production applications and data. Establish a reporting package to communicate IT’s release statuses, deliveries, and performance to business stakeholders. Evaluate and implement improvements to the release process on an ongoing basis, including changes to the Azure DevOps workflow.
What you’ll bring
Degree in Management, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years’ experience in application development and delivery.
2+ years of release management experience with experience planning multiple releases across systems.
Proficiency in release management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, JIRA).
Experience in resource capacity planning across teams.
Knowledge of application delivery and release metrics.
Detail-oriented, organized, and structured. Ability to coordinate between business and technical teams and communicate clearly, both written and verbal.
Proficient at troubleshooting and optimizing in a production environment.
Salary Salary Range: $95,000 – $135,000. Actual compensation depends on location, qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience. Equal Opportunity Employer Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and we intentionally value inclusion and diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex orientation, national origin, or age. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
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