Sompo
IT Release Manager
– Information Technology Team
Location(s):
Charlotte, NC; Morristown, NJ; Purchase, NY; New York, NY; Garden City, NY; Alpharetta, GA; Conshohocken, PA.
Role Summary This role will be responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the delivery of software releases across the organization. It collaborates with development, testing, and operational teams to ensure smooth and timely deployments, delivering releases with minimal disruption to business operations and aligning with organizational goals and strategies.
Responsibilities
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.
Act as the primary point of contact for all release-related activities and communications.
Work closely with business analysis, development, QA 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 ensuring data, environments, and timing are all coordinated across systems.
Collaborate with operational teams to ensure proper business change management for each release.
Collaborate with project managers to manage dependencies between project timelines and align with release schedules.
Coordinate release builds and deployments. Ensure all items being released meet testing and readiness requirements for deployment.
Coordinate with the Change Approval Board to ensure compliance with all production deployment requirements.
Establish, maintain, 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 that can be shared with business stakeholders, effectively communicating IT’s release status, deliveries, and performance.
Evaluate and implement improvements to the release process on an ongoing basis, including changes to the Azure DevOps workflow.
Qualifications
Degree in Management, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years of experience in application development and delivery.
2+ years of release management 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 understand standard terminology for both. Provide clear, honest and effective communication, both written and verbal.
Proficient at troubleshooting and optimizing in a production environment.
Salary Range $95,000 – $135,000. Actual compensation will depend on location, qualifications, skills, competencies and relevant experience.
Compensation and Benefits Sompo offers competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees, built on a pay‑for‑performance culture that rewards performance with incentives. Benefits include:
Two medical plans (Traditional PPO and Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSAs) with competitive employer contribution.
Pharmacy benefits with mail order options.
Dental and orthodontia benefits for adults and children.
Vision benefits.
Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Company‑paid Life & AD&D benefits, with supplemental coverage options.
Company‑paid Disability benefits with salary continuation.
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions.
Competitive paid‑time‑off programs, including company‑paid holidays.
Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program.
Employee Assistance Program.
Tax‑free Commuter Benefit.
Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits.
About Sompo In today’s world, what do we stand for? Ethics and integrity are the foundation of delivering on our commitment to you. We believe our core values drive success, and when relationships are held in the highest regard, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. Sompo’s mission is philanthropic and inclusive.
Equal Opportunity Employment Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and we intentionally value inclusion and diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or age. Above all, we want you to work in an environment that respects everyone’s unique contributions – we are passionately committed to equal opportunities.
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– Information Technology Team
Location(s):
Charlotte, NC; Morristown, NJ; Purchase, NY; New York, NY; Garden City, NY; Alpharetta, GA; Conshohocken, PA.
Role Summary This role will be responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the delivery of software releases across the organization. It collaborates with development, testing, and operational teams to ensure smooth and timely deployments, delivering releases with minimal disruption to business operations and aligning with organizational goals and strategies.
Responsibilities
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.
Act as the primary point of contact for all release-related activities and communications.
Work closely with business analysis, development, QA 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 ensuring data, environments, and timing are all coordinated across systems.
Collaborate with operational teams to ensure proper business change management for each release.
Collaborate with project managers to manage dependencies between project timelines and align with release schedules.
Coordinate release builds and deployments. Ensure all items being released meet testing and readiness requirements for deployment.
Coordinate with the Change Approval Board to ensure compliance with all production deployment requirements.
Establish, maintain, 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 that can be shared with business stakeholders, effectively communicating IT’s release status, deliveries, and performance.
Evaluate and implement improvements to the release process on an ongoing basis, including changes to the Azure DevOps workflow.
Qualifications
Degree in Management, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years of experience in application development and delivery.
2+ years of release management 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 understand standard terminology for both. Provide clear, honest and effective communication, both written and verbal.
Proficient at troubleshooting and optimizing in a production environment.
Salary Range $95,000 – $135,000. Actual compensation will depend on location, qualifications, skills, competencies and relevant experience.
Compensation and Benefits Sompo offers competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees, built on a pay‑for‑performance culture that rewards performance with incentives. Benefits include:
Two medical plans (Traditional PPO and Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSAs) with competitive employer contribution.
Pharmacy benefits with mail order options.
Dental and orthodontia benefits for adults and children.
Vision benefits.
Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Company‑paid Life & AD&D benefits, with supplemental coverage options.
Company‑paid Disability benefits with salary continuation.
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions.
Competitive paid‑time‑off programs, including company‑paid holidays.
Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program.
Employee Assistance Program.
Tax‑free Commuter Benefit.
Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits.
About Sompo In today’s world, what do we stand for? Ethics and integrity are the foundation of delivering on our commitment to you. We believe our core values drive success, and when relationships are held in the highest regard, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. Sompo’s mission is philanthropic and inclusive.
Equal Opportunity Employment Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and we intentionally value inclusion and diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or age. Above all, we want you to work in an environment that respects everyone’s unique contributions – we are passionately committed to equal opportunities.
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