What are the responsibilities and job description for the Release Manager position at SysMind?
· Minimum 8 years of experience, out of which 3 years’ experience in working as release manager with end to end experience.
· Salesforce Admin knowledge is a plus. Release manager experience is critical for this role.
· Plan the release of project deliverables and release life cycle.
· Communicate the project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc. between different teams.
· Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates.
· Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected.
· Track the progress and find issues, if any. Always work to improve the process of release.
· Make sure that the release is planned, according to the requirements and budget.
· Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
· Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.
· Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities
· Make sure the allocation of Release Engineers to every release.
· Communicate with release managers from different IT departments.
· Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.
· Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software.
· Schedule the CAB meetings to discuss the release schedules with the team and find roadblocks, if any.
· Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.
· Make improvements in the methodologies used for configuration management and development of software that helps to find ways to use in configuration management.
