What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Release Manager position at Zayo Group, LLC?
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo's 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Zayo is seeking an experienced Senior Release Manager to orchestrate technology deployments and lead the Agile Release Train (ART) in collaboration with value stream representatives and Scrum teams. The Senior Release Manager will be responsible for implementing and maintaining release management processes that align with both Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles and ITIL practices, ensuring consistent and reliable software delivery while maximizing business value.
Responsibilities :
- Lead and coordinate the end-to-end release management process across multiple Agile teams and value streams.
- Orchestrate Program Increments (PIs) and manage dependencies between teams within the Agile Release Train.
- Create and maintain release schedules, coordinating with Product Management, Development teams, and Operations.
- Plan and execute release strategies that align with business objectives and minimize risk.
- Facilitate release planning meetings and ceremonies within the SAFe framework.
- Manage the release calendar and coordinate release windows across different value streams.
- Ensure compliance with change management processes and release governance.
- Monitor and report on release metrics and KPIs.
- Coordinate with Change Management for proper release approval and documentation.
- Lead release readiness reviews and go / no-go decisions.
- Conduct post-release reviews and facilitate continuous improvement.
- Maintain release management documentation and processes.
Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Base Salary Range : $95,800 - $136,900 USD / annually, commensurate with experience.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Salary : $95,800 - $136,900
