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The Role:

• The Release Manager is responsible for planning and controlling the movement of Releases to test and live environments.
• The primary objective is to ensure that the integrity of the live environment is protected and that the correct components are released.
• You will have demonstrable experience of formal change management utilising ITIL change and release management processes and through using recognised industry standard formal change processes in a large organisation which is heavily reliant on a complex and change sensitive, highly critical Technology Platform.
• As IT releases can regularly be planned out of normal hours, the role will require some out of hours coverage to facilitate releases.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Own and Lead the end to end IT release process in Apex;
• Establish Release Management procedures, processes, metrics, and standards;
• Ensure Release Management processes are developed further, continuously monitored and improved over time to ensure optimal efficiency;
• Liaise with all stakeholders (QA, Development, Operations, Data, Product, and Project Managers) to manage any issues, requests and conflicts;
• Execute, control and manage a schedule of planned releases to pre-production and production environments;
• Work with QA, Development and Operations to ensure that development projects adhere to the release process and change procedure guidelines;
• Forward Plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio;
• Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks;
• Maintain documentation related to the process and procedures on build and release, various notification lists and dependencies;
• Support in Quality and audit reviews relating to releases and changes.

Experience and Knowledge:

• 3rd Level Degree in IT Discipline or similar;
• 3+ years of previous release and/or project management experience, (Solid understanding of project management principles preferred)
  ITIL Certified v3 with experience in an ITIL environment;
• experience with Change and release management processes;
• experience in outsourced IT preferable, technical background in infrastructure desirable;
• Detail oriented, self-motivated, able to work independently with little or no supervision, and is committed to the highest standards of quality for the entire release process;
  Experience with modern tools and methodologies for managing source control, packaging and software release;
• Good presentation skills and Communication skills;
• Good documentation skills;

What you will get in return: