About This Role
This release manager role involves overseeing the entire release cycle across a portfolio of applications, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery while maintaining quality. It suits a proactive and results-oriented leader with strong communication and team-building skills.
Responsibilities
- Forward plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio
- Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
- Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed expectations
- Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third-party applications, or operating system updates
- Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
- Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
- Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews
- Produce Deployment, Run Books, and Implementation Plans
- Provide weekly Release Reporting
- Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required
- Negotiate, plan, and manage all release activities
- Work with release engineers to understand impacts of branches and code mergers
- Maintain the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors
- Continually work towards making improvements in the release process
- Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists
- Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks
- Mentor and motivate the dynamic team to exemplary performance
- Grasp new technical concepts quickly
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience
- Bachelor of Computer Science
Benefits
- Discretionary Annual Incentive
- Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans
- Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves
- Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection
- Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement
- Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays
- Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing
About the Company
TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company.
