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Release Manager

Release Manager (BBBH233) Leeds, England

Salary: GBP30000 - GBP35000 per annum

Release Manager
Leeds City Centre
Up to £35k per annum

My client is a Communications agency and employ 200 people and operate out of eight offices, across the UK.

Objective:

  • To take ownership of and lead Release Management activities.
  • To create, co‐ordinate, verify and own the final release product or service to be rolled out to clients.

 

Responsibilities:

  • To take the lead on ensuring that all release packages are built, installed, tested and deployed efficiently to a target environment on schedule.
  • To ensure that all release packages are co‐ordinated, tracked, installed, tested, verified and, if necessary, backed out of in an efficient and timely manner.
  • To define and agree release plans with customers and stakeholders.
  • To maintain and communicate the agency level release policy and process, coordinating resources, communicating requirements and resolving issues where necessary.
  • To create, manage and document release units.
  • To oversee release package acceptance and customer sign‐
  • To ensure that the integrity of a release package is maintained throughout its transition and recorded accurately.

 

Skills required:

  • Strong technical background in information technology management; Process knowledge of System Development Life Cycles.
  • Appropriate programme and project management skills.
  • Experience with program languages and program scripts.
  • ITIL Foundation or Practitioner/Intermediate certification preferred, though comparable knowledge will be considered.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills. This role will deal with many high‐profile internal and external stakeholders, so strong communications skills are important.
  • Experience of web‐based software specification, testing and rollout.
  • 5 years minimum experience within the software/web development industry.

 

If you are interested in progressing an application, please apply with your CV today!!

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