Release Manager, AVP

Position Overview

Job Title: Release Manager, AVP

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: AVP

Role Description

• Our Investments - agile teams at Deutsche Bank - Private Bank (TDI) develop and maintain applications for securities business of Private Customers. Changes are generally announced on short notice due to regulatory requirements or time to market challenges. Quality and stability has priority together with time to market.
• By working in an Agile DevOps model, acting a pilot for Investments and actively improving the model, we achieve very high quality while continuously delivering value to our clients. Located in Germany and India, we work closely together using agile and virtual collaboration techniques and our team's diversity to reach our goals of continuous deployment, process improvement and internalizing engineering know how.
• As a Release Manager you will orchestrate the entire software delivery lifecycle, planning and coordinating releases from development to deployment. You would be responsible to define release scope, schedules, and readiness criteria, while managing dependencies and environments. Key responsibilities would include identifying and mitigating risks, resolving issues, and making critical go/no-go decisions. You would be required to ensure clear communication with all stakeholders, ensuring process adherence and continuous improvement.

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Working with product owners and stakeholders to understand release goals, features, and desired outcomes.
• Accompany multiple intertwined subprojects and combined them into successful application releases.
• Creating detailed release schedules, timelines, and milestones, including all phases from development to deployment.
• Identifying and coordinating the necessary resources (people, environments, tools) for each release.
• Determining and documenting the frequency and type of releases (e.g., major, minor, hotfix).
• Setting clear criteria that must be met before a release can proceed to the next stage.
• Overseeing and coordinating all activities across development, QA, operations, and other teams as well as all environments involved in the release process.
• Tracking progress against the release plan, identifying and addressing any deviations or delays.
• Identifying and managing dependencies between different teams, components, and systems.
• Ensuring appropriate test and production environments are available and configured correctly for each release.
• Go/No-Go Decisions:Facilitating and leading discussions to determine if a release is ready to proceed to the next stage (e.g., UAT, production).
• Proactively identifying potential risks that could impact the release, such as technical issues, resource constraints, or security vulnerabilities.
• Creating plans to address identified risks and minimize their impact.
• Tracking and resolving release-related issues, escalating to appropriate stakeholders when necessary.
• Post-Release Monitoring- Overseeing the initial monitoring of a release in production to identify and address any immediate issues.
• Communicating Release Status- Providing regular updates to all stakeholders (management, development teams, product owners, business users) on release progress, risks, and issues.
• Facilitating Stakeholder Meetings - Leading and participating in release-related meetings, such as release planning, readiness reviews, and post-mortems.
• Managing Expectations-Setting realistic expectations with stakeholders regarding release scope, timelines, and potential challenges.
• Creating Release Notes and Documentation- Ensuring comprehensive release notes and relevant documentation are prepared and distributed.
• Defining and Improving Release Processes -Continuously reviewing and improving the release management process to enhance efficiency, quality, and speed.
• Implementing and Utilizing Release Tools-Leveraging release automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, and other software to streamline the release process.
• Ensuring Compliance:Ensure the application's compliance with Deutsche Bank IT policies (i.e. security monitoring, roadmap compliance, access management-SoD, etc), including availability of all necessary application/service knowledge and documentation.
• Fostering Collaboration:Promoting effective communication and collaboration between all teams involved in the release process.
• Mentoring and Guiding Teams:Providing guidance and support to development and QA teams on release best practices.

Your skills and experience

• Minimum 9 years experience in a in a Release manager role. ITIL knowledge would be a plus.
• Understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle):Deep knowledge of various methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, DevOps) and their application.
• CI/CD Concepts:Familiarity with automation principles, tools (e.g., Jenkins, Artifactory, Teamcity, Git/BitBucket ) best practices.
• Version Control Systems (VCS):Proficiency with Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) for branching, merging, and release tagging strategies.
• Deployment Tools and Methodologies:Experience with various deployment strategies and tools (e.g., Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm).
• Cloud Platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP):Understanding of cloud infrastructure, services, and deployment models if applicable to the organization's environment.
• Scripting/Automation:Basic scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automating release tasks or managing configurations.
• Monitoring and Logging Tools:Familiarity with tools for post-release monitoring.
• Experience with tooling across the Software development Lifecycle/DevOps: Jira, HP ALM, Confluence, etc.)

• Capable to plan ahead and the strong ability to manage unexpected events control and deal with them quickly and efficiently. When confronted with a problem, you will need to collect information, analyze situation, point out solutions and apply them to solve perfectly in reasonable time.
• Pro-active team player with very good communication and excellent English language skills for interacting with stakeholders
• Experience with working together with Agile/SCRUM teams and their methods and tooling.

How we'll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

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