Release Manager
Large Banking Client
18 month contract
Hybrid schedule in Chicago, IL - 3x/week onsite
-- Also open to Richmond, VA or Atlanta, GA
**W2 Opportunity - no C2C
**Candidates must be located in the Chicago metro area to be considered!
Top Requirements:
- 7-10 years of Release Management experience – in the weeds, hands-on
- Create and execute project plans
- Facilitate/create release implementation plans
- Technical process understanding, work with cross-functional teams
- Project Management background
- Understand dependencies
- Can adjust when things go wrong within a release – how to handle these scenarios
- MS Project, JIRA
- Agile
Desired Skills:
- Banking/Financial Services Industry experience
Position Summary:
- This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivery of defined deliverables with usually required engagement from multiple teams, such as a project or BAU items. Key responsibilities include communicating the release objective, coordinating delivery, managing risks, ensuring compliance to standards, and providing end to end visibility to the health of the deliverables. This role ensures execution and delivery meets the client’s expectations in terms of the quality and timelines. They facilitate sync points across multiple organization to enable delivery.