Release Manager (12 Month MTC)

Own and maintain the integrated release roadmap across multiple program workstreams

Coordinate release planning, sequencing, dependency management and scheduling across business and technology teams

Establish and manage governance processes, including release readiness reviews, go/no-go assessments and release approvals

Partner with Project Managers, Technical Delivery Leads, Test Managers, Business Change Leads, Business Owners, Product Owners, Delivery Leaders and technology teams to coordinate integrated program releases

Identify and manage release risks, issues, dependencies, environment constraints and deployment conflicts that could impact release outcomes

Coordinate technical, operational and business readiness activities, including cutover planning, deployment, rollback planning and transition into production

Facilitate release governance forums and provide clear release status, risks and recommendations to program leadership

Oversee production verification, post-release stabilisation and continuous improvement in release management practices, governance and delivery processes

You'll be a highly organised Release Manager who enjoys bringing order to complexity and keeping multiple moving parts moving in the same direction.

You're comfortable operating across business, operational and technology stakeholders, know how to build alignment across diverse groups and can balance competing priorities without losing sight of the bigger picture.

You'll also have:

Proven experience within a financial services environment, ideally across wealth management, superannuation, insurance or banking

Experience supporting large transformation, platform or change programs

Strong release planning, governance, deployment coordination, dependency management and implementation readiness experience within large-scale transformation programs

Exposure to Agile delivery environments and planning frameworks, including PI planning

Experience managing enterprise releases spanning multiple applications, teams and delivery partners

Experience coordinating production deployments, cutover activities and post-release stabilisation

Understanding of environment management, release controls and operational risk management

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and coordinate across a broad stakeholder landscape

Experience working within multi-vendor or delivery partner environments, with the ability to coordinate across organisational boundaries

A collaborative and pragmatic approach, with a willingness to roll up your sleeves when required

This is an opportunity to join a major transformation program at a critical stage of delivery.

You'll play a central role in shaping how releases are planned, coordinated and executed, working across business, operations and technology teams to ensure new capabilities are implemented successfully and deliver the intended outcomes.

If you enjoy connecting the dots, creating structure and helping complex change land successfully, we'd love to hear from you.

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