Release Manager

Role: Release Manager
Chicago, IL
Onsite


What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
Release Management
Process Governance
PM tools like Clarity / PPM
Excellent communication skills

Job Description/ ResponsibilitiesRelease Manager Responsibilities
-Aligned to directly coordinate the readiness and execution of monthly releases for the Cash Portfolio;
-Prepare, maintain, and govern the Monthly Release Calendar, ensuring dependencies are mapped; Proactively identify and resolve release clashes and dependency conflicts.
-Respond to release scheduling queries, resolve conflicts and facilitate release related forums and calls
-Support preparation of release decks, ensuring correct versions are used, changes are tightly controlled once baselined
-Create, maintain and track the Release runbook, facilitate reviews with the relevant stakeholders
-Orchestrate execution of the agreed runbook including opening and managing release chats
-Lead release communications covering pre-release readiness, Go/No-Go outcomes, post release confirmation and updates
-Coordinate release deployment activities across Capability, Technology, SQM and Business stakeholders
-Log and track post release issues, clearly recording ownership; Facilitate issue triage meetings to capture root causes and prioritise issues based on impacts
-Apply CRM processes consistently across releases, ensuring adherence to governance standards and audit expectations.
-Maintain and manage release documentation and folders, ensuring artefacts are organised, version controlled, and audit ready

PMO Responsibilities:
-Program level scheduling including features by release
-Annual planning , resource forecasting and maintenance
-Initiative level Governance, maintain central RAID log, support stakeholder communications
-Project Status Reporting and Governance updates
-Support Internal program Audit
-Coordinate the collation of Initiative release readiness material
-Financial tracking & reporting
-Financial planning and administration - monthly/quarterly Clarity portfolio management & reporting, Clarity admin support updates resource forecasting support, Task creation and resource addition through the year supporting implementation leads