Release Manager - Healthcare Information Product

Role and Responsibilities:

- Negotiate, plan and manage all release activities on time and as per plan

- Forward Plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio

- Ensure readiness for a ONE- Click deployment for all releases.

- Maintain a release repository and manage key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.

- Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, quality and challenge delays.

- Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates

- Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews

- Weekly Release Reporting

- Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required

- Work with development teams to understand impacts of branches and code merges

- Continually work towards making improvements in the release process to increase release velocity, especially in the Cloud business

- Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.

- Develop scripts and automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms

- Research new software development and configuration management methodologies and technologies and analyze their application to current configuration management needs

Prerequisite: Educational Qualifications/ Certifications /Experience

- 8-10 years of previous release management experience

- Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.

- Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills

- Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle.

- Effective leadership and analytical skills.

- Excellent communication skills