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Currently looking for an experienced Release Manager to join the IT team. Reporting to the Director, IT Governance & PMO, this individual will have the opportunity to define and build our Release Management strategy and work closely with the Infrastructure & Application Development Towers as well as our newly formed SAP Center of Excellence.
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Requirements:
IT Release Manager - SAP
101 Paragon Drive Montvale, NJ 07645 US
Posted: 03/16/2016
2016-03-16
2023-04-22
Employment Type:
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Job Number: 88
Job Description
Currently looking for an experienced Release Manager to join the IT team. Reporting to the Director, IT Governance & PMO, this individual will have the opportunity to define and build our Release Management strategy and work closely with the Infrastructure & Application Development Towers as well as our newly formed SAP Center of Excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Plan, coordinate, and track of all production-related activities required to support successful deployments
- Implementation planning and dependency analysis for both major and maintenance release cycles
- Identify risks, cross application dependencies and downstream impacts per release
- Establish and communicate master release schedule
- Design and implement efficient procedures for the distribution and implementation of IT changes into production
- Facilitate issue tracking and resolution of post go live activities where required
- Manage scope and schedule of releases
- Creation and communication of release status, implementation scorecard and executive status reporting
- Assist in the prioritization of enhancements and changes into release packages
- Develop process for emergency and exception releases
- Participate in weekly Change Advisory Board meetings
- Consolidate and publish Release Notes for each deployment
- Ensure compliance with IT processes including proper documentation, reviews and approvals of related changes
- Provide timely escalation to IT Leadership where necessary/appropriate
Requirements:
- Capacity to work in a non-structured environment and help in building structure into IT processes
- Ability to manage by influence within and across various IT disciplines
- Strong negotiation skills
- Effective oral and written communications
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Proficiency in MS Office/Excel
- Working knowledge of SDLC methodologies
- Experience managing releases within an ERP or SAP environment
- Detail oriented and highly organized
- Minimum 5 years Release Management experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
Meet Your Recruiter
Jason Destro
Over 20 years’ of recruiting experience with hands-on recruiting and placement of I.T. professionals (Full Time, Temp 2 Perm, & Contingent) in the NJ/NY/CT/PA marketplace for a wide variety of today's demanding IT skill sets. Focused on delivering exceptional service by understanding client’s objectives and goals.
