Description

● Define and enforce release management processes, including release readiness criteria, approval gates, and rollback plans

● Partner with development, QA, and UAT teams to confirm release scope, sequencing, and dependencies

● Lead release planning and go/no-go meetings, ensuring risks and open items are visible to stakeholders before deployment

● Coordinate deployment activities across environments (dev, test, staging, production) with technical teams

● Maintain release documentation, including release notes, change logs, and post-release reports

● Identify and mitigate release risks, escalating issues that could affect timeline or client commitments

● Support post-release monitoring and coordinate quick resolution of any issues that surface after go-live

● Continuously refine release management practices and templates to improve consistency across engagements

Mandatory Qualifications

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

● 4+ years of experience in release management, deployment coordination, or a related delivery role within software implementation or technology consulting environments

● Bachelor's degree

● ITIL certification

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:

● Proven understanding of SDLC, environment management, and change control processes

● Experience with release or work-tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar tools

● Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate across technical and business teams under time pressure

● Experience managing multiple release schedules simultaneously in a fast-paced setting

● Experience working with federal or state government agencies

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree