Release And Resource Manager

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The Release & Resource Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, coordination, and execution of software releases across multiple teams and environments, while also managing resource allocation and utilization across the project portfolio. This role plays a key part in ensuring timely, quality releases while optimizing team capacity and resolving resource conflicts.

Key Responsibilities:

Release Management

• Plan, schedule, and manage software releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Coordinate with development, QA, DevOps, and operations teams to ensure successful release deployment.
• Maintain the release calendar and manage dependencies across teams and systems.
• Ensure change requests related to releases follow the proper approval and documentation process.
• Facilitate go/no-go decisions in collaboration with stakeholders.

Resource Management

• Monitor resource allocation across multiple projects and teams, ensuring optimal utilization.
• Work with project and delivery managers to forecast resource needs based on project pipelines and priorities.
• Identify skill gaps and work with HR/recruitment to initiate hiring or upskilling where needed.
• Support onboarding of new resources and facilitate smooth integration into projects.

Reporting & Governance

• Generate regular reports on release performance, issues, and team utilization.
• Maintain dashboards for leadership on capacity planning, project staffing, and release status.
• Collaborate with finance or operations to align resourcing with approved budgets.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10+ Years of experience.
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC), Agile and DevOps principles.
• Proficiency in tools like

  JIRA, JSM, Azure DevOps,

  ServiceNow, MS Project, or similar.
• Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and handle conflict resolution diplomatically.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Bachelor's/master’s degree in computer science, Engineering or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP, SAFe,

  ITIL, ITSM

  or Agile certifications.
• Experience managing releases in cloud-based or hybrid environments (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with test automation and

  CI/CD pipelines.

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