Senior Release Manager (#724)

N-iX is looking for a passionate, skilled and motivated Senior Release Manager to join the team;

Our customer is the leading school transportation provider in North America, being the owner of more than a half of all yellow school buses in the United States; Every day, the company completes 5 million student journeys, moving more passengers than all U;S; airlines combined and delivers reliable, quality services for 1,100 school districts; 

N-iX has built a successful cooperation with the client delivering a range of complex initiatives; As a result, N-iX has been selected as a strategic long-term partner to drive the digital transformation on an enterprise level, fully remodeling the technology landscape for 55,000 employees and millions of people across North America; 

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive release planning for the entire project portfolio;
• Drive Release Gate meetings, work with stakeholders on Release acceptance checklists;
• Closely cooperate with the internal team and external on the client side to align release processes and approaches;
• Collaborate with product managers, development teams, and stakeholders on deployment preparation and resolving dependencies;
• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect the scope, schedule, and quality of releases;
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between development, QA, product management, and other relevant teams;
• Ensure that releases comply with relevant requirements and standards;
• Create relevant documentation including release notes, release plan, release instructions, and deployment notes;
• Operate all key release plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, and schedule and scope changes for releases;
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement best practices for release management;

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in release management or a related role within the software development industry;
• Excellent management and organizational skills;
• Good knowledge of software development lifecycle and methodologies (Agile, Safe, Scrum, etc.);
• Proficiency in release management tools and software like Jenkins, ServiceNow, Jira, Bitbucket, or GitLab;
• Experienced in close collaboration with tech and business stakeholders;
• Experience with C-level enterprise stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field;
• Effective communication and interpersonal abilities;
• Problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges;
• Advanced English level;
• Readiness to travel to US frequently;

Nice to have: 

• Qualifications in relevant release management certifications would be a plus;
• Experience with SAFe framework;
• Experience with Data projects;