Release Manager, Application Services

We are the leading technology recruitment and selection consultancy in Romania, working on highly specialized technologies for permanent and interim positions. Since our inception in 2001 as the first specialized IT recruitment agency in Romania we supported over 400 national and global clients in acquiring strategic IT talent for their business.

We are deeply passionate about technology and highly responsible about our work. We understand the pressure of the business and the fact that you need fast and quality results. Therefore we always go for the extra mile to deliver the best IT&C talent for your business, no matter how challenging the project may seem.

Relevant Skills:

• Significant experience in managing IT releases
• Version control
• Build / Release automation
• UNIX Shell Scripting
• Common technology knowledge and expertise
• Experience with JIRA

Key Attributes:

• Hands‐on contributor
• The candidate will face the TradeFinder teams (front office business and GT) and he has to get familiar with the challenging working culture and with the rapid application development versus industrialization requirements
• We expect a result focused person.
• The candidate has to be fluent in English (German is optional).
• Good verbal, presentation, and written communication skills

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in IT related discipline - (or equivalent diploma/work experience)
• 3-4 years of work experience in IT

Our client is a leading client-centric global universal bank with a presence in more than 70 countries and employing over 100,000 employees worldwide.

Their newly established European development center in Bucharest is a dedicated application development and software engineering center for leading-edge technology solutions that power the future of global capital markets. They partner with the Main Group Technology and Operations division to access superior technology skills and promote innovation in the development of software applications and IT solutions.

Opened in 2013, it will employ approximately 500 full-time IT specialists and will play a big part in the development of their technical expertise. With award-winning mobile banking apps and trading systems, their technology platforms help the Bank deliver best-in-class products to clients. Diverse, international and shaped by a variety of different perspectives, they’re driven by a shared sense of purpose. At every level agile thinking is nurtured. And at every level agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support and opportunities to excel.

As their aim is to continue to fill it with exceptional people, this is your chance to join them and you’ll be given the support, training and voice you need to build a rewarding global career. They are currently looking for a full-time Release Manager to help build the kind of global systems that will underpin and drive their global business.

One of the projects they are currently looking for new team members is TradeFinder, an award winning suite of electronic applications, serving both their internal markets business and external client base worldwide. As a real-time, interactive web platform, TradeFinder supports all three phases of the investment process: pre-trade, trade and post-trade. Real-Time Market Reports, Rich Cheap Analysis, Time Series and Term Structure Analysis, Cross Market Relative Value Scans, Executable Pricing Tools, Asset Liability Management, Portfolio Optimization, Portfolio Analysis, Solvency II, Clearing Services, Risk Management, individualized CPPI.

Whilst TradeFinder itself started as a RAD application (rapid application development) with direct front office involvement in the development of business functionality, regulations require to apply standard process and controls with the same code base yet with sprint release cycle, packaging, QA and testing, deployment, and support fully in the hands of GT. The driver for this change is that use cases influencing the books of the bank can’t be supported by the original rapid concept.

Role description

The Software Release Manager is responsible for providing release management coordination, support and assistance in all aspects of the application release approach. This includes assisting with communications, following-up on issues and risks and leading meetings to drive stakeholder decisions. The Software Release Manager drives the releases based on quality gates from scope freeze until deployment to production and post implementation review.

The Software Release Manager maintains and publishes the release schedule and moderates the release scope definition among the stakeholders. The Software Release Manager also impacts analysis of the change items and implementation of the release policy. The Software Release Manager adheres to the established release management methodology and standards while carrying out their responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the management of medium/large releases and also functional domain (concurrent) release
• Manage releases within scope, quality and time
• Share best practices and project learning
• Uses standard program/project management tools and techniques appropriately
• Create or contribute to appropriate release artefacts that may include: release schedules including milestones, release scope, risk and issues
• Identify and highlight risks and issues within the release and escalate appropriately. Ensure that the Software Application Releases comply applicable policies & standards
• Ensure that Software Application Release / Deployment plans are in agreement with Project Managers & Application Owners whose CTB & RTB needs would be met by the Release
• Ensure explicit clarity to all stakeholders on what the scope includes – considering fresh software, modifications, retrofits & patches being included into the Software Application Release.
• Ensure consistent communications to all stakeholders on Application Release aspects, in a timely manner
• Execute the software application release management lifecycle steps, ensuring all applicable pre-requisites (including approvals) are satisfied at each stage

Benefits:

• Competitive salary packages;
• Meal tickets;
• Medical Insurance;
• Transport expense;
• Great working environment.