Engineering Release Manager at Electrum

Job Summary

• The Engineering Release Manager is responsible for coordinating deliveries through the software development process within the Engineering group, from planning to go-live, ensuring the delivery of quality releases to stakeholders.
• It is a multi-disciplined role that performs the roles of a Project Manager, Program Manager and Scrum master, with a primary focus on the creation, planning and execution of deliverables within the Engineering organisation.
• They own and drive the delivery processes including the Engineering SDLC processes, guidelines and templates that relate to deliveries.

Job Description

Release Planning and Coordination

• Prioritising and capacity planning across Engineering, collaborating with Product Management to define the delivery roadmap for Engineering.
• Making the Engineering group more predictable.
• Coordinating tasks between the Engineering teams.

Release Process Management and Execution

• Planning the releases of projects and managing the release lifecycle.
• Managing Engineering project execution.
• Working with team leads to ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Managing both planned and unplanned changes, risks and issues to ensure rapid delivery and greater predictability.

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

• Identifying and managing risk, scope and quality.
• Ensuring all compliance artefacts have been produced.

Communication and Reporting

• Improving communication to stakeholders outside of Engineering.
• Communicating release timelines and requirements to stakeholders.
• Keeping both Engineering and Electrum stakeholders informed on the progress of releases.
• Budget analysis of Engineering releases.

Release Documentation

• Maintaining project related documentation related to the build and release of software.

Change Control Management

• Ensuring change requests follow a change control process and that they are managed according to the SDLC processes.

Process Improvement

• Improving the project management and release practices within the Engineering organisation.
• Gathering feedback on existing processes and is actively involved in ensuring improved delivery guidelines, templates and processes.
• Setting up procedural guidelines to establish successful delivery processes.
• Evaluating feedback from retrospectives and instituting changes as necessary to manage improvements.
• Involved with and contributing towards the Electrum PMO community.

Requirements

• A university degree.
• 5 – 8 years experience in a project management role specifically in delivering software projects using Agile methodologies.

2 – 3 years experience working in a software development team:

• in a role requiring communication in cross-functional teams;
• in an analytical role closely involved in the delivery of technical projects;
• creating release documentation and reporting
• Experience with release management tools and platforms.

Beneficial Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Previous experience working in the Fintech industry.
• Certified in Agile / Scrum methodologies.