Release Manager - Salesforce (12-20 yrs)

Position : Salesforce Release Manager.

Experience : 12 Years.

Location : Remote.

Job Responsibilities :

- Plan the release of project deliverables and release life cycle.

- Communicate the project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc between different teams.

- Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates.

- Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected.

- Track the progress and find issues, if any.

- Always work to improve the process of release.

- Make sure that the release is planned, according to the requirements and budget.

- Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.

- Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.

- Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities.

- Make sure the allocation of Release Engineers to every release.

- Communicate with release managers from different IT departments.

- Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.

- Schedule the CAB meetings to discuss the release schedules with the team and find roadblocks, if any.

- Make improvements in the methodologies used for configuration management and development of software that helps to find ways to use in configuration management.

- Conduct Retrospective meetings for every release.

Requirement :

- Computer Science or an equivalent degree.

- 5+ years of experience in technical project management and handling releases.

- Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CD / CI) pipelines.

- Experience in working with DevOps and Agile methodologies.

- Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle.

- Team management skills.

- Experience in driving Environment Refreshes.

- Experience in Salesforce and Oracle ERP Integration with other systems.

- Knowledge of traditional agile methodologies, including Scrum, Waterfall, or Kanban.

Soft Skills :

- Excellent communication skills.

- Leadership skills.

- Project management skills with knowledge of presentation.

- Problem-solving and analytics skills.

- Team and time management skills.