Lead Release Engineer

About the role:

In this opportunity as Lead Release Manager, you will:

• Provide project management for LTIO initiatives. This includes:
• Building high quality, collaborative working relationships with executives, technology partners, customers and all other relevant stakeholders.
• Providing proactive thought leadership, work direction and feedback to the project leads and teams.
• Drive progress on complex and/or multiple projects relative to scope, schedules, budgets and quality.
• Facilitating solutions to complex problems, negotiating and resolving conflicting/changing priorities and managing complex process improvements.
• Communicating and reporting issues, risks, dependencies, etc. via regular status to executives, customers, and all other relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborating with senior leaders in preparing strategic technology options and direction to ensure the health and stability of our enterprise applications.
• Assisting with strategic management of the Legal Tech Infrastructure & Operations portfolio including business case management and budgeting
• Minimum Qualifications:
• Demonstrated achievements in planning, directing and implementing complex projects on time, within budget and with desired functionality
• Strong collaboration, conflict resolution, negotiating and influencing skills
• Ability to work in fast-paced, changing, and ambiguous environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including with Executive audiences

About you:

You're a fit for the role of Lead Release Manager, if your background includes:

• Four-year undergraduate degree in computer science, business, or related field
• 12+ years related experience in IT Infrastructure, Production Support and Release Management , including at least three years of project management experience with software development projects
• Preferred or Desired Qualifications:
• Broad knowledge and/or experience in leading infrastructure technology projects (Hardware replacement, Operating System Upgrades, Database Management System Upgrades, Storage / Filer Upgrades, etc.)
• Familiarity with Microsoft Access to manage & maintain an existing Asset Repository (Servers, Legal Contacts, Application Attributes, etc.)
• Familiarity with work/requirements tracking software (Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS))
• Broad knowledge of Westlaw Next systems, Online Information & Content systems, and/or Thomson Reuters Content
• PMP/PRINCE 2 certification