Release Manager

Job Title: Release Manager
Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
Job Type: Contract- W2

Function Related Activities:
• Designing streamlined processes and improvements within the organization
• Coordinate with key stakeholders across the organization during all phases of the release including requirement reviews, prioritization, estimation, capacity planning and delivery
• Provides subject matter expertise across Agile development methodologies and tool sets
• Leverages the Freestyle tool stack to communicate release details and project manage all phases of release activities and ceremonies
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the organization to identify process gaps and implement process improvements
• Manages risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
• Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensures alignment across key partners and vendors.
• Gather and analyze metrics on each release
• Organizes and runs meetings for defects as well as team release meetings
• Performs light administration of Jira projects, Confluence wiki, and GitHub
• Works with Scrum Master and Product Owner to ensure team alignment
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process

Education: Bachelor's Degree required, and Masters preferred
Related Work Experience:
• At least 5 years of experience in large-scale technology, software development and customer operations.
• Strong knowledge of agile principles and tools
• Experience in service or product management
• Strong organization, planning and communication skills