EL1 Release Manager

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

The opportunity:
Our highly valued client is a federal government agency. They are seeking an EL1 Senior Release Manager to take responsibility for the establishment and execution of Release Management processes for the release schedule of their core enterprise system.

  • Richmond or Geelong location plus hybrid work-from-home
  • 12 month initial contract + 12 month extension, rates fully negotiable
  • Role only open to Australian Citizens – Federal government client

The role:
Your duties will include:

  • Establish and maintain release management processes in in consultation with relevant Technology Services Division (TSD), business stakeholders, and third-party suppliers
  • Manage the release schedule, ensuring alignment with technical dependencies, business priorities, and compliance requirements
  • Conduct release impact assessments, ensuring the successful coordination and execution of releases for multiple applications across various portfolios
  • Oversee readiness criteria and go/no-go checkpoints, working closely with the business and technology teams.
  • Liaise with delivery partners for system implementation including internal teams, partners and commercial vendor teams
  • Ensure adherence to ICT change management processes, including cyber assessments, penetration testing, and change advisory board (CAB) representation
  • Manage and report on release status, identifying risks, dependencies, and key decisions to stakeholders
  • Serve as a key connector between release, environments, CICD, and delivery teams
  • Be a champion for continuous improvement, leveraging deep experience in ICT Release Management
  • Drive automation efforts within the release management processes

Skills and experience:
To succeed in this role you will need:

  • Proven experience of at least 3 to 5 years in establishing and managing Release Management processes in an enterprise business system context
  • Enterprise-level experience in managing Releases and delivering systems based on contemporary platforms and architectures (e.g. MuleSoft and Salesforce) including high level of integration to internal and external systems
  • Proven experience in, and strong knowledge of, contemporary project management, software development/configuration, testing, system delivery, governance frameworks and methodologies
  • Proven ability to drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives within release management processes, streamlining workflows, reducing manual intervention, and enhancing operational efficiency
  • Relevant tertiary qualifications; and an industry recognised qualification in project management, such as Diploma of Project Management; or SAFe Agile
  • Release and/or Project Management in Federal or State Government environments

Please note that our client is a federal government organisation and can only consider Australian Citizens who are eligible to obtain a Baseline security clearance.

Apply:
Submit your resume, or for further information please contact jarrodd.edwards@talentinternational.com.

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