Release Manager Mid to Senior Level

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

The opportunity:
Our highly valued client is a federal government agency. They are seeking a Mid to 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 neg (circa 750-900)
  • 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.

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Submit your resume, or for further information please contact kylie.mcmanus@talentinternational.com / 0408 388 680

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