Release Lead

Tech Mahindra; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mahindra in Melbourne is seeking a Lead Release Manager to oversee planning and coordination of releases for a banking migration program. The role ensures a controlled transition to production with minimal disruption to customers and banking operations.

You will own the release calendar, coordinate multiple teams across application, infrastructure, testing, and data migration, and drive readiness reviews, risk management, and post-release handover to operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in release management within banking or financial services.
• Experience supporting complex migration or technology transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of release, change and cutover management.
• Strong planning, stakeholder coordination and risk management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple teams and dependencies under tight delivery timelines.

Responsibilities

• Own the release calendar, deployment plans and cross team dependencies.
• Coordinate application, infrastructure, testing, data migration and business teams.
• Confirm release readiness, including testing completion, data reconciliation, operational readiness and required approvals.
• Coordinate cutover rehearsals, deployment activities and rollback planning.
• Facilitate go/no go reviews and ensure compliance with the bank’s change management processes.
• Manage release risks, issues, stakeholder communications and escalations.
• Coordinate post release validation, hypercare and handover to operational support

Skills

Release management

Banking/FS domain

Planning

Stakeholder coordination

Risk management

Job description

At Tech Mahindra (Tech Mahindra | Connected World, Connected Experiences), we live the philosophy of a connected world and connected experiences. We thrive on change powered by the intelligent symphony of technology and humans designing meaningful and sustainable experiences. Consumer experiences are driving and disrupting industries like never before. Businesses must build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive change—connecting the digital, physical, and convergent worlds to deliver truly connected experiences.

Lead the planning and coordination of releases for a banking migration program, ensuring a controlled transition to production with minimal disruption to customers and banking operations

Key responsibilities

• Own the release calendar, deployment plans and cross team dependencies.
• Coordinate application, infrastructure, testing, data migration and business teams.
• Confirm release readiness, including testing completion, data reconciliation, operational readiness and required approvals.
• Coordinate cutover rehearsals, deployment activities and rollback planning.
• Facilitate go/no go reviews and ensure compliance with the bank‿s change management processes.
• Manage release risks, issues, stakeholder communications and escalations.
• Coordinate post release validation, hypercare and handover to operational support

Required experience and skills

• Experience in release management within banking or financial services.
• Experience supporting complex migration or technology transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of release, change and cutover management.
• Strong planning, stakeholder coordination and risk management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple teams and dependencies under tight delivery timelines.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions, with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations are also available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.