Release Manager

BLACKROC Recruitment; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BLACKROC Recruitment in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Release Manager to oversee end-to-end release activities across multiple projects within a busy technology delivery portfolio. The role focuses on coordinating SIT, UAT and production releases, while aligning with vendors, stakeholders and internal teams to ensure smooth deployments.

You will own detailed release schedules, runbooks and rollback plans, and contribute to release governance, CAB meetings and change approvals.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience leading deployments and release activities across large ICT projects.
• Hands-on Microsoft Project experience managing detailed schedules across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Experience coordinating SIT, UAT and production releases across environments.
• Good understanding of release governance, change management and ITIL processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with ability to coordinate technical and non-technical teams.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities in a busy delivery environment.
• Experience with Agile delivery and enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end release activities across multiple projects and environments.
• Develop and maintain detailed release schedules, deployment plans, cutover runbooks and rollback strategies.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT and production releases, ensuring teams and environments are ready for deployment.
• Work closely with project teams, technical resources, business stakeholders and external vendors.
• Manage release risks, dependencies and issues to keep activities on track.
• Support release governance, including CAB meetings, change requests and approvals.
• Maintain release reporting, schedules and documentation using tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira and ServiceNow.

Skills

Microsoft Project

Release management

Stakeholder coordination

ITIL

Agile delivery

Jira

ServiceNow

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Microsoft Project

Job description

BLACKROC is currently partnering with a large enterprise environment in Brisbane to find an experienced Release Manager to join their technology delivery team on a contract through to August 2027, with potential for extension.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being hands-on with release planning and coordination, working across multiple projects and bringing together technical teams, business stakeholders and vendors to ensure smooth and successful deployments. You'll be joining a busy technology portfolio delivering a range of system enhancements and changes across complex enterprise applications.

What you'll be doing

• Managing and coordinating end-to-end release activities across multiple projects and environments.
• Developing and maintaining detailed release schedules, deployment plans, cutover runbooks and rollback strategies.
• Coordinating SIT, UAT and production releases, ensuring teams and environments are ready for deployment.
• Working closely with project teams, technical resources, business stakeholders and external vendors.
• Managing release risks, dependencies and issues to keep activities on track.
• Supporting release governance, including CAB meetings, change requests and approvals.
• Maintaining release reporting, schedules and documentation using tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira and ServiceNow.

What we're looking for

• At least 6 years' experience leading deployments and release activities across large, complex ICT projects.
• Strong hands-on Microsoft Project experience, particularly managing detailed schedules across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex releases across SIT, UAT and production environments.
• Experience developing deployment runbooks, cutover plans and rollback strategies.
• A good understanding of release governance, change management and ITIL processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to coordinate both technical and non-technical teams.
• Someone who is organised, proactive and comfortable managing competing priorities in a busy delivery environment.
• Experience with Agile delivery, Jira, ServiceNow or enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be highly regarded.

As part of the role, some after-hours or weekend availability will be required to support planned deployments.