Release Manager

Coforge; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge in Sydney, Australia, seeks an experienced Release Manager to lead planning, coordination, governance, and execution of software releases across enterprise programs. You will manage release schedules, deployment activities, environment readiness, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communications across Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Security to drive reliable deployments.

Experience with Pega release management, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud), and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise release management.
• Strong CI/CD practices and deployment automation expertise.
• Ability to manage complex release cycles in fast-paced environments.
• Experience with Pega release processes.
• Exposure to Banking/FS or large-scale digital transformation programs.
• Familiarity with Agile, ITIL and Change Management frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end release lifecycle: planning, scheduling, deployment, and post-release activities.
• Develop release roadmaps and deployment calendars across applications.
• Coordinate activities across Development, QA, DevOps, Infra, Security and Business teams.
• Ensure milestones, dependencies, risks, and timelines are effectively managed.
• Establish release governance processes and readiness assessments.
• Define rollback strategies to minimize disruption.
• Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable deployments.
• Drive deployment automation and DevOps best practices.
• Collaborate to improve release efficiency and stability.
• Track release metrics and report outcomes; drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Release management

CI/CD

DevOps

Deployment automation

Pega release management

Agile

ITIL

Change management

Cloud platforms

Cross-team collaboration

Banking domain

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Release Manager to lead the planning, coordination, governance, and execution of application releases across enterprise-scale technology programs. This role will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of software releases by managing release schedules, deployment activities, environment readiness, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication across multiple delivery teams.

The successful candidate will bring strong experience in Release Management, CI/CD practices, DevOps processes, and deployment automation, with the ability to manage complex release cycles in fast-paced enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

Release Planning & Coordination

• Own the end-to-end release lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, coordination, deployment, and post-release activities.
• Develop and maintain release roadmaps and deployment calendars across multiple applications and project streams.
• Coordinate release activities across Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, and Business teams.
• Ensure release milestones, dependencies, risks, and timelines are effectively managed and communicated.

Release Governance & Risk Management

• Establish and maintain release governance processes, standards, and controls.
• Conduct release readiness assessments and facilitate deployment approvals.
• Perform risk analysis, impact assessments, and contingency planning for production releases.
• Define and manage rollback strategies to minimize business disruption.

CI/CD & Deployment Management

• Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and repeatable deployments.
• Drive the adoption of deployment automation and DevOps best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve release efficiency, deployment quality, and operational stability.
• Ensure deployment processes comply with organizational policies and security standards.
• Oversee environment planning, utilization, and release dependencies across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Coordinate change management activities and ensure alignment with release schedules.
• Work closely with operational teams to ensure production readiness and successful deployments.
• Track and report release metrics, deployment performance, and release outcomes.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement best practices to enhance release quality and efficiency.
• Facilitate post-implementation reviews and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Pega release management and deployment processes.
• Exposure to Banking, Financial Services, or large-scale Digital Transformation programs.
• Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, ITIL, and Change Management frameworks.
• Experience working across distributed teams and multi-vendor delivery environments.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.