Release Manager - Transformation Program Lead

CHALLENGER; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Challenger in Sydney, NSW, AU, seeks an experienced Release Manager to lead end-to-end release activities for the CTU transformation program. This 12-month MTC role is on-site and sits at the core of release governance, planning and production readiness.

You'll own the integrated release roadmap, coordinate planning across business and technology teams, and manage risks to ensure smooth deployments into production environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within a financial services environment.
• Experience supporting large transformation programs.
• Strong release planning and governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated release roadmap across multiple program workstreams
• Coordinate release planning, sequencing, dependency management and scheduling across business and technology teams
• Establish and manage governance processes, including release readiness reviews, go/no-go assessments and release approvals
• Partner with Project Managers, Technical Delivery Leads, Test Managers, Business Change Leads, Business Owners, Product Owners, Delivery Leaders and technology teams to coordinate integrated program releases
• Identify and manage release risks, issues, dependencies, environment constraints and deployment conflicts that could impact release outcomes
• Coordinate technical, operational and business readiness activities, including cutover planning, deployment, rollback planning and transition into production
• Facilitate release governance forums and provide clear release status, risks and recommendations to program leadership
• Oversee production verification, post-release stabilisation and continuous improvement in release management practices, governance and delivery processes

Skills

Release management

Governance

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Multi-vendor coordination

Job description

Challenger in Sydney, NSW, AU, seeks an experienced Release Manager to lead end-to-end release activities for the CTU transformation program. This 12-month MTC role is on-site and sits at the core of release governance, planning and production readiness.

You'll own the integrated release roadmap, coordinate planning across business and technology teams, and manage risks to ensure smooth deployments into production environments.