Change & Release Manager

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent technology provider in the UK is looking for a Change & Release Manager. This role involves managing change and release processes with an emphasis on minimizing risk. Candidates should have at least 3 years of IT experience and possess strong ITIL skills. The ideal candidate will excel in building relationships and working independently, contributing to a thriving inclusive company culture.

Benefits

Inclusive culture

Disability confident employer

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• At least 3 years in an IT environment or a completed technical degree.
• Strong skills in IT Infrastructure Services and IT Service Management (ITIL).
• Ability to build strong relationships with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Define scope and content of releases with customers.
• Track status of change requests and implementations.
• Ensure all Requests for Changes are registered and approved.
• Maintain accuracy of change and release schedules.

Skills

Relationship building

ITIL skills

Process flow optimization

Independent work

Education

Technical degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Common service management tools

Job description

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Change & Release Manager

Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham | Job-ID: 215458 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology

Life on the team

ITIL Change & Release Manager

Hatfield, Milton Keynes or Nottingham (2-3 days in the office)

The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of the Change & Release Service to specific customers. Ensuring efficient and prompt handling of all Changes & Releases in a client’s infrastructure and to minimize the Risk and Impact to their estate by using standardized methods and procedures.

What you’ll do

• Define the scope and contents of each release with the relevant customer business, ensuring that agreement and commitment is provided by internal support teams to effectively support its delivery.
• Gather information and track status of all change requests and release implementations
• Ensure all Requests for Changes are registered.
• Ensure all logged Request for Changes, are promptly and correctly approved by authorized approvers.
• Ensure all Change Requests & Releases are kept up to date on the Tool Management System with progress that occurs, including any actions to correct problems and/or to take opportunities to improve service quality.
• Ensure the change and release policy and processes are adhered to in the release of all changes into all environments.
• Understand and analyse any impacts of, including scheduling risks, all projects that will introduce change to the production environments
• Mediate all conflicts regarding scheduling, lack of approval or lack of documentation prior to implementation of the change
• Coordinate with Incident Management, Problem Management and Configuration Management to ensure correct and consistent data is provided to the Change and Release Management processes
• Ensure process, procedure and work instruction documentation for Change and Release Management activities are correct and up-to-date
• Distribute the change and release schedules and pipelines within agreed timeframes
• Communicate technical change and release activities and impact to the business; providing performance data reporting, issues and review follow-up; and performing other duties as required such as ITIL process implementation support
• Produce and distribute weekly change and release meeting minutes
• Provide regular, robust and accurate reporting on change requests and release including exception reporting on high impact, aborted and unauthorised changes.

What you’ll need

• At least 3 years of professional experience from several years of experience in the IT environment or a completed technical degree
• Ability to build and maintain good relationships with all levels of service management, the customer and Computacenter’s internal service providers
• Skills in the areas of IT Infrastructure Services and IT Service Management (ITIL)
• Basic experience in the analysis, design and optimization of process flows
• Ability to present performance measurably
• Basic knowledge of common service management tools
• ITIL V4 Foundation certification or experience as a process manager
• The ability to work independently

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

Our business may be about technology, but first of all it’s about people

With over 20,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring fair and equal access to opportunities for all. Your application will be considered on its merits, regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, or any other characteristics protected by law. What matters most to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the experience and skills we’re looking for.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats. We also guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!