Application Release Manager

Kyndryl; Mangaluru; On-site; INR 3,200,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl is seeking an experienced Application Release Manager to lead release governance for a European bank's banking tech landscape, centred on Temenos core banking systems. You will plan, coordinate, and oversee deployments across multiple domains while ensuring regulatory and security compliance.

The role requires 8+ years in release management within banking or financial services and strong stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of Release Management, Application Delivery, Change Management, or Production Management in banking/financial services.
• Experience managing complex releases with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Exposure to Temenos core banking platforms is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage end-to-end application release activities across multiple banking applications and platforms, including Temenos core banking systems.
• Develop and maintain release calendars, deployment schedules, and roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
• Coordinate with development, testing, infrastructure, operations, business, and vendor teams to ensure successful release delivery.
• Lead release planning meetings, deployment readiness reviews, and post-release assessments.
• Ensure releases comply with change management, risk management, security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify and mitigate release-related risks and dependencies.
• Oversee production deployment activities, rollback planning, and hypercare support.
• Monitor release performance and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Release Management

Application Delivery

Change Management

SDLC

Agile

DevOps

CI/CD

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Temenos platforms

Job description

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the worlds leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our peopleKyndrylsthat means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.

The Role

Are you passionate about solving complex problems Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment Then theres a good chance you will love being a part of our Software Engineering team at Kyndryl, where you will be able to see the immediate value of your work.We are seeking an experienced Application Release Manager to lead and govern application release management activities for a leading European Bank operating a complex banking technology landscape centered around Temenos core banking applications. The role will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the successful deployment of application releases across multiple banking domains while ensuring minimal business disruption and adherence to regulatory, security, and operational requirements.The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing application releases in banking or financial services environments, coordinating cross-functional teams, and driving release governance across development, testing, infrastructure, business, and vendor organizations. The role requires excellent stakeholder management skills and a strong understanding of change management, deployment processes, risk management, and production readiness activities.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage end-to-end application release activities across multiple banking applications and platforms, including Temenos core banking systems.
• Develop and maintain release calendars, deployment schedules, and release roadmaps in alignment with business and technology priorities.
• Coordinate with development, testing, infrastructure, operations, business, and vendor teams to ensure successful release delivery.
• Lead release planning meetings, deployment readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, and post-release assessments.
• Ensure all releases comply with change management, risk management, security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate release-related risks, dependencies, and potential service impacts.
• Oversee production deployment activities, rollback planning, release validations, and hypercare support.
• Monitor release performance, track deployment success metrics, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain release documentation, deployment procedures, implementation plans, and release governance records.
• Support major transformation programs, application upgrades, platform migrations, and regulatory-driven release initiatives.

Your future at Kyndryl

This role opens the door to many career paths, both vertical and horizontal, and there may be opportunity to travel. Its a great chance for database administrators or other techs to break into the cloud. Its also a solid path to become enterprise or chief architect or a distinguished engineer! Whatever you see for yourself, youll find the opportunity here.

Who You Are

Youre good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, youre open and borderless naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

Required Technical and Professional Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in Release Management, Application Delivery, Change Management, or Production Management roles within banking or financial services organizations.
• Proven experience managing complex application releases in enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Experience supporting core banking, payments, treasury, digital banking, or financial services applications; exposure to Temenos platforms is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile, Waterfall, DevOps, CI/CD, and release management best practices.
• Hands-on experience with release planning, deployment governance, environment management, and production readiness processes.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL processes, particularly Change Management, Release Management, Incident Management, and Problem Management.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, coordination, and leadership skills with the ability to manage cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, risk .