Assistant Manager - IT Change and Release control

Qiddiya Investment Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking an experienced Change & Release Manager to oversee governance for IT changes and software releases across DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD environments. The role emphasizes risk assessment, readiness criteria, and cross-functional collaboration with IT operations, development, cybersecurity, QA, and vendors.

The ideal candidate will hold an ITIL Foundation certification and have 5+ years in IT Change or Release Management domains, with strong communication and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information System or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in IT Change Management, IT Change & Release Management, or IT Service Management roles.
• ITIL Foundation certification.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, and cloud environments.
• Experience with Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Review, assess, and validate change and release requests.
• Facilitate and govern Change Advisory Board (CAB) and Emergency Change Advisory Board (ECAB) meetings.
• Own and maintain the Change & Release Calendar.
• Plan, coordinate, and govern software and infrastructure releases across environments (DEV, SIT, UAT, PROD).
• Ensure all Changes and releases meet Change and release readiness criteria, including testing evidence, rollback plans, risk assessments, security approvals, and business sign-off prior to production deployment.
• Maintain accurate and auditable change and release documentation, including requests, approvals, release notes, implementation steps, rollback procedures, and post-release outcomes.
• Monitor and analyze Change & Release Management KPIs, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct and govern Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs).
• Support internal and external audits related to IT Change and Release Management.
• Work closely with IT operations, development teams, business units, cybersecurity, QA, and third-party vendors.
• Provide clear, timely communication on change and release status, risks, dependencies, and impact assessments to stakeholders.
• Enforce adherence to Change & Release Management policies, standards, and governance frameworks.

Skills

Change Management

ITIL

Release Management

Governance

Agile

DevOps

CI/CD

Education

Information Technology

Computer Science

Information System

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Change and Release Control

1. Review, assess, and validatechange and release requeststo identify potential risks, conflicts, dependencies, and overall business impact.
2. Facilitate and governChange Advisory Board (CAB) and Emergency Change Advisory Board (ECAB)meetings, ensuring informed decision-making for both changes and releases, with clear accountability and approval outcomes.
3. Own and maintain the Change & Release Calendar, ensuring alignment between planned changes, release windows, blackout periods, and business-critical events to minimize service disruption.
4. Plan, coordinate, and governsoftware and infrastructure releasesacross environments (DEV, SIT, UAT, PROD), ensuring readiness, approvals, and adherence to agreed release windows.
5. Ensure all Changes and releases meetChange and release readiness criteria, including testing evidence, rollback plans, risk assessments, security approvals, and business sign-off prior to production deployment.
6. Maintain accurate and auditablechange and release documentation, including requests, approvals, release notes, implementation steps, rollback procedures, and post-release outcomes.
7. Monitor and analyzeChange & Release Management KPIs(e.g., change success rate, emergency changes, release failure rate, rollback frequency), identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
8. Conduct and governPost-Implementation Reviews (PIRs)for changes and releases, ensuring lessons learned are captured, corrective actions are tracked, and systemic issues are addressed.
9. Supportinternal and external auditsrelated to IT Change and Release Management by providing evidence, process compliance, and improvement actions.
10. Work closely withIT operations, development teams, business units, cybersecurity, QA, and third-party vendorsto coordinate change and release activities end-to-end.
11. Provide clear, timely communication onchange and release status, risks, dependencies, and impact assessments to all relevant stakeholders, including management and business owners.
12. Enforce adherence toChange & Release Management policies, standards, and governance frameworks, ensuring alignment with ITIL best practices and organizational controls.

IT Demand Management:

1. overseeing and coordinating the demand management process.
2. works with business relationship managers, service portfolio managers, service level managers, and other stakeholders to understand the current and future demand for IT services,
3. plan and implement appropriate strategies to manage and influence the demand.
4. identifies and resolves any issues or risks that may affect the service delivery
5. Aligning IT strategy with business strategy and goals for long term planning Delegating authority to teams
6. communicating and updating the process owning and configuring the tools or templates to support the process.
7. 7-ensuring that the process runs smoothly
8. 9- facilitate the demand management meetings and events
9. 9-work with the requestors to prepare the deliverables needed
10. 10-capture the dispositions of the demand items and ensure they move into their next phase based on those outcomes

Education

• Bachelor’s degree inInformation Technology, Computer Science, Information System or a related field.

Experience

• Between 5+ yearsof experience ininIT Change Management, IT Change & Release Management, or IT Service Managementroles.

Certifications

• ITIL Foundationcertification

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding ofIT infrastructure, enterprise applications, and cloud environments.
• Practical knowledge ofAgile, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines, and how governance integrates with them.
• Ability to assess technical risks without being execution-level technical

Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills

Highly organized with excellent time management skills