Release Coordinator

Motion Recruitment; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,104 - 82,656; Full time

Job summary

A well-known Financial Services Company is seeking a Release Coordinator for a hybrid opportunity in Texas. In this role, you will manage the end-to-end release process, ensuring quality and compliance with industry standards. Candidates should have prior experience in release coordination, familiarity with Jira and ServiceNow, and an understanding of Agile methodologies. This long-term contract position includes a competitive benefits package and offers the possibility of extension and/or conversion.

Qualifications

• Prior release coordination/management experience, preferably within financial services.
• Familiarity with Jira and ServiceNow for change requests.
• Experience in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the end-to-end release process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on release schedules.
• Develop and maintain a centralized release calendar.
• Manage change requests and approvals.
• Conduct post-release reviews for optimization.
• Implement automation tools for deployment.
• Monitor delivery reports and release performance.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards.

Skills

Release coordination/management

Jira

ServiceNow

Microsoft Office Suite

Agile environment

Job description

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Release Coordinator in Irving, TX (Hybrid role)

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 18 Months + extensions/potential conversion

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior release coordination/management experience, preferably within financial services.
• Jira and ServiceNow (change requests) experience
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience working in an Agile environment

What You'll Be Doing

• Coordinate and manage the end-to-end release process, ensuring that all releases met quality, compliance, and security requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (development, QA, and operations) to align on release schedules, resource requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain a centralized release calendar, ensuring visibility and tracking of all scheduled releases across multiple business units.
• Manage change requests and approvals, reducing the risk of production incidents by ensuring that all changes are adequately reviewed and tested.
• Conduct post-release reviews to identify areas of improvement, leading to the continuous optimization of release cycles and faster time-to-market.
• Implement automation tools for deployment, monitoring, and reporting, to reduce manual errors and increasing release efficiency.
• Monitor delivery reports, validate batch processing in interconnected systems, provide regular status updates and metrics reporting to senior leadership, and track release performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., ITIL, DevOps) and facilitate readiness reviews to validate deliverables before production deployment.