Release Management Associate Director

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and life insurance

Pension / Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off and leaves

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a Release Manager in the MRMO to plan, coordinate, govern, and facilitate technology releases across IT FinSight. You will ensure releases are delivered predictably and with low risk, driving end-to-end readiness, managing dependencies, and coordinating stakeholders across Business, Product, Development, Infrastructure, Change Management, and Support.

The role requires strong executive communication skills and experience with large-scale releases, JIRA, ServiceNow, and governance

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage integrated release plans across multiple applications and delivery teams.
• Coordinate release schedules, deployment activities, milestones, and dependencies.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews and governance checkpoints.
• Drive production readiness reviews and release governance processes.
• Identify, track, and elevate release risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Provide executive-level communications and status reporting to leadership.

Skills

Release management

Program management

Delivery management

IT governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

ServiceNow

PPM

ALM

Dashboards

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

The Release Manager within the MRMO is responsible for planning, coordinating, governing, and facilitating technology releases across IT FinSight. This role ensures releases are delivered in a predictable, controlled, and low-risk manner by driving end-to-end release readiness, managing dependencies, coordinating stakeholders, and providing leadership visibility throughout the release lifecycle.

The Release Manager serves as the central point of coordination between Business, Product, Development, Infrastructure, Change Management, and Support teams to promote production stability and successful release execution.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and manage integrated release plans across multiple applications and delivery teams.
• Coordinate release schedules, deployment activities, milestones, and dependencies.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews and governance checkpoints.
• Ensure release activities are aligned with enterprise standards and change management requirements.
• Drive production readiness reviews and release governance processes.
• Identify, track, and elevate release risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Ensure all required approvals, validations, and sign-offs are completed prior to implementation.
• Support release-related metrics, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as the primary liaison across Business, Product, Development, Infrastructure, EAS, SRE, UAT, and IVT teams.
• Provide executive-level communications and status reporting to leadership.
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions to resolve release blockers and competing priorities.
• Coordinate implementation activities, deployment plans, rollback strategies, and validation activities.
• Ensure support teams are prepared for implementation and post-release activities.
• Lead release execution governance and hypercare tracking.
• Monitor release outcomes and drive lessons learned reviews.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

• Experience in Release Management, Program Management, Delivery Management, or IT Governance.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, Change Management, and Production Support.
• Experience coordinating large-scale, cross-functional technology releases.
• Strong communication and executive stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with JIRA, ServiceNow, PPM, ALM, dashboards, and governance reporting.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation.