Cluster Release Manager
Open Link Systems Ltd
Ansprechpartner: Veeranjaneyulu Katta
Zurich, Schweiz
FinanzenChange ManagementCluster-ServerPVCS Version ManagerRelease EngineeringRelease-ManagementSoftware Configuration Management
Beschreibung
Role: Cluster Release Manager
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Hybrid: 2 days a week
The Cluster Release Manager will play a critical role in enabling end-to-end coordination of integrated software deliveries across 25 interdependent value chains (similar to projects) within a major transformation programme
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the Release Management discipline for up to 5 projects in parallel (together with Release Coordinator)
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive release plan aligned with delivery timelines, dependencies, risk profiles, and environment availability.
- Coordinate all aspects of release management execution across multiple projects and suppliers, ensuring alignment with enterprise change management principles
- Chair regular release coordination meetings with stakeholders to track progress, resolve blockers, and manage risks.
- Ensure full traceability from requirements ? design ? development ? test cases ? defects ? deployments, leveraging tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar ALM platforms.
- Oversee the dependencies and risks related to releases in scope being deployed to the environments
- Oversee staging and promotion of code and configuration changes into environments collaborating closely with Environment Management.
- Monitor release health via KPIs such as defect leakage, regression pass rate, rollback frequency, and deployment success rates.
- Prepare reporting on release status, risks, and key milestones for Release Management Leadership
- Support readiness assessments prior to each test cycle and contribute to lessons learned after each release.
Professional Experience
- Worked in a similar role before
- Experience in adjusting processes to programmes need
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in IT project delivery within complex banking or financial services organisations with 500 – 1000 applications over several booking centres.
- Proven track record as a Release Manager in small- mid-sized transformation projects
- Direct experience managing multi-project release trains across SIT and UAT cycles in regulated environments.
- Familiarity with system landscape architectures commonly found in wealth management or private banking infrastructures.
- Banking experience and a profound understanding of Private banking products
Technical Understanding
- Strong grasp of SDLC methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, hybrid models).
- Understanding of release management tools and technologies (e.g., JIRA)
Soft Skills & Personal Attributes
- Pragmatic & solution driven mindset
- Good stakeholder engagement abilities across technical and non-technical audiences on different levels
- High emotional intelligence and diplomacy when navigating conflicting priorities in a matrix organisation.
- Results-oriented mindset with attention to detail and structured problem-solving capability.
- Ability to operate autonomously under pressure, meeting tight deadlines without compromising quality.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; German or other languages beneficial.
- High willingness to contribute to the programmes success and to work on weekends
Education & Certifications
- University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.