Manager, Release Management

ROLE DIMENSIONS

FINANCIAL ( Limits/Mandates Etc )
NON FINANCIAL
• • Release budget: aprox 8 mil EUR / release) • • Direct reports: aprox 15
• People working for release: aprox 25
• Manage vendors delivering different parts of a release


TYPICAL OUTPUTS

 Release plan
 Project Delivery Process Documents
 Release delivery


PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
ESSENTIAL DESIRED
Education
• University graduate (preferable Technical or Economical)
• Project management
Professional Experience
• min 5 years in project management IT
• min 3 years in people management
• min 3 years experience in TELECOM
Abilities
• Business: Business Acumen; Taking decision under pressure; Customer Focus; Drive for Results; Perspective
• Process: Process Management; TQM/Re-engineering
• People: Interpersonal Savvy; Confronting Direct Reports; Motivating Others; Managing and Measuring Work;

Technical skills
• Word processing, Spreadsheet, Project Management, Budgeting, English; Written Communication; Listening

ROLE PURPOSE
Plan, negotiate, communicate and deliver IT Releases covering all IT areas in order to implement integrated software solutions that enhance business value.


ESSENCE OF ROLE- Key Accountabilities
1 Build the team and ensure its high performance through hiring, leadership and performance management.
• Assure the right level of technical expertise within the release team
• Train and develop a Release Assistant to be ready to take over the Release leadership
• Build and maintain a working environment that stimulates high performance.
• Organise key processes of the team, establish and deploy resources according to the business needs.
• Ensure that the appropriate standards, procedures and guidelines are established and used within the release.
2 Assure the delivery of the IT release in agreed time, cost and quality criteria
• Agree the scope, objectives, and the plan of the release phases
• Coordinate and manage the day to day activities of the release
• Manage change requests on the release: analyze them, evaluate the impact on the release in terms of budget, schedule and quality and the risks associated
• Address conflicting priorities within the team and with other departments, at his/her level of authority.
• Work with the other Release Managers to balance the content of the releases
• Ensure vendor management

• Coordinate the core release team, including direct reports and people allocated to release from other IT departments: IT Arhitecture and Demand, IT QA, IT Support and Readiness
• Risk Management for the release
• Act as escalation point for the issues in the release
• Report progress to the IT Development Director and escalate issues and risks to him/her as necessary.
• Define the release capacity and communicate it across the company
• Create, coordinate and track the release plan;
• Ensure complete, effective, consistent and on time progress report for management information
• Approve the completion of the release deliverables and agree exceptions as necessary
• Implement and oversee effective and appropriate Release Management processes as part of Project Delivery Process
• Understand the technical complexities, dependencies & constraints
3 Recommend and execute the budget corresponding to his/her responsibility area • Recommend budget for his/her area according to identified business needs, execute and control expenses against the budget and department objectives.
• Sign contract and approve expenses within his/her sign authority.

Why Vodafone?

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Our success comes from the outstanding people that make up the global team. Many of the tasks we face are more than anyone can do alone, so our future depends on attracting, rewarding and retaining those who share our ‘can-do’ attitude.
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