Release Manager

Here at tvbeat we believe that the people we hire are the most fundamental aspect of our business. We are looking for brilliantly smart, passionate and creative people to join our team to help transform the world of TV media owners towards an Audience First TV Market Place.

tvbeat provides SaaS solutions to provide TV media owners the capability to holistically forecast, plan, sell and measure all their TV inventory and audiences, resulting in new sources of TV advertising revenues. 

Given our business is fast-growing globally, we are looking to add more talented individuals to join our team and help better serve the needs of our future and existing clients. 

ROLE DESCRIPTION

We are seeking an ambitious and experienced Release Manager to join our growing Operations team to help schedule, plan, and coordinate software and configuration releases You will work closely with our Integration Engineering, Data Ops, Client Delivery, Data Analyst, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Technical Project Management You will report into the VP Operations. 

Below the further details:

• Create and implement our release management processes ensuring that this is maintained and adhered to by all stakeholders

• Plan, coordinate, track and monitor our product, software and customisation releases ensuring best practices is adhered to at all times.  

• Ensure that any changes are communicated effectively across the organisation 

• Create and implement our release pipeline ensuring that this is effectively communicated across the entire organisation and kept updated at all time

• Coordinate the release schedule and resources required 

• Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected

• Schedule the release readiness reviews (go/no go) before deployment and milestone reviews after each release

• Provide weekly updates on the release activities to key internal stakeholders

• Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software

• Create and provide internal and release notes for each deployment, further support external release notes 

• Ensure documentation is prepared related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies

• WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Desirable but not essential: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

• 5+ years of release management experience

• Strong project and program management skills.

• Strong understanding of SaaS development and agile development processes.

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams in different time zones.

• Proficient in the use of issues tracking tools such as Github and Jira

• Minimum 3 year experience in a SaaS business 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

• Must possess the technical skills to perform the job requirements.

• Experience in process development and implementation

• Performance driven mindset - strong motivation to lead professionally and thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment

• Passion, drive and the desire to be a part of a growing team that makes a difference for both the company and our clients.

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