Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

A key element of this role is driving quality and feature delivery working across the Architecture and Development teams to ensure successful and on-time enablement of critical capabilities.

Your role and responsibilities

• Work with Development Product Management, Security, Support, Legal, Customer Success, and other partners to complete Release Management tasks for software products

• Coordinate with development and stakeholders to set and manage scope, and to prioritize and schedule release activities

• Develop release plans, timelines, and milestones, and drive the team to finish tasks on time with high quality

• Facilitate communication to ensure smooth collaboration across different teams

• Help fix problems: Understand the context, get people talking, get to the bottom of it, get action plans and targets, facilitate retrospective review, and apply learnings the next time

• Help prevent problems: Educate your stakeholders on the Release Management cycle, creating an informed workforce to improve quality and speed of deliveries

• Identify and assess potential risks, develop mitigation plans, and take action as needed

• Facilitate compliance processes such as open source software clearance, security and privacy reviews, and export classification

• Evaluate and improve release processes based on feedback and post-release analysis

Required technical and professional expertise

• 3-7 Years of release management, project management or development management experience

• Ability to manage the on-time delivery of feature requirements for all major releases, specifically with Agile methodologies

• Experience with Triage incoming defects and requirements, and continuously follow up on their progress

• Experience managing project scrums and prioritizing must fix defects

• Experience with Project Management and related tools (e.g. GitHub work management and GitHub projects, Jira)

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Familiar with software development at IBM (cloud, on-premise or both)

• Familiar with IBM-specific Release Management, software delivery or compliance

• Experience with global teams and cross-time zone collaboration