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Job Title : Release Manager Reports into : Chief Delivery Officer Direct Reports : NA Job Type : Permanent Location : Pune, India Experience : 10+ years About Dataction: Dataction is a new age services firm that offers best in class information technology, analytics, and consulting services to renowned international companies. Dataction was established in 2010 and has grown rapidly over the last decade. Dataction has built a reputation for providing differentiated and reliable services to a wide range of customers across multiple sectors. At Dataction we connect every dot and reimagine every business process. Our lean, agile, and analytical approach towards problem solving and execution, helps our client achieve sustainable growth and secure a profitable business, while safeguarding a viable future. Our people are committed, courageous, and unafraid of pushing boundaries. They help our clients make decisions that deliver immediate and measurable benefits, justifying investments. Our engagement models provide the perfect blend of quality, control, and cost for our customers. To know more about Dataction, please visit https://dataction.co Job Purpose: The successful candidate will closely work with the team from one of our esteemed client from UK, they are into global travel and event management arena with extraordinary service and proprietary, client-led technology. We are looking for a Release Manager with outstanding track record in the field of release management, software development, DevOps and IT service management. The successful candidate would be an expert in Software Release Management and can carry out all the Release management related tasks confidently. As a release manager, you are responsible for overseeing the entire release and deployment process, from planning and coordination to execution and post-release support. You should act as a coordinator between the clients and the different teams involved in the release process, ensuring that everyone is aligned and working towards the same goal. Responsibilities: While working in this exciting and challenging role alongside the team of experts: Collaborate with stakeholders on release planning, scope, and timelines. Coordinate and project manage release activities across multiple teams, including Development, DevOps, and Customer Experience. Create a release schedule encountering development cycles, testing deployment, and customer testing. Ensuring releases are executed within appropriate times and have minimum impact on customers’ business. Oversee the deployment of releases into customer’s test and production environments, ensuring that all necessary steps are completed accurately and efficiently. Work closely with the Development, QA and Customer Experience team to ensure that releases obtain quality standards and are thoroughly tested before deployment. Ensure release documentation, procedure, and process are up to date, and accessible to relevant stakeholders. Facilitate communication and collaboration throughout the release process. Providing regular updates on status, progress, and key milestones. Address any concerns or issues raised by stakeholders to management in a timely and transparent manner. Address any issues, hotfixes, or incidents that arise during testing and deployment, working with the customer experience team for timely resolutions and minimizing impact on the customers. Identify opportunities for improvement and implement changes to enhance efficiency, reliability, and quality. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 10+ years of relevant experience in Software Release Management. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science , Information Technology Engineering. Good understanding of both Manual and Automated Devops processes. Understanding of SDLC, Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines. Hands-on experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions . Understanding of release governance, risk management, and compliance. Familiarity with cloud platforms ( AWS, Azure, GCP ) Experience in large-scale enterprise applications and cloud-based environments. Hands-on involvement in CI/CD, DevOps, and automation . Working knowledge of incident management, problem resolution, and post-release reviews . Leading multiple release cycles and deployments across on-premise and cloud environments . Proven ability to reduce deployment risks and improve release efficiency . Experience implementing and managing ITIL-based change management and release processes . Ability to collaborate with product managers, developers, QA, and operations teams. Quick decision-making during release failures or rollbacks. Defining and improving release policies, schedules, and frameworks. Strong verbal and written communication skills to coordinate with cross-functional teams. Why should you join Dataction? Fairness, meritocracy, empowerment, and opportunity are pillars of our work culture. In addition to a competitive salary, you can look forward to: Great work-life balance through hybrid work arrangement. Company funded skill enhancement and training. Exciting reward and recognition programme. Opportunity to bond with colleagues through exciting employee engagement initiatives. Great on the job learning opportunity through involvement in new product/ ideation teams. 60 minutes with the CEO each quarter to pick his brains on any topic of your choice.
