Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM is looking for a highly motivated individual interested in overseeing and coordinating all aspects of software releases through the development lifecycle. This individual works closely with cross-functional teams from IBM, software partners and the client to plan, schedule, and execute releases, ensuring that all system components are properly integrated, tested and documented.

The Release Manager is quality focused, has a strong understanding of DevOps practices, managing releases across multiple SaaS components, version control systems, Jira, and deployment processes as well as a detailed understanding of government compliance and security requirements including FedRAMP.

Key responsibilities include managing release schedules, facilitating communications between development, shared services operations team, stakeholder teams, overseeing change management processes and maintaining release documentation. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational and leadership skills, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and resolve conflicts on a complex program with a demanding and aggressive timeline.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Plan and manage release schedules and milestones

• Proactively identify and mitigate risks and remove obstacles to release. Facilitate releases by coordinating with multiple cross-functional teams

• Deep knowledge of DevOps practices and tools

• Delivering releases in a hybrid agile model with sprints followed by traditional waterfall Systems Integration Test (SIT) and User Acceptance Test (UAT) testing cycles

• Managing and coordinating releases across multiple cloud-based SaaS configurable solutions

• Review and maintain adherence to established processes and standards, highlight gaps and facilitate mitigation

• Manage mitigation/remediation plans and report in proper channel

• Communicate plans and status and escalate issues as required

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• At least 6 years of IT Release Management experience in a Federal Government IT application development environment

• Experience with managing software releases for a FedRAMP authorized solution

• Expertise in Release Management, Project Management and/or Product Management including driving and overseeing scrum of scrums, and effectively planning releases for large-scale system integrations

• Familiarity with various project management tools and proven experience working with AWS

• Experience with implementation and reviewing Agile/hybrid processes, maintaining JIRA dashboards and backlogs, Epics, User Stories

• Ability to improve and maintain new and existing processes

• A credible, results-driven professional that is willing to go the extra mile. Takes ownership to deliver quality, with a high level of flexibility and preparedness to get the job done

• Excellent communication skills: verbal, written and presentation.

About Business UnitIBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

Your Life @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

About IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

Location StatementIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being.

• Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs.

• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.

• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals.

• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.