Duties and Responsibilities:

• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process.

• Forward Plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio.

• Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.

• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed expectations.

• Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews.

• Produce Release Management dashboard and Weekly Release Metric Reporting.

• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required.

• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business Units, Project Management and Information Services staff.

• Participate in the Change Advisory Board  meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks. Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.