Archer Daniels Midland Company Erlanger , KY 41018
Posted 4 weeks ago
Job Description
Director Release Management and Cutover
This is an exempt level position.
Position Summary:
The Director of Release Management and Cutover is accountable for the overall strategy and delivery of our global, multi-technology, release management and cutover team. This role is responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of all Release Management and Cutover staff. The candidate manage the team that is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordination and execution of releases across business and technical solutions supporting the enterprise for all our end-to-end processes. Releases can be inclusive of new solution implementations, updates to existing solutions, operating system patches, security improvements, and hardware installs and upgrades.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide overall technology leadership and define release management and cutover strategy for the enterprise
Develop common strategies for release and cutover governance processes and practices to support the solution lifecycle for all enterprise system capabilities
Establish consistent release management and cutover processes and KPIs, including an enterprise-wide release calendar to provide a common centralized view of all releases
Coaches and supports the on-going education of the IT teams and IT leaders, as required, to drive and maintain adherence to defined standards and objectives.
Proactively plan the release windows across projects and programs within the portfolio by coordinating with program/project/portfolio managers and solution and technical leaders to review proposed release scope across all business and technical solutions
Work with release content owners and deployment teams to understand key business, system, and/or technology interdependencies in addition to back-out/contingency plans in support of cutover planning activities
Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key internal and external partner and vendors.
Coordinate assessment of risks and issues which affect release scope, schedule and/or quality
Measure and monitor progress to ensure release and cutover scope are delivered on time and meets or exceeds defined quality stage gate criteria
Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
Research new software development and configuration management methodologies and technologies and analyzes their application to current configuration management needs
Conduct retrospectives to identify what went well, what didn't go well, and areas of improvement
Attract, retain, and develop global talent
Provide leadership and guidance to coach, mentor, and lead team to advance performance and career development
Ensure teams are properly trained in required methodologies and processes
Job Requirements:
Bachelor's degree related to Information Systems, Business, or other relevant academic discipline
Minimum 12+ years of experience in a large-scale, enterprise environment leading both Agile Scrum and Waterfall teams
Familiarity with SAP implementation methodologies and best practices, including transport management (SAP Charm, Retrofit).
Experience with change management and version control tools.
At least 5 years of previous release management and cutover experience.
Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle
Proven track record of managing teams and direct reports, ability to build and grow team to meet demands
Experience working with 3rd party vendors / service providers across a solution landscape
Expected to complete projects within specified deadlines
Experience with Project Management methodologies, preparing budgets, and resource planning
Must be able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment, and with all levels of the organization
Strong analytical, organization, time management and process management skills
Demonstrated high level of written, verbal and interpersonal skills to communicate information, status, ideas, procedures and processes in a logical sequence; at a level appropriate to the audience and resulting in effective working relationships
Proven ability to build long-term relationships with customers and business partners
Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
Expected to work occasional weekends, holidays, overtime, or a variety of shifts, when needed, to meet deadlines
Ability and willingness to travel as needed to achieve business objectives
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Archer Daniels Midland Company