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Title: Release Manager Location : New York, NY Employment Type: Contract Compensation: Pay Range:$53.90-$77.00 Per HR Description Join our team as a Release Manager in the bustling city of New York. This contract position requires coordinating delivery milestones and ensuring production readiness for technology initiatives. You'll work closely with engineering, QA, and business partners to manage releases, identify risks, and ensure smooth production transitions. Experience in modern software delivery environments and proficiency in change management tools is essential. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain integrated release plans, ensuring alignment of milestones and dependencies. Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet release commitments and manage handoffs. Track progress, identify blockers, and facilitate timely resolutions and escalations. Lead release readiness checkpoints and coordinate go/no-go decisions. Capture lessons learned and recommend improvements for release predictability and documentation quality. Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with at least four years in a related field. Three years of experience in release management or technology delivery coordination. Proven experience in managing software releases across multiple teams and systems. Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage competing priorities. Experience working in Agile or modern software delivery environments. Core Technologies Jira | Confluence | ServiceNow | Microsoft 365 Contact Authorization: By applying for this job, you agree to receive AI-generated calls, text messages, and/or emails from Mitchell Martin Inc and its affiliates and contracted partners at various frequency through traditional and automated methods. Message and data rates may apply for texts. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can access our privacy policy here mitchellmartin.com Benefits: Learn more about our benefits offerings here mitchellmartin.com Onboarding Expectations: Learn more about our Onboarding Process here youtu.be EEO Statement: Learn more about our EEO policy here mitchellmartin.com #LI-LL3

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Title: Release Manager
Location : New York, NY
Employment Type: Contract
Develop and maintain integrated release plans, ensuring alignment of milestones and dependencies.
Coordinate cross-functional teams to meet release commitments and manage handoffs.
Track progress, identify blockers, and facilitate timely resolutions and escalations.
Lead release readiness checkpoints and coordinate go/no-go decisions.
Capture lessons learned and recommend improvements for release predictability and documentation quality.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with at least four years in a related field.
Three years of experience in release management or technology delivery coordination.
Proven experience in managing software releases across multiple teams and systems.
Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
Experience working in Agile or modern software delivery environments.
Core Technologies
Jira | Confluence | ServiceNow | Microsoft 365

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