Release Manager in Bucuresti

Project Description Join our Development Center in Bucharest, and become a member of our open-minded, progressive and professional team. In this role you will be working on projects for one our world famous clients.Within the Release Management team you will be responsible for the central planning of application and multi-application releases (Master Release) within Technology, Data & Innovation and managing dependencies amongst them and other applications. Dependencies are being tracked and continually scrutinized, controlled and challenged across the release portfolio.On top of attractive salary and benefits package, Luxoft will invest into your professional training, and allow you to grow your professional career. Responsibilities Responsibilities:As Release Manager you coordinate and support stakeholders in all aspects of software releases Regular communication with all involved stakeholders and provide relevant status information (including provider coordination) and conduction of recurring meetings Creation, reviewing and publishing of release plans Identification and pinpointing of dependencies, risks and issues within a release and escalation where appropriate Networking with functions/divisions such as application owners, Production Support, domains, programs, projects, Test Management Active establishment and consolidation of a positive working relationship to the other team members Coordinate the preparation and planning phase across projects, bring the relevant parts together and develop an overall plan for the go-live in iterative cycles with the project and program managers. Your tasks also include the coordination and execution of dress rehearsals and cut-over weekends out of the IT control center. Creation of a CutOver Plan (script) in cooperation with the project and program managers as well as those responsible for the application Ensuring the risk-reduced feasibility of the CutOver weekend by means of suitable change management measures (ServiceNow) Identification / analysis of possible "risks" and "issues" (and/or incidents) that could affect the CutOver and appropriate escalation before and during the CutOver weekends. Skills Must have Required skills: Educated to a Bachelor's Degree Level with a concentration in computer science or IT-related discipline (or equivalent work experience or diploma) Extensive project management experience, also in the execution of go-live scenarios in the context of large IT projects or extensive releases in large organizations Strong in communicating & collaborating with all stakeholders (senior management, project manager, team members, business & IT) Deep knowledge in Change-, Risk- and Incident Management (ITIL) Flexibility for weekend and shift work Business fluent English German intermediate/advanced level Nice to have N/A Languages English: C1 Advanced German: B2 Upper Intermediate Seniority Senior