AddressAbout Us
At ANZ, we're applying new ways technology and data can be harnessed as we work towards a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
About the Role
As a Release Lead, you’ll champion Agile ways of working across multiple squads, and will be working with Product Owners, Analysts and Delivery Leads across Tribes to convert business initiatives into cross-platform releases of new technology features or enhancements.
You’ll support and incorporate best practices in asset and services implementation, to enable squads to rapidly, reliably and efficiently develop, test and release high quality solutions to deliver value for customers.
You’ll provide advice and guidance across the Tribe about Change Management and the ANZ Delivery Framework, applying a collaborative approach to provide mentoring, coaching, and training as you transform release processes to improve delivery and manage inter-Tech Area dependencies.
This role is located in Brisbane, QLD.
What will your day look like?
Release Lead converts business initiatives into cross-platform releases of new technology features or enhancements and ensures customer value is delivered as quickly as possible. Release Lead influence squads to transform release processes to improve delivery and help manage Inter-Tech Area dependencies.
- Act as the SME and owner of the change and delivery process across the Tribe
- Provide Release Management as a service to the Tribe, working closely with Squad Product Owners, Engineers and Technical leads to coach, plan and manage successful implementations.
- Promote and communicate planned releases to ensure fully visibility by all stakeholders
- Drive continuous improvement of the release management framework and help coach and educate less experienced parties
- Facilitate and lead agile release planning sessions and ensure outcomes are well communicated and agreed
- Drive collaborative culture within Technology Areas and Tribes, providing transparency on priorities to ensure customer outcomes are delivered on time
- Negotiate release schedule across platforms to present the best outcome for the customer and ANZ
- Oversee the approval and management of deployment activities into production
- Establish the delivery of governance, transition and approval of artefacts and processes, to enable a release to progress as planned.
What will you bring?
We know not everyone will bring all of the skills and experience, and at ANZ we are focused on people bringing a growth mindset to their approach to work. Some of the skills we are looking for are below, but don’t worry if you don’t have all of these as learning on the job is the way we work.
- Experience in scheduling work to optimise workflow/throughput through a number of Technology Areas to maintain velocity and team cadence
- Dev-ops understanding (CI/CD Pipeline). Experience in common tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo, Service Now etc.
- Demonstrated competency to deliver Tribe/Squad outcomes from initiatives assigned to you via the application of tribe Governance, Transition and Approval processes
- Exceptional stakeholder management experience
- An understanding of the release process and how it’s applied across squads/tribes
- Able to understand technology principles and tools, to effectively provision and co-ordinate complex interdependencies as they are expressed in installations and implementations
- Knowledge and experience with cross-platform/cross tribe integration testing
- Ability to coordinate end to end delivery across multiple technology areas
- Keen eye to identify dependencies and risks and come up with mitigations plans accordingly
So why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. you'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because We're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.
To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number XXXX.
