Release Lead

We are HCLTech, one of the fastest-growing large tech companies in the world and home to 219,000+ people across 54 countries, supercharging progress through industry-leading capabilities centered around Digital, Engineering and Cloud.

The driving force behind that work, our people, are diverse, creative, and passionate, raising the bar for excellence on a regular basis. We, in turn, work hard to bring out the best in them as we strive to help them find their spark and become the best version of themselves that they can be.

We are on the lookout for a highly talented and self-motivated Release Lead to join us on our journey in advancing the technological world through innovation and creativity.

At HCLTech Australia, we value the unique perspective and contributions of all individual and we actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this role.

Are you ready to be an important part of this ever-transformational journey?

Role Overview

Release Lead will be responsible for driving business outcomes and coordinating across multiple platforms and cross-functional teams to deliver data requirements for the business. You will need recent hands on knowledge and be very comfortable with leading, planning, and executing complex in-squad and cross-tribe initiatives in an agile environment. You need to be people focused and build and maintain relationships, deal with pressure and negotiate with ease with business stakeholders.

Experiences required:

• Experience on agile methodology and experience in release management process.
• Excellent stakeholder management and dependency management
• Experience in Release and Deployment Management
• Knowledge of CD / CI practices
• Good understanding of JIRA and Confluence
• Plan the release of project deliverables and release life cycle.
• Communicate the project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc. between different teams.
• Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates.
• Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, so that the scope, schedule and quality of release is not affected.
• Release planning in accordance to the requirements and budget.
• Schedule release readiness reviews before deployment and retrospective reviews after each release.
• Create plans for implementation and deployment as per release schedule.
• Plan and give weekly updates on release activities
• Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.
• Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the software.
• Participate and provide updates in CAB meetings regarding release candidates.
• Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.
• Make improvements in the methodologies used for configuration management and development of software that helps to find ways to use in configuration management.

Why Us 

We are one of the fastest-growing large tech companies in the world, with offices in 50+ countries across the globe and 219,000 employees 

• Our company is extremely diverse with 165 nationalities represented
• We offer the opportunity to work with colleagues across the globe 
• We offer a virtual-first work environment, promoting a good work-life integration and real flexibility 
• We offer comprehensive benefits for all employees  
• We are a certified great place to work and a top employer in 17 countries, offering a positive work environment that values employee recognition and respect 

Equality & Opportunity for All 

Representing 165 nationalities across the globe, we pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, colour, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law.

Note: Please follow the link to apply to the role with your recent resume. If you need more details, feel free to contact Nicy on ***********@hcl.com.

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