Release Manager for Strategic Salesforce Platform

5 months ago

Bengaluru, India AXA Group Full time

Release Manager
Gurgaon/Bangalore, India

Within the Digital Factory Platform team, the Release Manager will steer the strategic direction for software releases. This role plays a pivotal role in driving the transformation towards fully automated deployments for our application teams, aligning with the wider GT transformation project.

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What will your essential responsibilities include?

Collaborate with development, testing, and IT operations teams and the Release Train Engineer (RTE) to define, optimize, and execute the release process for Digital Factory.

Develop and implement a comprehensive release management strategy, roadmap, and KPIs to measure release success.

Ensure builds are aligned with solution design, security best practices, and business specifications.

Analyze and mitigate technical and non-technical risks associated with product solutions build and release timelines.

Champion the adoption and adherence to best practices in Build & Release Management and DevSecOps across the Digital Factory.

Prior experience in overseeing key updates, changes and testing on Salesforce.

Experience working with multiple teams delivering complex integration solutions.

Monitor release progress, track KPIs and report on success metrics.

Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to optimize the release process, partnering with the RTE for broader Agile process improvement.

Oversee the development and maintenance of Build & Release Management processes and their documentation. Ensure all policies, standards, and best practices for data solution builds and releases are followed and kept up to date.

Provide top-tier DevSecOps functionalities and support for data solutions within the Digital Factory.

Partner with development, technology, production support, and delivery teams as a Data/DevSecOps/Technical SME.

Plan, schedule and execute Salesforce releases using Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, working closely with the RTE to ensure alignment with the overall Program Increment (PI).

Manage the DevSecOps services and ensure smooth operation of release pipelines to various Digital Factory environments.

Build, set up, and maintain critical monitoring processes, alerts, and health reports (performance and functional) for production and pre-production environments.

You will report to the Operations Lead & Application Manager within the Digital Data Division.

SHARE your talent We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

A minimum of an Undergraduate University Degree in Computer Science or related fields.

Solid understanding of Agile methodologies. Possess an effective grasp of Agile principles (, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and their impact on the release process.

Experience with CI/CD tools, be proficient in using CI/CD tools and pipelines to automate builds, tests, and deployments within an Agile workflow.

Thought leader in implementing best practices in DevSecOps.

A good understanding of cloud deployment strategies and infrastructure as code principles is a valuable asset.

Risk management, able to identify and mitigate potential risks that could derail releases.

Experience/Understanding of systems integration, and developer support tools Azure DevOps/DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, Release Management, Configuration Management, and Automation.

Data Engineering background or working experience as a developer.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

Demonstrates a level of experience/ability to influence and understand business problems in technical terminology and able to liaise with staff at all levels in the organization.

Excellent writing skills, with the ability to create clear requirements, specifications, and documentation for data systems.

Previous experience leading teams with a mix of onsite/offshore developers.

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AXA XL, the P&C and speciality risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and speciality.

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