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# Release Manager

- **Company:** The Fountain Group
- **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, Release Management, Power BI, Microsoft SharePoint, Software Deployment, Servicenow
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thefountaingroup.com/job/17189/release_manager#apply-now-header

## About the Role

· 5+ years of Release Management & Project/Program Management experience.
· Experience managing complex, cross-functional technology releases.
· Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models.
· Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
· Ability to effectively manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
· Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk management capabilities., · Experience within Financial Services or Risk Management preferred.
· Familiarity with ServiceNow, Jira, SharePoint, Power BI, and Microsoft Office Suite.
· Knowledge of Change Management and production deployment processes.
· PMP, Agile, or related certifications preferred.

## Description

The Release Manager within the Major Release Management Office (MRMO) is responsible for planning, coordinating, governing, and facilitating technology releases across IT. This role ensures releases are delivered in a predictable, controlled, and low-risk manner by driving end-to-end release readiness, managing dependencies, coordinating stakeholders, and providing leadership visibility throughout the release lifecycle. The Release Manager acts as the central point of coordination between Business, Product, Development, Infrastructure, Change Management, and Support teams to promote production stability and successful release execution., Release Planning & Coordination:
· Develop and manage integrated release plans across multiple applications and delivery teams.
· Coordinate release schedules, deployment activities, milestones, and dependencies.
· Align major releases with enterprise calendars, blackout periods, and business priorities.
· Facilitate release planning sessions and readiness reviews.

Release Governance & Readiness
· Drive adherence to MRMO governance standards, controls, and release checkpoints.
· Validate release readiness, including testing completion, deployment plans, rollback strategies, monitoring, and support coverage.
· Coordinate Go/No-Go reviews and Green Light approvals.
· Ensure all required approvals, artifacts, and change records are completed prior to deployment.

Risk & Dependency Management
· Identify, document, track, and escalate release risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
· Partner with application and infrastructure teams to develop mitigation and contingency plans.
· Drive resolution of release blockers to support successful execution.

Stakeholder Management & Communication
· Serve as the central coordination point between Business, RTD, Product, Infrastructure, EAS, Change Management, and Support teams.
· Lead release meetings and provide executive-level updates.
· Prepare release summaries, leadership communications, and readiness dashboards.
· Maintain clear communication before, during, and after release execution.

Production Release Execution
· Coordinate release weekend activities and command center support when required.
· Monitor execution progress and manage escalations during deployment windows.
· Ensure timely communication of release status, issues, and recovery actions.
· Support post-deployment validation and business confirmation activities.


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