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# IT Release Manager

- **Company:** Prairie Consulting Services
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Cyber Security, Microsoft Office, Network Segmentation, Release Management, Firewalls (Computer Science), Servicenow
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/2_166235063

## About the Role

* Proven experience in IT Change Management, Release Management, and release governance.
 * Prior experience working in a highly regulated industry; financial services or banking experience is strongly preferred.
 * Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end change processes, beyond traditional project management.
 * Strong coordination, organizational, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills.
 * Experience with tools such as ServiceNow (SNOW), JIRA, Azure DevOps (ADO), Microsoft Office 365, and MS Teams.

Preferred Experience

 * Cybersecurity remediation, infrastructure security, network segmentation, firewall changes, or security control initiatives.
 * Experience coordinating complex production changes across multiple teams.

## Description

This role is ideal for someone with strong IT Change Management and Release Governance experience who can take ownership of the end-to-end change process, coordinate multiple technical teams, and ensure production changes are implemented in a controlled, secure, and compliant manner., * Own and coordinate the end-to-end IT change and release management process.

 * Plan, schedule, and govern releases across multiple technical teams and workstreams.
 * Manage change approvals, risk assessments, release readiness, deployment plans, and rollback procedures.
 * Coordinate with Security Engineering, Infrastructure, Network, Application, and Operations teams.
 * Ensure compliance with change controls, audit requirements, and regulatory commitments.
 * Manage release calendars, dependencies, stakeholder communications, and go/no-go decisions.