Contract - Release Manager - #149087

At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.

Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

Role

The Release Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing the release of software and other projects across the enterprise. This role involves ensuring that releases are delivered on time, within budget, and meet the quality standards of the organization. The Release Manager will work closely with project management, software development, quality assurance, operations, and other departments to ensure successful product delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning and Coordination: Oversee the release management lifecycle, including scheduling, coordinating, and managing releases across the enterprise for multiple applications.
• Go-Live Activities: Lead and coordinate Go-Live activities, including the execution of deployment plans and checklists.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with project management, software development, quality assurance, operations, and other departments to ensure successful product delivery.
• Process Management: Implement and manage release processes for code through development, test, and production environments.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously work towards improving the release process.
• Risk Management: Identify and manage risks that may affect release scope, schedule, and quality.
• Documentation: Produce deployment run books and implementation plans, and maintain a release repository with key information.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience in release management, project management, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and project management principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with release management tools and processes.
• A team player and have excellent communications skills, including the ability to influence, negotiate and achieve results through others who are not direct reports.
• A relationship builder across the organization, and ensure that the right processes, metrics, and insights are in place.
• Open for feedback and willing to learn, but not afraid to take initiative or try a new approach.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Experience in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) or release management.
  
  

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda's philosophy of respect for the individual.

At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non-discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognise that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda's core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities - regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers.

This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.