About this role
What’s the Role:
Responsible for the Release Management lifecycle that involves the stages such as scheduling the release, ensuring readiness for the release from delivery and governance with release risks mitigated, coordinating between multiple squads across all the villages in Mortgages and the UNITE programs, and deployment of release as per the schedule
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the Release Management lifecycle that involves the stages such as scheduling the release, coordinating between multiple squads across all the villages in Mortgages and the UNITE programs, and deployment of release as per the schedule.
- Ensure that releases undergo required quality controls (build, testing stage and deployment stages) which requires working closely with the application development teams, testing teams, and production teams
- Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, so that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release are not affected.
- Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
- Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities
- Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy changes successfully.
- Manage the Risk reporting at portfolio level and help track issues/blockers/incidents. Any issue introduced in production as a result of a release should be included in risk reports and tracked until resolution.
What do I need?
- A bachelor's or higher degree
- Extensive experience within projects and/or delivery of technology solutions in a service delivery, project management and release management roles.
- Champion in driving continuous improvement and uplift in tools and processes.
- Experience across Agile and waterfall delivery models and mindsets.
- Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle
- Team management skills
- Good understanding of application infrastructure, system architecture, and operating systems
- Expertise with the use of tools such as JIRA and Confluence
- Experience crafting and measuring success with OKRs, KPIs, etc.
- Previous Banking domain experience is a plus
Why join us?
We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:
- Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee only mortgage rates!
- Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
- Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.
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Other facts
About Westpac Group
From rescue helicopters to signing the Equator Principles, from paying super during parental leave to adding 'Touch ID' biometric technology to our banking apps and being first on the scene with a helping hand in times of crisis... we have a proud history of stepping up to be first for our customers, communities and people. As Australia’s first bank and Australia’s first company we put service at the heart of everything we do and our people are our priority.
We've grown up as a company and expanded both in Australia and throughout Asia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Now we are made up of your favourite financial institution names including Westpac, BankSA, St.George Bank, BT Financial Group, RAMs and Bank of Melbourne, a change of job doesn’t mean a change of employer at Westpac Group.
We've made a commitment to put our customers first in everything we do. This means creating fundamentally superior customer experiences for each customer, every time. We promise that when you meet with someone from Westpac Group, you'll be touched by their genuine dedication to helping our customers prosper and grow.
Westpac Group acknowledges the traditional owners as the custodians of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Australia's First Peoples, and to their Elders, past and present.
What you'll do
- The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the Release Management lifecycle, including scheduling releases and coordinating between multiple squads. They ensure quality controls are met and manage risks to maintain the scope and quality of releases.
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