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Optum · 4 days ago

Release Manager

Washington, DC

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$16/hr - $28.27/hr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Prepare, facilitate, and execute release planning for production releases.

Work with the team to prioritize the CRs and features for upcoming releases.

Drive cross-team, functional impediments, planning, collaboration, and coordination.

Understand and manage dependencies in the release management process.

Provide regular and open communication.

Help the release team escalate and remove impediments.

Ensure the team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery of business value.

Facilitate the Scrum of Scrums, PO Syncs, System Demos, and Inspect and Adapt workshops for the release.

Lead teams and provide coaching on the release process to resolve process issues.

Qualification

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Agile MethodologyScrumKanbanXPJIRAConfluenceHP ALMSharePointIterative DevelopmentIncremental DevelopmentBacklog TrackingBurndown MetricsVelocityUser StoriesGovernment applicationsVeterans AffairsDevelopment LifecycleDeployment DesignerSalesforcePegaAppianMicrosoft Power PlatformOutcome oriented environmentTelecommuter PolicyProblem-solvingDecision-makingInterpersonal skillsAdaptabilityTeam playerOrganized

Required

5+ years of experience with a deep of understanding of an enterprise level platform and application release synchronous and on-demand (Continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) release cycles for a diverse technology platform and product ecosystem with large scale deployments

5+ years of experience with agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.

5+ years of experience using JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM, and SharePoint

5+ years of experience with fundamentals of iterative and incremental development

5+ years of experience with backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and user stories

Preferred

Undergraduate degree

SAFe RTE certification or Scrum Master certification (CSM)

Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices

Experience working on government applications/systems

Experience with Veterans Affairs development environments

Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer

Knowledge of Salesforce, Pega, Appian or Microsoft Power Platform

Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work independently with minimal supervision, be a team player, and be well organized and efficient with excellent judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Confident and proactive self-starter, skilled in taking initiative, assessing requirements, coming up with plans, and taking the lead in making plans reality.

A high level of energy with a results-driven attitude in a fast-paced environment.

Demonstrate a high degree of adaptability, comfortable in establishing new directions, managing rapid change, and trying different approaches to deal with uncharted territories.

Possess excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain positive, productive relationships with colleagues, managers, external stakeholders and client.

Comfortable and experienced operating in an outcome oriented environment.

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics

All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Company

Optum

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Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.

Founded in 2011

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.optum.com

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