Sand Cherry ยท 1 day ago
Release and Delivery Manager, Telecom
Denver, CO
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
$115K/yr - $130K/yr
5+ years expSand Cherry Associates excels in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. They are seeking a Release and Delivery Manager in the Telecom space to oversee and coordinate software releases across multiple products and programs, ensuring smooth, on-time delivery while tracking release schedules and identifying potential issues.
Consulting
No H1B
Responsibilities
Extracts and distills key requirements from conversations into deliverables and/or visualizations for contributing teams
Manage multiple concurrent releases
Maintain clear communication among diverse stakeholders
Deliver high-quality executive-level presentations with strong executive presence
Builds new process structures and templates to improve standardization across teams, identifying best practices and simplifying the unnecessarily complex issues
Collaborate with teams post-standardization on consistency and compliance
Executes on multiple deliverables in parallel efficiently and accurately
Investigates information independently to develop full understanding and can articulate key points back to leadership
Identifies opportunities for improvement and proactively provides recommended solutions
Expert ability to transition between tasks and focus energy on the relevant business need - flexible to change
Coordinate release content and efforts based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates
Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews
Product Deployment, Run Books, and Implementation Plans
Weekly Release Reporting and communication of release details and schedules
Provide tools and services to help product management and project teams manage and deploy releases into production
Attends daily stand-ups with Development Teams
Act as pseudo-Scrum Master, running and managing daily standups and sprint planning
Act as point of contact for ticket blockers, and de-conflicts release timing
Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
Manage risk and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
Measure and monitor release progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed expectations
Collaborate with all participants in software development projects and support developers and testers as they set up their build dev/test environments
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years Project/Program Management experience and familiarity with methodologies and tools is required
Demonstrated effective leadership and strong organizational and analytical skills
Knowledge of navigating and updating multiple tools utilized- JIRA, Chalk, Smartsheet, and conducting Internet research
Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and requirements writing
Communicates clearly and professionally across Engineering, Product, and Operations teams
Maintains a high level of accuracy and attention to detail when managing release schedules, risks, and dependencies
Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional work teams
Advanced written and verbal communication skills are necessary
Bachelors Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field is required
Preferred
Minimum of 3-5 years in telecommunications industry (cable, internet, video) is strongly preferred
PMP certification and/or Scrum Master certification a plus
Benefits
Professional career growth is one of our main priorities
We affirm that investing in our consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients
Company
Sand Cherry
Sand Cherry is a management consulting firm based in Denver.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Edric Starbird
Partner, Managing Director - Data Insights/Data Integrity Consulting
John Calhoon
Managing Director of Business Solutions and Partner
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