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AT&T · 10 hours ago

Principal Enterprise Release Manager

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

AT&T is a leading telecommunications company seeking a Principal Enterprise Release Manager to oversee the planning, scheduling, and deployment of software and infrastructure releases. The role focuses on ensuring seamless integration, minimal disruption, and alignment with organizational objectives while championing Agile, DevOps, and AI-enabled strategies.

CollaborationCommunications InfrastructureMobileService IndustryTelecommunicationsWireless

No H1B

Hiring Manager

Swapna Parusha, MBA, CIR, CDR

Responsibilities

Release Planning & Coordination: Develop and execute comprehensive release plans for software and infrastructure deployments. Align schedules across dependent systems and integrate Agile and DevOps principles into release trains

Risk & Issue Management: Use predictive analytics and AI-driven insights to identify, track, and mitigate risks. Proactively manage release-level jeopardies and determine optimal release paths

Enterprise-wide Release Calendar Management: Ensure proactive visibility, collision avoidance, and post-change learning across IT, Infrastructure, Network, and Operations to prevent service conflicts and outages

Deployment & Monitoring: Oversee end-to-end deployment activities using CI/CD pipelines and automation tools. Ensure rapid issue resolution to minimize downtime

Quality & Compliance: Maintain audit-ready, compliant release processes (e.g., SOX). Leverage metrics and analytics for continuous improvement

Stakeholder Communication: Provide transparent updates on release status, dependencies, and impacts. Segment communications for stakeholders and manage approvals and CAB agendas

AI-Enabled Release Management Strategy: Transition from fragmented, app-driven release practices to a mature enterprise model by embedding AI-powered capabilities such as predictive risk analysis, automated change validation, and intelligent scheduling across RM/CM solution areas

Mentoring; Drives Culture of Continuous Improvement

Qualification

SDLCRelease ManagementAgileDevOpsCI/CDServiceNow certificationData analyticsPythonPower BIJira AlignJira CloudJSMGitHubOutage root cause analysisExcelPowerPointStakeholder CommunicationMentoring