Release Manager

BLACKROC is currently partnering with a large enterprise environment in Brisbane to find an experienced Release Manager to join their technology delivery team on a contract through to August 2027, with potential for extension.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being hands-on with release planning and coordination, working across multiple projects and bringing together technical teams, business stakeholders and vendors to ensure smooth and successful deployments. You'll be joining a busy technology portfolio delivering a range of system enhancements and changes across complex enterprise applications.

What you'll be doing

• Managing and coordinating end-to-end release activities across multiple projects and environments.
• Developing and maintaining detailed release schedules, deployment plans, cutover runbooks and rollback strategies.
• Coordinating SIT, UAT and production releases, ensuring teams and environments are ready for deployment.
• Working closely with project teams, technical resources, business stakeholders and external vendors.
• Managing release risks, dependencies and issues to keep activities on track.
• Supporting release governance, including CAB meetings, change requests and approvals.
• Maintaining release reporting, schedules and documentation using tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira and ServiceNow.

What we're looking for

• At least 6 years' experience leading deployments and release activities across large, complex ICT projects.
• Strong hands-on Microsoft Project experience, particularly managing detailed schedules across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex releases across SIT, UAT and production environments.
• Experience developing deployment runbooks, cutover plans and rollback strategies.
• A good understanding of release governance, change management and ITIL processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to coordinate both technical and non-technical teams.
• Someone who is organised, proactive and comfortable managing competing priorities in a busy delivery environment.
• Experience with Agile delivery, Jira, ServiceNow or enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be highly regarded.

As part of the role, some after-hours or weekend availability will be required to support planned deployments.

To apply, please send your resume or contact Abbie for a confidential discussion: Sign in to view email / 0413 444 157