Mainframe Release Manager

Software Release Management

Plans, coordinates, and manages the intake, scheduling, integration, testing, approval, and implementation of software releases for complex mainframe financial and accounting applications.

Coordinates release activities among application development, testing, infrastructure, database, cybersecurity, operations, functional stakeholders, and contractor personnel to ensure release readiness and minimize production risk.

Reviews release content, dependencies, technical documentation, test evidence, implementation plans, back-out plans, and required approvals; identifies and resolves risks, conflicts, and sequencing issues before production deployment.

Maintains the integrated release calendar and status reporting; establishes release milestones, tracks actions and defects, communicates impacts, and briefs technical and nontechnical stakeholders on release status and decisions.

Facilitates test readiness and production readiness reviews; assesses whether proposed changes meet functional, technical, security, data-integrity, and operational requirements.

Oversees implementation and post-implementation validation for mainframe releases; coordinates response to production issues, analyzes release-related failures, and ensures corrective and preventive actions are documented and tracked.

Recommends and implements improvements to release-management processes, standards, tools, documentation, and controls based on lessons learned, production trends, and system modernization requirements.