Release Manager - 12 month FTC
About AXA:
AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.
AXA UK Support Functions look after our three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make sure we can be there for our customers.
Job overview:
We have a new opportunity for a Release Manager to join us on a 12-month fixed term contract. Working as a Release Manager, you'll support the deployment of Salesforce changes for our Commercial business. You'll coordinate and monitor release progress during daily stand-ups, manage release issues, assess the effectiveness of releases and identify and implement improvements to optimize the release process to ensure smooth delivery.
Key responsibilities:
• Responsibility for overall release planning and liaison with the key contacts to deliver the agreed functionality to the agreed timescales
• Managing release status communications with AXA Insurance key stakeholders
• Ensuring release readiness for pre-production and production check points
• Managing resulting warranty periods, ensuring any production defects are identified and resolved in line with business expectations
• Defining, documenting and communicating the release process to the release stakeholders
• Reviewing release content and scope to identify and communicate any increase in risk, impact or issues relating to the release as a whole
Work arrangements:
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
Your skills & experience:
• Previous experience of project/release management in large projects or programmes following an Agile delivery approach
• Accredited at foundation level and making progress towards/have attained practitioner level in a PM or Change qualification (Prince2 practitioner, ITIL, ISEB, APMP, ISO, CMMI)
• Strong stakeholder management
• Good attention to detail and organisation
• Expert understanding of end-to-end IT solutions and the IT delivery lifecycle
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Experience with Copado / Salesforce would be advantageous
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
How to apply:
To apply, click on the 'apply now' button, you'll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don't discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to lauren.standen@axa-insurance.co.uk.
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