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• Department: Growth Marketing & Digital Experience (GMDx)

• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 hour shift

• Location: Remote

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

As a Release Manager, you are responsible for overseeing the planning, coordination, and execution of software releases. This role is critical in ensuring that new software versions, features, or updates are delivered smoothly, on time, and with minimal disruption to the end-users. You will closely work with all stakeholders in planning at every stage of release and testing in all environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Release Planning & Coordination:

• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to plan, schedule, and coordinate releases.

• Define and manage the release calendar, balancing requirements from different teams and projects.

• Create detailed release plans, including scope, resources, timelines, and risks.

• Execution & Delivery:

• Oversee the deployment of software into various environments (development, QA, production).

• Coordinate release activities such as code merges, builds, and deployments.

• Manage the packaging, deployment, and verification of software updates or new releases.

• Ensure releases are properly tested and verified for quality assurance before deployment.

• Release Monitoring & Reporting:

• Monitor the progress of releases, addressing any issues or blockers.

• Provide regular status updates and reporting to stakeholders.

• Track key release metrics (e.g., success rates, rollback rates, deployment times).

• Risk Management:

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with software releases.

• Implement contingency plans for release failures or delays.

• Post-Release Support:

• Monitor post-release environments to identify any issues.

• Coordinate with support and development teams to address any post-release defects.

• Conduct post-release reviews and lessons-learned sessions to continuously improve the process.

• Continuous Improvement:

• Promote the adoption of release automation tools and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.

• Review and improve release processes and documentation to enhance efficiency and reliability.

• Stakeholder Communication:

• Act as the main point of contact for release-related matters.

• Liaise with product managers, developers, testers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth communication and coordination.

Requirements

Education:

• High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate's degree, or Bachelor's degree required.

Work Experience:

• 3 years of experience required.

• 5 years of experience preferred.

• 1 year of leadership or management experience preferred.

Additional Preferences

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in IT Release Management

• At least 1-2 years of experience in a leadership or team lead role

• Experience with build tools (e.g. Jenkins, Maven)

• Strong project management and organizational skills

• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

• Proficiency in managing releases across multiple environments (e.g. test, staging, production)

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to work across teams and manage stakeholders

Why Join Our Team

Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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