Release Manager - Strategic Salesforce Platform

Within the Digital Factory Platform team, the Release Manager will steer the strategic direction for software releases. This role plays a pivotal role in driving the transformation towards fully automated deployments for our application teams, aligning with the wider GT transformation project.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Collaborate with development, testing, and IT operations teams and the Release Train Engineer (RTE) to define, optimize, and execute the release process for Digital Factory.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive release management strategy, roadmap, and KPIs to measure release success.
• Ensure builds are aligned with solution design, security best practices, and business specifications.
• Analyze and mitigate technical and non-technical risks associated with product solutions build and release timelines.
• Champion the adoption and adherence to best practices in Build & Release Management and DevSecOps across the Digital Factory.
• Prior experience in overseeing key updates, changes and testing on Salesforce.
• Experience working with multiple teams delivering complex integration solutions.
• Monitor release progress, track KPIs and report on success metrics.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to optimize the release process, partnering with the RTE for broader Agile process improvement.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of Build & Release Management processes and their documentation.
• Ensure all policies, standards, and best practices for data solution builds and releases are followed and kept up to date.
• Provide top-tier DevSecOps functionalities and support for data solutions within the Digital Factory.
• Partner with development, technology, production support, and delivery teams as a Data/DevSecOps/Technical SME.
• Plan, schedule and execute Salesforce releases using Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, working closely with the RTE to ensure alignment with the overall Program Increment (PI).
• Manage the DevSecOps services and ensure smooth operation of release pipelines to various Digital Factory environments.
• Build, set up, and maintain critical monitoring processes, alerts, and health reports (performance and functional) for production and pre-production environments.

You will report to the Operations Lead & Application Manager within the Digital Data Division.