Company Description

Avery Dennison RBIS, a global leader in apparel and footwear industry solutions, is a $1.6 billion division of Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY). Avery Dennison RBIS provides intelligent creative and sustainable solutions that elevate brands and accelerate performance throughout the global retail supply chain. We elevate brands through graphic tickets, tags and labels, embellishments and packaging solutions that enhance consumer appeal. We accelerate performance through RFID enabled inventory and loss prevention solutions, price management, global compliance, and brand security solutions.
Based in Westborough, Massachusetts Avery Dennison RBIS responsibly serves the global marketplace with operations in 115 locations, 50 countries, across 6 continents. For more information, visit www.rbis.averydennison.com.

Job Description

Avery Dennison is seeking an experienced Release Manager to manage software release cycles for a range of applications to deliver the services on time, minimize risks and improve application availability.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Plan the release of project deliverables and release life cycle.

Communicate the project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc between different teams.

Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the Legacy applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates.

Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected.

Track the progress and find issues, if any. Always work to improve the process of release.

Make sure that the release is planned, according to the requirements and budget.

Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.

Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.

Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities

Make sure the allocation of Release Engineers to every release.

Communicate with release managers from different IT departments.

Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.

Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software.

Schedule the CAB meetings to discuss the release schedules with the team and find roadblocks, if any.

Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.

Make improvements in the methodologies used for configuration management and development of software that helps to find ways to use in configuration management

Qualifications

B.Tech or an equivalent degree with 10+ Years of experience.

Project management experience

Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CD/CI) pipelines

Experience in working with DevOps and Agile methodologies

Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle

Expertise in computer programming

Team management skills

Experience in the use of Application Release Automation is an added Advantage.

Knowledge of traditional agile methodologies, including Scrum, Waterfall, or Kanban

Good understanding of application infrastructure, system architecture, and operating system

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.