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As a Release Manager, you will have the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new division created within one (1) of the largest technology providers in the world. The Salesforce practice is a major contributor within the division and yet operates with qualities of an entrepreneurial start-up. We are building the next generation of digital services company and believe clients are ready for a more nimble partner to deliver outcomes leveraging the breadth of the Salesforce platform including Sales, Service, Marketing, Vlocity, MuleSoft, Tableau, etc. You will help us by viewing this as an opportunity to shape the business and as a place to grow your career along with other talented professionals, spanning the US, Costa Rica, Canada, and India. We emphasize building technical, business, and consulting skills, and helping you achieve certifications. With more than 3,000 SFDC certifications, you would join a highly skilled team with a mindset for growth.
Job Responsibility:
Collaboration and Coordination: Communicate with Project Teams, Service and Project Managers, and Functional Release Managers to understand the demand, prepare landscape and sandbox setup proposal, providing leadership, control and take responsibility for the given area and managing and coordinating the deployment process
Maintaining a Enterprise Release Calendar
Is highly flexible with their schedule, as deployments may be required at any time
Is comfortable staying longer when needed, since deployments can occasionally run long
Supporting/Planning project cutovers and oversee deployments: Manage releases according to the organization standards and adhere to timelines, ensure appropriate resources are available and communicate deployment status as necessary
Subject Matter Expert for the release management tool: As a specialist of a tool you must act a leader to support, train other team members if they are facing any issues in the deployment of their releases/project streams
Mitigating Risk: Identify risks during code conflict, merging and make sure to deploy quality code in production and should conduct release reviews, should take a decision on GoLive of business requirement
Salesforce Platform Knowledge: You must be proficient in refreshing a sandbox, must know how to package and deploy metadata components, knowledge on release branching strategies, code merging and should have worked on conflict resolution strategies
Knowledge On Tools: Release manager must be efficient enough to work on application life cycle management solutions like Copado, Azure DevOps, Service Now, Jira, Git, Visual Studio, Ant etc
Requirements:
Is Copado certified
Minimum 5+ years of experience on the Salesforce platform inclusive of release management, Salesforce Administrator, and implementing Salesforce.com technology-based solutions
4+ years as a Salesforce Release Manager in an enterprise-level environment
4+ year experience with Copado
Salesforce.com Admin and Dev Certification
Nice to have:
Strong Understanding of Salesforce.com best practices and functionality
Experience managing the release processes for business on-board projects and data Migrations
Has a strong understanding of Salesforce and Metadata
Experience with Salesforce release management on an enterprise, multi-org scale
Understanding of source control management systems (i.e., GitHub) and effective code branching/merging strategies
Experience with CI/CD Tools, GIT source control, VS code IDEs, branching and merging strategies/resolving conflicts
Experience using and following SDLC Methodology– Agile / Scrum / Iterative Development
ScrumAlliance CSM or CSP certification or PMI’s Agile Certified Professional (ACP), Lean, Kanban, or other Agile certification (preferred)
Salesforce Platform Dev 1 preferred
Proven ability to design and implement new processes and facilitate user adoption
Ability to coordinate and document the evaluation, scope and completion of updates and new development requests
Ability to articulate and manage tasks, dependencies, task durations, and risks in a timely manner
Ability to build and manage relationships with clients, third-party partners, and internal stakeholders
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
Experience with requirement’s definition & management
Experience working with Salesforce support team
Collaborative nature and ability to build consensus among multiple stakeholders
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with team members
Strong professionalism, and interpersonal skills
Visionary - you are responsible for providing the technical vision for the solution