Project Manager Agile

Job description

Release blocker support: • Track release-blocking defects through to resolution. • Open a war room when needed. • Lead triage with engineering and product to decide priority, ownership and resolution path. • Send timely updates to leadership. Reporting and Communication • Weekly status reporting: Publish weekly reports covering progress, risks, blockers, defect trends and upcoming milestones. • Leadership release-preparedness communication: Give leadership a clear view of readiness, risks, mitigations and the recommendation ahead of each release. • Post-release completion communication: Confirm release success, summarize outcomes and any issues, and share follow-up actions with stakeholders. Required Skills and Qualifications • 5+ years of experience in release management, program management, DevOps or a similar role. • Experience managing releases in Agile and CI/CD environments. • Strong understanding of the SDLC, environment management, change management and deployment processes. • Experience with Jira, Confluence and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab or similar), plus monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk and CloudWatch. • Proven ability to run high-pressure war rooms and triage sessions. • Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-level reporting. • Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and decision-making skills. • Capable of identifying root causes, coordinating with multiple teams, and driving issue resolution across interconnected systems. • Strong understanding of end-to-end system integrations, data flows, connectivity issues, security protocols, and interface monitoring. • Ability to review logs, trace transactions across multiple systems, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions. • Experience collaborating with application, infrastructure, cloud, and vendor teams to resolve production incidents and integration failures. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly understand complex technical architectures and dependencies. Nice to Have • ITIL or Agile certification (SAFe, CSM, PMP). • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerized deployments. • Background in risk management and incident or problem management. • Any ITIL ticketing tool ( ex: service now), confluence. Key Responsibilities Key Responsibilities Release Planning and Governance • Release planning: Build and maintain release calendars, timelines, dependencies and milestones across teams. • Scope lock and baseline: Agree the release scope with stakeholders, freeze it at the defined cutoff, and baseline it. Manage any later scope change through a controlled approval process. • Readiness walkthrough: Run pre-release walkthroughs with engineering, QA and operations to confirm test completion, environment readiness, open defects, dependencies and sign-offs. • Go/No-Go facilitation: Lead the Go/No-Go decision meeting. Present readiness criteria, risks and open issues, and record the decision and its rationale. Deployment and Risk Management • Deployment execution plan: Create and publish a detailed runbook covering sequencing, owners, timings, validation steps and communication checkpoints. • Rollback plan: Define rollback triggers, steps, ownership and expected recovery time. Make sure the plan is reviewed and tested before release. • Deployment bridge and command coordination: Run the deployment bridge on release day. Coordinate teams in real time, track progress against the plan, manage issues and make escalation calls. Skill Requirements Other Requirements Apply now Information at a Glance Why HCLTech? At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first. 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