Release Manager ERM

DIRECTV is one of the world's leading providers of digital television entertainment services delivering a premium video experience through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming, and industry leading customer service to more than 32 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America.

• Provide IT Release Management oversight and support as directed for projects Staged / tagged as candidates for Enterprise / Offers releases

• Projects will be staged and delivered in accordance with Enterprise Release Milestones and/or Offers monthly release

• Release Manager is responsible for all planning, tracking, communication/status and reporting related to each releases they are assigned

• Additional responsibilities include preparing milestones, tracking metrics for project deliverables (Analysis, Design, Development and Testing)

• Use a balance of technology and business skills, working closely with IT Teams to deliver outstanding implementations of projects and applications

• Work with Business Analysis, Enterprise System Architecture, IT Development and Testing teams to deliver exceptional quality and capability for related projects and functionality in a dynamic and time-to-market driven environment

• Successfully manage large / cross functional releases that range from $1 Million to $25+ Million dollars while monitoring deliverables, understanding requirements, and adhering to SDLC methodology and processes in a fast-paced and dynamic delivery organization

• Responsible for ensuring that release and change management work follows established standards, processes, and guidelines

• Focus on quality deliverables, utilizing strong project management skills

• Implement best practices and procedures to improve quality of deliverables and efficiency of execution teams

• Provide hands-on mentoring and guidance of project management skills and best-practices to enable partners and empower team players in a success-oriented project team environment

• Display clear and effective verbal and written communications skills during interactions with business, project management, team members, and executive management

• Ensure that release related issues and risks are identified, understood and dealt with in a manner that mitigates risk to scope, cost, and schedule

• Measure results and monitor key performance indicators to ensure release objectives including deferred defect counts are met throughout the year

• Coordinate and work with SQA Personnel to ensure the quality of the deliverables

• Knowledge in Waterfall and Agile

• Release Management experience in similar size: Large / Matrixed environments

• Prior PM experience

• Tools: Clarity, PowerPoint, MS Project, Excel

This opportunity is a Long Term Contract