Release Manager – Finacle & Enterprise Applications

Position Details

- Role: Release Manager – Finacle & Enterprise Applications
- Experience: 10+ Years
- Location: Varanasi | Relocation Candidates Open
- Work Mode: As per business requirement
- Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days

Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Release Manager with 10+ years of IT experience and robust expertise in Release Management, Governance, Production Deployments, and Stakeholder Coordination , preferably within the Banking, Financial Services, or other regulated environments .

The role will primarily focus on Finacle release and deployment management , along with releases of other enterprise applications. The position requires a strong process and governance mindset, with an approximate 70% focus on Release Management & Governance and 30% technical involvement .

The ideal candidate should be comfortable managing high-impact production releases, coordinating cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance and audit readiness, and supporting scheduled midnight/off-hours production deployments.

Key Responsibilities

- Plan, schedule, coordinate, and manage end-to-end release cycles across Development, UAT, and Production environments.
- Lead and coordinate Finacle deployments as the primary responsibility.
- Manage releases and deployments for other enterprise applications.
- Coordinate code migration from UAT to Production , ensuring all required approvals and controls are in place.
- Prepare and manage production deployment artifacts, release packages, and version-controlled deliverables .
- Manage GitHub repositories, branching strategies, release tagging, and version control activities.
- Create and maintain release plans, deployment runbooks, checklists, implementation plans,



and release documentation .
- Ensure compliance with release governance, audit controls, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies .
- Conduct Go/No-Go meetings and obtain necessary stakeholder approvals before production deployments.
- Coordinate with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and Business teams to ensure release readiness.
- Manage deployment dependencies, risks, prerequisites, and readiness activities.
- Support midnight and off-hours production releases as required by approved release windows.
- Monitor production deployments and coordinate rollback, hotfix, and incident management activities when required.
- Maintain complete release documentation, deployment records, audit trails, and post-release reports .
- Identify opportunities to improve release processes, governance, automation, and deployment efficiency.
- Ensure smooth communication and escalation management throughout the release lifecycle.

Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of overall IT experience with significant experience in Release Management .
- Strong experience in banking, financial services, or regulated environments .
- Finacle release/deployment experience is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of Release Management processes, governance, compliance, and audit controls .




- Hands-on experience with GitHub or similar version-control platforms .
- Experience managing production deployment artifacts, release packages, and version-controlled deliverables .
- Good understanding of Dev, UAT, and Production environments .
- Basic technical understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment tools, and scripting .
- Experience coordinating production deployments, dependencies, rollback plans, and hotfixes .
- Strong understanding of release readiness and production change controls.
- Willingness to support midnight/off-hours production releases when required.
- Excellent communication, documentation, coordination, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills .

Technical vs. Process Expectations 70% – Process & Governance
- Release planning and scheduling
- Release governance and change management
- Approval and stakeholder management
- Go/No-Go coordination
- Compliance and audit readiness
- Risk and dependency management
- Release documentation
- Deployment checklists and runbooks
- Production release coordination

30% – Technical
- GitHub and version control
- Branching and release tagging
- Deployment artifact preparation
- Production deployment coordination
- Environment-level technical support
- CI/CD and deployment-tool understanding
- Basic scripting and automation knowledge

Preferred Candidate Profile Candidates with Finacle release/deployment experience within banking environments will be strongly preferred.

The ideal candidate should have experience managing high-impact production releases , coordinating multiple technical and business stakeholders, maintaining strict governance and compliance controls, and supporting scheduled off-hours production deployments .

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