EDV IS HIRING!

As a dynamic multinational tech company operating in 50 countries, we drive innovation and create projects that shape the future and greatly enhance the quality of life. You will find our solutions supporting advanced AI initiatives, financial analytics, and enterprise-scale digital transformation across global organisations.

About the role

We are looking for experienced Cluster Release Managers to join a leading Private Bank and support the coordination and delivery of complex technology releases across multiple applications, teams, and business areas.

Based in Zurich or Chennai, you will play a key role in ensuring that releases are planned, coordinated, governed, and delivered smoothly across the relevant technology landscape. You will work closely with technology teams, business stakeholders, application owners, and other release management functions to drive successful and predictable delivery.

Requirements

Worked in a similar role before

Experience in adjusting processes to programmes need

Minimum of 8 years’ experience in IT project delivery within complex banking or financial services organisations with 500 – 1000 applications over several booking centres.

Proven track record as a Release Manager in small- mid-sized transformation projects

Direct experience managing multi-project release trains across SIT and UAT cycles in regulated environments.

Familiarity with system landscape architectures commonly found in wealth management or private banking infrastructures.

Banking experience and a profound understanding of Private banking products

Technical Understanding

Strong grasp of SDLC methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, hybrid models).

Understanding of release management tools and technologies (e.g., JIRA)

Soft Skills & Personal Attributes

· Pragmatic & solution driven mindset

· Valuable stakeholder engagement abilities across technical and non-technical audiences on different levels





· High emotional intelligence and diplomacy when navigating conflicting priorities in a matrix organisation.

· Results-oriented mindset with attention to detail and structured problem-solving capability.

· Ability to operate autonomously under pressure, meeting tight deadlines without compromising quality.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; German or other languages beneficial.

· High willingness to contribute to the programmes success and to work on weekends

Education & Certifications

University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.

Responsibilities

· Responsible for the Release Management discipline for up to 5 projects in parallel (together with Release Coordinator)

· Develop and maintain a comprehensive release plan aligned with delivery timelines, dependencies, risk profiles, and environment availability.

· Coordinate all aspects of release management execution across multiple projects and suppliers, ensuring alignment with enterprise change management principles

· Chair regular release coordination meetings with stakeholders to track progress, resolve blockers, and manage risks.

· Ensure full traceability from requirements → design → development → test cases → defects → deployments, leveraging tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar ALM platforms.

· Oversee the dependencies and risks related to releases in scope being deployed to the environments

· Oversee staging and promotion of code and configuration changes into environments collaborating closely with Environment Management.

· Monitor release health via KPIs such as defect leakage, regression pass rate, rollback frequency, and deployment success rates.

· Prepare reporting on release status, risks, and key milestones for Release Management Leadership

· Support readiness assessments prior to each test cycle and contribute to lessons learned after each release.

Contact: malwina.zochowska @seargin.com

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📌 Cluster Release Manager (Chennai Metropolitan Area)
🏢 EDV Werke
📍 Chennai Metropolitan Area