Release Manager - Apex Systems

Job#: 2049851

Job Description:

Apex Systems is currently hiring a Scrum Master/Release Manager to join a growing client in Greenwood Village, CO.
This position requires candidates to work in a hybrid onsite model.
You will join my clients backend development team to help with release management and and business partnership for back end development teams that support all customer facing portals. This role requires a multi-disciplinary background and is for someone that is proactive, asks the questions that people forget to ask, and that wants to make a difference by wearing different hats and interacting with multiple teams!  There is also a lot of autonomy to steer your own ship in this role and find creative solutions!
Scrum Master/Release Management Duties:

• Running the releases for the back end development teams
• Work with production and DevOps teams on releases
• Coordinate between the dev teams to ensure the team that is creating the pipelines needs to do something and ensure they are transitioning to take the next step. 
• Traditional project planning, breaking down dependencies, etc.
• Run Agile/Scrum Ceremonies
• Create WBS Program Plans
• Aligns customer experience with engineering solutions
• Aligns dependencies and prioritizations with upstream and downstream stakeholder teams
• Owns commitment of dates
• Track and communicate risks and issues
• Understanding of effort involved to complete an engineering task to be able to provide estimates
• Create and utilize metrics to improve customer experience, system reliability, and team performance

• Gather requirements and create user stories in combination with engineering leads
• Works with the technical lead on the team to talk about user flows, front end UI designs, how do we translate that into the API’s that their team needs to build
• Identifies and closes gaps in conjunction with engineering leads
• Clear, concise communication and status reporting to stakeholder teams and executive leadership

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.

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