Release Train Manager

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Job Description
The Future Begins Here
At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.
Bengaluru, the city, which is India's epicentre of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda's recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.
At Takeda's ICC we Unite in Diversity
Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team.
The opportunity:
The Release Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of solutions by planning, managing, and overseeing releases. This position requires adept coordination, communication, and collaboration with various stakeholders to guide the Value Stream towards achieving the organization's business goals. The Release Manager holds the authority and responsibility to lead the release process, ensuring compliance, quality, and successful deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
This role demands a strategic thinker with excellent organizational skills, an eye for detail, and the ability to steer cross-functional teams towards successful releases.
The Release Manager will be a key player in ensuring the alignment of technological efforts with business objectives while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.
Stakeholder Management:

• Communicate and educate stakeholders on the organization's release governance process and policies.
• Provide clear updates on release status, risks, and issues to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with application and business teams to prioritize enhancements and defects for inclusion in releases.

Release Management:

• Develop and execute deployment and distribution plans to ensure successful release rollouts.
• Document comprehensive release implementation and rollback plans.
• Assemble delivery plans from subject matter experts for both infrastructure and application releases.
• Manage and coordinate application deployments and post-release activities.
• Provide administrative support for all aspects of release implementation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g., marketing, product management, solution management) to plan and execute internal and external communications related to releases.
• Organize and consolidate IT subject matter experts, service providers, service owners, and business owners into a coherent delivery schedule (roadmap).
• Validate solutions against compliance, quality, and governance criteria.
• Ensure traceability and auditability of application releases, deploying only authorized and validated versions.
• Authorize the final release and oversee cross-application dependencies and impacts, addressing issues and risks.
• Collaborate with configuration management to ensure environments are prepared and configured to support upcoming releases.
• Participate in Inspect and Adapt activities to enhance the release process, value stream productivity, and solution quality.
• Understand and communicate the implications of code branches and merges with development.

Key Skills:

• Ability to produce thorough release implementation documentation.
• Capable of forecasting and strategic release planning.
• Skill in prioritizing enhancements and defects for efficient release planning.
• Experience in Product Backlog Management for streamlined development.
• Adept at managing technical risks associated with releases.
• Familiarity with Agile Metrics & Reporting for continuous improvement.
• Understanding of Evidence Based Management for informed decision-making.
• Improve release process, automating whatever portions of the process that can be automated.
• Technical background, with knowledge of data architecture, data pipelines.
• Knowledge of environment setup and configuration practices.
• Proficiency in application deployment strategies.
• Expertise in delivery planning to ensure timely and successful releases.
• Experience with SDLC, Agile, and DevSecOps Tools & Methodologies (e.g., Jira, CI/CD, SAST).
• ServiceNow knowledge would be preferred.
• Familiarity with Global Data & Technology's Architecture, Security, and Compliance Standards & Processes.

Benefits:
It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements - Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves - Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

About ICC in Takeda

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We're not just transforming our company; we're improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

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Locations
IND - Bengaluru
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time