Summary: The Salesforce Release Manager will oversee and manage the deployment of updates across clients' Salesforce environments, ensuring minimal disruption to operations. This fully remote, fixed-term role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance release management processes. The ideal candidate will have expertise in JIRA, GIT, and CI/CD, and will be responsible for the end-to-end deployment process across various environments. This position is suited for detail-oriented professionals eager to optimize release processes in a fast-paced setting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Schedule, coordinate and oversee Salesforce deployments, ensuring seamless updates and minimal business disruption
• Represent the Salesforce estate at CAB approval meetings, aligned with the overall business process
• Monitor Salesforce updates and ensure the team is prepared for key releases
• Track all Salesforce changes and maintain alignment within the team
• Lead the improvement of release and pipeline management processes, including GIT, JIRA and CI/CD
• Plan release cycles and ensure efficient delivery of project milestones
• Align release schedules with business unit UAT, go-live plans and major campaigns to mitigate risk
• Coordinate required resources for releases, balancing third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases and infrastructure updates
• Identify and manage risks that could impact release schedules and quality
• Develop implementation and deployment plans to support a structured release process

Key Skills:

• Previous experience working with Salesforce, including release management responsibilities
• Hands-on experience with GIT and branching strategies
• Strong knowledge and experience with CI/CD processes
• Experience with tool selection and delivery for deployments, with a focus on process improvements
• Familiarity with DevOps (preferred) and Agile methodologies
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Working knowledge of APEX
• Understanding of project management methodologies, including Scrum, Waterfall or Kanban
• Strong grasp of application, system and Salesforce architecture
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: South Yorkshire

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT