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About the Role

The Digital Strategy and Products department is seeking an experienced Release Manager to support growing teams. This role is responsible for release planning, scheduling, and execution of software deployments for both app and mobile platforms, leading engineering practices, processes, and technology solutions in release management. The mission is to guide teams to successful deployments and promote best practices for continuous improvement. This position is ideal for someone passionate about driving successful software releases in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with product teams, product managers, product owners, and Agile team leads through clear communication to ensure all teams contributing to a release have clarity on content and schedule.
• Schedule, control, and execute the delivery process for the release management lifecycle across multiple platforms (web and mobile apps) and mission teams/value streams.
• Design and implement monitoring processes by collaborating with product teams and quality engineers.
• Manage risks and issues arising from releases.
• Continuously improve the release process by identifying and resolving gaps in automation.
• Conduct release readiness reviews and design/execute methods to measure release success.
• Collaborate with technical leaders for technical advice.
• Work with quality engineers, DevOps, and infrastructure architects to integrate their products into release management.
• Operate within a complex environment with dependencies between code bases, libraries, and products.

Requirements

• Two or more years of experience in release management.
• Developed career from a software development background.
• Demonstrated experience in both hands-on and management aspects of designing and implementing release management processes, with a focus on automation and continuous improvement.
• Experience in complex application releases and orchestrating integrated deployments.
• Knowledgeable in automation, scripting, and controlling the release process.
• Experience working with a variety of stakeholders, balancing firmness for schedule adherence with flexibility for exceptions.
• A problem solver and excellent communicator who takes ownership, views problems as opportunities, and shares new ideas.
• A dynamic individual who loves to learn and connect with others.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills, with tact and diplomacy.
• Knowledge of infrastructure, development, and development-related concepts.
• Familiarity with at least one deployment platform for containerized applications (e.g., OpenShift, EKS).
• Familiarity with at least one repository, build, and deployment platform (e.g., Bamboo, GitHub).
• Possess a degree in engineering (applied science), computer science, science, or a related discipline from a recognized university.
• Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
• Candidates who advance will be asked to complete a background check, including a mandatory Criminal record check.

Skills

• Release Planning
• Scheduling
• Software Deployment
• App Deployment
• Mobile Deployment
• Engineering Practice Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Technology Solutions
• Agile Approach
• Lean Startup Principles
• Automation
• Scripting
• Complex Application Releases
• Integrated Deployment Orchestration
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Interpersonal Skills
• Influencing
• Negotiation
• Tact
• Diplomacy
• Infrastructure Knowledge
• Development Concepts
• Containerized Application Deployment Platforms
• Repository Platforms
• Build Platforms
• Deployment Platforms
• Agile Practices
• DevOps Practices
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Continuous Deployment (CD)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Media Industry Experience

Location

• Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full time
• Work from home opportunities

Experience Level

• Experienced Release Manager
• Two or more years of experience in release management

Education Level

• Degree in engineering (applied science), computer science, science or related discipline

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules
• Work from home opportunities
• Competitive total rewards package
• 20% of time for innovation, learning and development
• Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology
• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development
• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups

About the Company

• At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms.
• Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.
• We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions.
• Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion.
• We believe that hiring people with different career paths and backgrounds is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams.
• When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of the CBC, but the future of our country.
• Our digital teams’ values - collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement - embody who we are as a people-focused, digital-forward employer.
• We follow lean startup principles and use an Agile approach.
• Our dedicated people managers work closely with every individual to ensure we are leveraging their strengths, championing their ideas and supporting their pursuit of new skills and their desired career progression.
• Here at CBC Digital Strategy & Products, we want you to be happy and feel good at work.
• It is essential that work be a safe space where our employees are able to share their authentic selves with one another and to push each other to challenge conventions.

Equal Opportunity

• CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
• We value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster.
• If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.