Location: Hyderabad, India (Remote)
Contract: Freelance
THE COMPANY
Our client is a recruitment consultancy specializing in IT, Finance, HR, and Digital Technology. We are seeking a Release Manager / Scrum Master based in Hyderabad to join in a project for our client.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage end-to-end releases for complex, multi-component enterprise applications across Dev, Test, Prod and Prod-like environments.
- Own release planning, scheduling, deployment coordination, release calendars, change windows and release trains.
- Coordinate readiness assessments, go/no-go decisions, hotfixes, emergency releases and production incidents.
- Ensure release governance, audit compliance and full traceability through Azure DevOps.
- Maintain and manage governance artefacts and regular release reporting.
- Act as a hands-on Scrum Master and primary facilitator for the delivery team.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
- Remove impediments and coach teams on Agile and Scrum practices.
- Monitor delivery metrics and protect sprint commitments.
- Ensure adherence to Definition of Ready and Definition of Done standards.
- Work closely with Product Owners to maintain a structured and prioritized backlog.
REQUIREMENTS
- 7+ years of experience in Release Management, Agile Delivery, Scrum environments or similar roles.
- Proven experience managing releases for complex enterprise applications.
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including:
- Boards
- Pipelines
- Repositories
- Release pipelines
- Test Plans
- Dashboards and reporting
- Strong experience working as a Scrum Master and facilitating Agile ceremonies.
- Active Scrum certification such as CSM, PSM I/II or SAFe Scrum Master.
- ITIL Foundation or equivalent change/release management certification.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with global teams across multiple time zones.
DESIREABLE
- Experience within financial services, insurance or other regulated industries.
- Experience with Azure or AWS cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of ServiceNow or Jira Service Management.
- Insurance or actuarial domain knowledge.
- Experience working within large-scale enterprise environments.
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