Job Description:Job Title: Release Engineer _ VP
Location: Pune, India
Role Description
Deutsche Bank is actively renewing its digital channels and has started many strategic and challenging projects. Next to some major technological changes Deutsche Bank has decided to step into the Agile software development methodology in order to improve its agility and reduce time to market without scarifying quality.
Primary Role : As a Release Manager is responsible for planning ,coordination and management of software releases across organization ensuring the governance , risk management and Compliance requirements are met. Candidate/Applicant will also coordinate with the different squads and release management to ensure successful delivery of features in production.
Secondary Role : Scrum Master operates at tribe level, and is a change agent with a passion for working with people and teams to help them maximize the value created by the Squad. They will do this by helping the team understand Agile theory, practices and values and translating this into practice by running the standard Agile ceremonies. The Scrum master develops and leads multi-discipline team(s), helping them to deliver value by facilitating progress and coaching them into a self-organized team.
Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank division is a leading provider of cash management, trade finance and securities finance. We complete green-field projects that deliver the best Corporate Bank - Securities Services products in the world. Our team is diverse, international, and driven by shared focus on clean code and valued delivery. At every level, agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support, and opportunities to excel.
You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to contribute to all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support.
What we’ll offer you
As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy
- Best in class leave policy
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above
Your key responsibilities :
- As a Release Manager
- Release planning and Management: Oversee the planning, scheduling, and execution of releases across products and highlight any blockers and facilitate their resolution.
- Stakeholder Management: Co-ordinate between different squads and functions (Development, Testing, DevOps and CSE) to ensure smooth releases.
- Risk Management: Manage risks, dependencies, and ensure the post release processes (like rollback or updates) are streamlined.
- Stakeholder Communication: Communicate with stakeholders regarding release timelines, risks and updates.
- Governance & Compliance: Define, develop and implement quality assurance strategies to ensure the banking software meets the required standards.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in testing, security and data privacy.
- As a Scrum Master -
- Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other scrum ceremonies.
- Ensure capacity utilization is optimum and highlight gaps if any.
- Remove impediments that block the team’s progress, ensuring smooth sprint cycles.
- Ensure alignment between product owners, stakeholders, and development teams.
- Coach the team on Agile best practices, ensuring adherence to scrum principles.
- Foster collaboration and communication across teams, ensuring shared understanding of project goals.
- Facilitate and encourage open communication in a safe environment.
- Mediate conflicts by guiding the team through constructive dialogue.
- Promote collaborative solutions and help the team come up with their own solutions, ensuring that the outcome is agreed upon by all parties involved.
- Track feature progress and work with TPOs to highlight any risks/delays in closure of features.
- Facilitate QBR planning and ensure that feature commitments are communicated and agreed with stakeholders.
- Track velocity and report trends.
- Monitor delivery dashboards and work with the team to fix them.
- Ensure JIRA Hygiene is maintained.
- Create Dashboards to depict feature status, progress, and closure.
Your skills and experience
- Knowledge and experience in agile principles and frameworks: e.g. Scrum, SAFe - Minimum 5 years
- Minimum 5 years of experience as Release Manager
- PSM 1 Certified
- Knowledge and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, Acceptance Test Driven
- Development, Behaviour Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pair working, Automated Testing, Agile Games
- Familiar with tools for agile team management: e.g. JIRA, Confluence
- Goods skills of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency
- Scrum Master certified and experienced
- Understand and promote agile values: FROCC (Focus, Respect, Openness, Commitment, and Courage)
- A great team player who is comfortable helping point out impediments
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills
- Experience with distributed, multi-locations teams
- Able to inspire and motivate people and multi-disciplinary, self-organized teams
- Experience or technical knowledge in financial environments is a must.
- Professional level of English
How we’ll support you
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
About us and our teams
Please visit our company website for further information:
https://www.db.com/company/company.htm
We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.
