Release Coordinator

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Release Coordinator in Irving, TX (Hybrid role)

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 18 Months + extensions/potential conversion

• Prior release coordination/management experience, preferably within financial services.
• Jira and Service Now (change requests) experience
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience working in an Agile environment

• Coordinate and manage the end-to-end release process, ensuring that all releases met quality, compliance, and security requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (development, QA, and operations) to align on release schedules, resource requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain a centralized release calendar, ensuring visibility and tracking of all scheduled releases across multiple business units.
• Manage change requests and approvals, reducing the risk of production incidents by ensuring that all changes are adequately reviewed and tested.
• Conduct post-release reviews to identify areas of improvement, leading to the continuous optimization of release cycles and faster time-to-market.
• Implement automation tools for deployment, monitoring, and reporting, to reduce manual errors and increasing release efficiency.
• Monitor delivery reports, validate batch processing in interconnected systems, provide regular status updates and metrics reporting to senior leadership, and track release performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., ITIL, Dev Ops) and facilitate readiness reviews to validate deliverables before production deployment.