Monsterenergy
Release Manager - PMO
USA - Corona, CA. Posted 6 days ago
The role
The Release Manager will plan, coordinate, and control the release of solutions across the IT portfolio. This role manages release schedules, deployment activities, and release readiness reviews for PMO-governed initiatives and production support.
What you will do
- Manage and maintain release schedules for PMO-governed initiatives and production support activities.
- Coordinate release planning activities with project managers, stakeholders, IT teams, and vendors.
- Own the intake and release management process for production support requests.
- Schedule and coordinate production deployments, deployment windows, and cutover activities.
- Facilitate release readiness reviews, go/no-go meetings, and change approval activities.
- Monitor release risks, dependencies, conflicts, and constraints.
- Coordinate Change Advisory Board (CAB) submissions and approval activities.
- Track and report release metrics.
- Support continuous improvement of release management standards, templates, and governance processes.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management or Related field
- 3-5 years of experience in release management, IT project management, change management, and/or PMO operations.
- 1-3 years of experience in coordinating release, cutover, or change activities on cross-functional projects involving enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, or ServiceNow.
- Ability to apply release and change governance requirements while supporting delivery timelines.
- Ability to identify, assess, and escalate risks and issues.
Nice to have
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Clickup, ServiceNow Change Management, SAP Transport Mana
- SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- ITIL v4 Foundation
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)/PMP
- Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies
About the company
Monster Energy is a brand described as risk takers, trailblazers, and gamechangers. They describe themselves as a way of life and a mindset.