Release Manager

Hitachi Energy is hiring for a senior role supporting the R&D Product Development Program Manager to ensure successful delivery of Enterprise Software R&D program requirements in a development environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field.
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification (or ability to obtain within 12 months).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in project management or equivalent role leading cross-functional teams in a development environment.
• Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale projects and programs.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle methodologies and Software Release process requirements.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with ability to influence stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficient in project management software and related tools for managing software development projects, including Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence.

• Manage documentation requirements and facilitate quality reviews and approvals for internal and customer-facing project documentation.
• Support JIEMS software development projects end-to-end to align with project requirements, business objectives, and technical constraints.
• Support program planning and execution across the SDLC (requirements, design, build, test, security reviews, release).
• Create and manage product branching strategies jointly with R&D release management stakeholders.
• Partner with R&D functional leaders to facilitate timely decision-making and conflict resolution to keep deliverables on track.
• Provide support for status and KPI reporting, change control, and quality requirements using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence.
• Support collaboration regarding scope prioritization tradeoffs and sequencing to meet committed delivery dates.
• Proactively identify, quantify, and mitigate program risks and issues, escalating with options and recommendations in collaboration with PDPM.
• Contribute to continuous improvement through retrospectives, root-cause analysis, and workflow optimization to increase delivery predictability, reduce defects, and improve team effectiveness.