Enterprise Release Manager

Enterprise Solutions Office location_on Waterloo, ON

Enterprise Release Manager

Enterprise Solutions Office location_on Waterloo, ON

Company description

Who We Are

With every job, there’s always the question of “why”. Why join a company? Why be part of their mission? Here, the why is easy. It’s because at some point, we’ve all needed someone there for us.

At the OTIP Group of Companies (OGC), we believe that something special happens when employees feel valued for the work they do, supported as the people they are, and included in the very fabric of the organization: they bring their best to work every day. And that's why we mean it when we say we put our people at the centre of everything we do. Join us as we grow our way into a future that reimagines what it means to deliver meaningful benefits support and service.

Job Description

What You’ll Do:

Reporting to the Agile Practice Manager, you’ll be responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing enterprise releases across multiple business units and technology platforms. This role ensures successful delivery of releases by aligning with organizational strategy, maintaining release frameworks, and managing dependencies across projects and programs. The incumbent will leverage strong project management skills (Agile and Waterfall) to oversee release cycles, mitigate risks, ensure compliance with IT and business processes and governance standards.

The Enterprise Release Manager builds and maintains trust with stakeholders, fosters collaboration across teams, and ensures that releases are delivered on time, within scope, and with minimal disruption to business operations. Additionally, this role acts as a Corporate Project Manager, managing project scope, timeline, budget, quality, resources, and relationship management for assigned projects.

The core parts of your role will be to:

Release Management

Owns the end-to-end release process, including planning, scheduling, and coordinating releases across enterprise systems using all project management methodologies in a diverse portfolio of delivery.
Defines and enforces release governance, frameworks, and best practices to ensure consistency and quality.
Manages release calendars, dependencies, and resource allocation across multiple projects and environments.
Coordinates with development, QA, UAT facilitator, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure readiness for deployment.
Partners with architecture and operations teams to ensure technical feasibility and operational stability of releases.
Oversees risk identification and mitigation strategies for releases, including rollback plans and contingency measures.
Ensures compliance with ITIL processes, change management policies, and security standards during release cycles.
Supports continuous improvement initiatives for release management and delivery frameworks.
Tracks and reports release metrics, providing transparency to leadership and stakeholders.
Facilitates Portfolio Release Enterprise Planning (PREP) sessions with a goal of prioritizing and bundling deliverables for maximum business impact, ensuring releases are strategically aligned with organizational objectives and stakeholder needs.
Drives value realization by coordinating enterprise-wide releases that accelerate benefits and support OTIP’s hybrid Ogile (Agile + Waterfall) methodology.
Develops integrated release plans aligned with timelines across all projects in the portfolio and organizational priorities.
Manages scope, quality, and communication across projects impacting releases.
Facilitates release readiness reviews and post-release retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.

Corporate Project Management

Manages project scope, quality, resources and communications and identify and manage risks and issues effectively.
Guides and coaches project teams through development and monitoring of risk approaches that appropriately weigh factors such as business strategy, process effectiveness, project delivery and privacy.
Manages change and competing demands and determines impact on budget, time and risk using fact-based metrics and assumptions with effective communication of changes.
Manages project timelines to an appropriate level of detail. Appropriate may range from high-level oversight to detailed project schedules and integrated schedules across departments.
Develops and maintains relationships and effectively communicates with project owners such as the leadership teams & key business stakeholders.
Facilitates, participates and/or leads review sessions with leaders to identify necessary support or action to ensure successful delivery of projects.

Qualifications

Let’s Talk About You:

This is the unique blend of skills and experience we would love to see in an ideal candidate:

Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile certifications (e.g. SAFe-RTE), ITIL or equivalent certification are preferred along with a university degree in a related field.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in release management, project management, or IT delivery roles within enterprise environments.
Proven experience managing complex release cycles across multiple platforms and technologies.
Strong understanding of Enterprise IT processes, governance frameworks, and technology implementation practices.
Demonstrated experience managing complex projects across differing sectors within the business.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
The ability to work in an environment where project processes and frameworks are in early stages of maturity.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and multiple dependencies.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage risk effectively.

We also consider your potential. If you know you have what it takes to do the job, but your experience doesn’t exactly match the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply and provide us with more details about why you think you would be a great fit.

Additional Information

Salary Range:

This position offers a competitive salary within a range of $100,920.75 to $140,100, along with rewarding bonuses that recognize your dedication.

At the OTIP Group of Companies (OGC), we value transparency and take multiple factors into account when determining your starting salary, including your skills, experience, and alignment with the role as well as internal equity, while positioning you for continued growth and recognition over time.

Some of the Perks We Offer:

We offer best-in-class pension and benefits, total reward programs and comprehensive mental wellness support to set you up for every success in and outside of work. Here are just some of the reasons you’ll love working here:

Defined benefit pension plan for a financially confident retirement
100% coverage of approved continuing education and licensing fees (including RIBO courses in Ontario)
Access to a wealth of learning resources, including LinkedIn Learning for professional development
Flexible work-from-home and hybrid options
Unlock your potential with opportunities for advancement

Recruitment Process:

Please note that we do not currently use artificial intelligence (AI) in our recruitment process and this position is being posted to fill an existing vacancy.

OTIP and its group of companies strive to create an accessible and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Upon individual request, we will endeavor to remove any barrier to the recruitment and selection processes and provide accommodations for persons with disabilities.

As a business, we protect what matters most to our members. As an employer, we value what matters most in our workplace. Together, this includes fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all. We are committed to learning and evolving so we can continue to celebrate what makes us special. You are who you are, and our differences are what make us unique.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Let’s work together! If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online.

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