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Change And Release Manager Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Hastraa Consulting Services
Title: Change And Release Manager
Company: Hastraa Consulting Services
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Change & Release Manager
Location – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Onsite
Experience – 4–8 Years
Job Overview
We are looking for an experienced Change & Release Manager with strong experience in the banking domain to manage and coordinate IT changes, application releases, deployments, and production implementation activities.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in IT Change Management, Release Management, CAB processes, deployment coordination, risk assessment, and production governance, preferably within a banking or financial services environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end Change Management and Release Management lifecycle across IT applications and infrastructure.
- Plan, coordinate, and monitor application releases and production deployments.
- Ensure all changes follow approved Change Management, Release Management, and ITIL processes.
- Coordinate with application, infrastructure, security, database, testing, business, and operations teams for successful releases.
- Organize and facilitate Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings.
- Review change requests for impact, risk, dependencies, implementation plans, and rollback plans.
- Maintain and manage the Release Calendar, ensuring conflicts and dependencies are identified and resolved.
- Coordinate deployment activities across development, testing, UAT, pre-production, and production environments.
- Track release readiness, approvals, testing status, implementation activities, and post-release validation.
- Ensure appropriate rollback/backout plans are available for production changes.
- Monitor emergency and standard changes and ensure appropriate approvals are obtained.
- Prepare regular change and release status reports, dashboards, and management updates.
- Ensure production changes are implemented within agreed schedules and minimize business disruption.
- Coordinate post-implementation reviews and track lessons learned and improvement actions.
- Identify release risks, dependencies, and potential conflicts and escalate them appropriately.
- Ensure proper documentation and audit trails are maintained for all changes and releases.
- Support continuous improvement of Change and Release Management processes in line with ITIL best practices.
- Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to ensure smooth and controlled production implementations.
Mandatory Requirements
- 4–8 years of overall IT experience, with relevant experience in Change and Release Management.
- Banking / Financial Services domain experience is mandatory.
- Strong hands-on experience in Change Management and Release Management.
- Experience managing production releases and coordinating multiple technology teams.
- Good understanding of ITIL / IT Service Management processes.
- Experience with CAB, change approvals, risk assessment, release planning, deployment coordination, and rollback management.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working in large-scale banking/enterprise IT environments.
- Good understanding of SDLC, testing, UAT, production deployment, and incident/problem management processes.
- Strong documentation, reporting, coordination, and organizational skills.
Candidate Requirements
- Work Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Work Mode: Onsite
- Experience: 4–8 years
- Domain: Banking / Financial Services – Mandatory
- Notice Period: Maximum 1 month
- Saudi Arabia Presence: Only candidates currently residing in Saudi Arabia are required to apply.
- Candidates who are outside Saudi Arabia will not be considered for this position.
If interested please reply with updated cv to [email protected]
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