Manager, NA Release Management

Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life's other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms, and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.

Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life's other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms, and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Manager of North America Release Managers who can effectively lead a team and self-manage platform releases in a collaborative environment. This role involves working closely with other departments and is the key person for software development and infrastructure deployments. This is a crucial position as a part of the Global Release Management team and will work with the Manager of Release Management in Europe, as well as Release Engineers, Product Owners, and Product Managers across multiple regions, facilitating and coordinating modern, iterative, agile approaches to software delivery.

What You Will Do

As a Manager of North America Release Managers, you will work directly with Product, Engineering, QA, IT, and the Business to manage, track, report on, and ensure the success of Solera's software release efforts.

• Be the product team's subject matter release expert.
• Participate in daily meetings and drive prioritization with the squads.
• Communicate all critical project plans, commitments, and changes, including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes.
• Collaborate with business, technical, and creative partners to ensure timely capabilities launch readiness, communications, and training delivery.
• Coordinate the creation of detailed release notes, runbooks, and platform architecture diagrams.
• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality.
• Facilitate deployment Go/No-Go meetings.
• Support release event (bridge), including communication and coordinating issue resolution.
• Gain a detailed understanding of the products within the region.
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process.

In addition, as a Manager of People, you will:

• Leading direct reports: Scrum Masters and Release Managers
• Working with the Manager of Release Management in Europe to ensure consistency, alignment, and mobilize process improvement efforts
• Aligning with Global Release Management Lead on service priorities, brand, improvement initiative, and delivery expectations
• Ensuring direct reports meet corporate and PMO objectives and performance expectations
• Owning the Release Engineer hiring initiatives for North America

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ Years of experience in Release Management, Project/Program Management, or Agile methodologies
• 5+ Years of experience facilitating software delivery projects across multiple teams and regions
• Management and leadership expeirence
• Advanced knowledge of business applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Teams, Power BI, etc.
• Understanding of SaaS solutions.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Kanban, SAFe, Scrum, Lean, etc.) required

How To Succeed

• Effective Communication: Communicate proactively, effectively, and efficiently while presenting ideas clearly and persuasively to all organizational levels. Excellent verbal and written communication (English)
• Exceptional Delivery: Demonstrated expertise in Release Management as a high-value deliverer, including release scope alignment, release prioritization, engagement of stakeholders, planning, prioritizing work, identifying critical milestones, and driving projects utilizing documented process
• Process Improvement: Increase deliv