Release Manager

Role overview

Location and work arrangement

• The role is based in Ottawa and is hybrid.

Employment and compensation

• The description identifies a one-year contract and also lists the job type as full-time.
• Hourly rate is CAD 45.50–52.50.

Responsibilities

• Oversee application and infrastructure deployments; maintain schedules, timelines, and milestones.
• Coordinate stakeholders and dependencies, resolve issues, and assess readiness, testing, business impacts, resources, and support needs.
• Lead release meetings; communicate and report status, decisions, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Manage readiness assessments, deployment authorization, post-implementation acceptance, change requests, readiness tests, and sign-offs.
• Develop risk mitigation and contingency plans; monitor production impacts and escalate concerns.
• Conduct post-incident reviews, maintain release standards documentation, and build relationships with clients, vendors, and delivery partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a listed related discipline or equivalent education and experience.
• 5+ years in Release Management, IT Service Management, Change Management, Project Delivery, or a related field; ITIL v4 certification required.
• Experience coordinating complex technology releases; understanding of SDLC and release-management practices; working knowledge of ITSM.
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall, and/or hybrid delivery environments; strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and risk-assessment skills.
• Must be able to obtain Government of Canada Secret-level Security Clearance and Controlled Goods Clearance, and be eligible to work in Canada.
• Strong oral and written English required; French fluency and defence or aerospace industry experience are assets.

Benefits

• Benefits include extended health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability coverage, paid vacation, pension matching, and an employee and family assistance program.