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Release Manager

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business line/Function:

ALMT function is responsible for Asset Liabilities management and treasury activity of BNP Paribas. It also handles Bank’s funding needs and risk management activities. ALMT IT is a Deal Capture & Deal Processing Application catering to IT demands of ALMT functions within the bank.

OMR is a back office application used to handle the settlement and associated functionality of local booking within ALMT world in BNP Paribas.  OMR IT team supports the functionality through customizations on the vendor product OMR, design and development of interfaces that communicate with other applications as part of the settlement lifecycle and also through a set of Business Objects reports that provide insights and necessary control for the Operations and Business

Job Title:

Release Manager 

Date:

Department:

ALMT IT

Location:

Mumbai, Chennai

Business Line / Function:

ALMT IT

Reports to:

(Direct)

Delivery Manager

Grade: 

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

NA

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Current position is under ALMT IT Transversal  Team scope to contribute in Releases management capacity on supporting both functional & technical test responsibilities for release deliveries  (ALMT) application. The individual must be particularly well versed in manual testing of complex systems by following accepted best practices for high availability. The person should be an innovative, highly skilled individual who can add value to the IT community and work with developers, business analysts, project teams, SME , APS and technical architects

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

·         Ensure Release Management Processes adherence for all the Jiras that are part of the Delivery/release.

·         Optimize Release Management activities & processes

·         Create & Maintain Release Management Documentation & artefacts

·         Conduct Regular Release & retrospective meetings

·         Aid Development team on the Process adherence.

·         Conduct training sessions.

·         Raise alerts on Risks in a timely manner and provide mitigation actions

·         Coordinate with all Application/Project stakeholders for timely and quality documentation.

·         To ensure all activities carried-out and solutions proposed, planned, and delivered are compliant with Organization policy guidelines.

·         Contribute towards DevOps automation, functionally.

Contributing Responsibilities

·         Contribute towards innovation, suggest new technical practices (emphasizing on automation)

·         Contribute towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery

·         Contribute towards recruitment efforts - both for the team as well as for the organization

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Mandatory: -

·         Strong knowledge on the release management process

·         Excellent communication skills , spoken & written 

·         Good people skills to coordinate for various activities including scope closing, test sign offs, documentation and deployments

·         Rigorous, Organized / Methodical

·         Perform Basic Unix operations

·         Basic understanding of technical/application architecture

·         Exposure on DevOps processes and CI/CD pipelines

·         Exposure on DevOps toolchain – Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, etc.

·         Exposure on DevSecOps toolchain – Sonar, Fortify & NexusIQ, etc.

Specific Qualifications (if required)

B.E or equivalent

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Communication skills - oral & written

Client focused

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process 

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Choose an item.

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Exposure to Sql and Linux will be added advantage







About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business line/Function:

ALMT function is responsible for Asset Liabilities management and treasury activity of BNP Paribas. It also handles Bank’s funding needs and risk management activities. ALMT IT is a Deal Capture & Deal Processing Application catering to IT demands of ALMT functions within the bank.

OMR is a back office application used to handle the settlement and associated functionality of local booking within ALMT world in BNP Paribas.  OMR IT team supports the functionality through customizations on the vendor product OMR, design and development of interfaces that communicate with other applications as part of the settlement lifecycle and also through a set of Business Objects reports that provide insights and necessary control for the Operations and Business

Job Title:

Release Manager 

Date:

Department:

ALMT IT

Location:

SP, Chennai

Business Line / Function:

ALMT IT

Reports to:

(Direct)

Delivery Manager

Grade: 

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

NA

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

Current position is under ALMT IT Transversal  Team scope to contribute in Releases management capacity on supporting both functional & technical test responsibilities for release deliveries  (ALMT) application. The individual must be particularly well versed in manual testing of complex systems by following accepted best practices for high availability. The person should be an innovative, highly skilled individual who can add value to the IT community and work with developers, business analysts, project teams, SME , APS and technical architects

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

·         Ensure Release Management Processes adherence for all the Jiras that are part of the Delivery/release.

·         Optimize Release Management activities & processes

·         Create & Maintain Release Management Documentation & artefacts

·         Conduct Regular Release & retrospective meetings

·         Aid Development team on the Process adherence.

·         Conduct training sessions.

·         Raise alerts on Risks in a timely manner and provide mitigation actions

·         Coordinate with all Application/Project stakeholders for timely and quality documentation.

·         To ensure all activities carried-out and solutions proposed, planned, and delivered are compliant with Organization policy guidelines.

·         Contribute towards DevOps automation, functionally.

Contributing Responsibilities

·         Contribute towards innovation, suggest new technical practices (emphasizing on automation)

·         Contribute towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery

·         Contribute towards recruitment efforts - both for the team as well as for the organization

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Mandatory: -

·         Strong knowledge on the release management process

·         Excellent communication skills , spoken & written 

·         Good people skills to coordinate for various activities including scope closing, test sign offs, documentation and deployments

·         Rigorous, Organized / Methodical

·         Perform Basic Unix operations

·         Basic understanding of technical/application architecture

·         Exposure on DevOps processes and CI/CD pipelines

·         Exposure on DevOps toolchain – Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, etc.

·         Exposure on DevSecOps toolchain – Sonar, Fortify & NexusIQ, etc.

Specific Qualifications (if required)

B.E or equivalent

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Communication skills - oral & written

Client focused

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process 

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Choose an item.

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Exposure to Sql and Linux will be added advantage







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