Senior change and release mana, Vilnius

Danske Bank is the largest bank in Denmark and one of the leading banks in Northern Europe. It is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established IT site, Danske Group IT Lithuania (DGITL), where you will become a part of an international community of 2,400 IT Professionals in three sites (Lithuania, Denmark, and India). 

A career at Danske Bank Group IT is an opportunity to work with complex tech challenges and help develop Danske Bank’s competitive edge on innovative digital solutions. We have grown over 340 IT professionals in a year and that is the fastest growth of an IT organization in Lithuania ever.

Job description:

eBusiness Security department is hiring Senior Change & Release Manager, a person with strong communication and analytic skills, broad IT knowledge and experience in Service Process management. Located in Vilnius, Change & Release Manager is responsible for managing implementation of the IT changes prepared by eBusiness Security department’s application development and application maintenance teams based in Denmark, India and Lithuania.

Job purpose:

• Change and Release Manager facilitates successful introduction of changes to an IT system or environment
• Change and Release Manager defines the change and release processes which are used by the IT application development and infrastructure organization when deploying ­new services, improvements or fix of trouble tickets
• Change and Release Manager is responsible for the preparation of reports and documentation to reflect the quality output of the change & release management area
• Change and Release Manager has an overall responsibility on optimizing change and releases processes locally in the department.         

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for controlling the Lifecycle of all Changes. The primary objective of Change Management is to enable beneficial Changes to be made, with no or minimal disruption to IT Services
• Develop and improve change & release management solutions and processes
• Execute Change Advisory Board meetings and support the service of the change management tool
• Head of the change & release processes regarding planning, coordination and communication
• Define and establish appropriate quality measurements and metrics for Change Advisory Board meetings  and other change & release forums
• Ensure early quality assurance and see correct use of change gates/review throughout the change process
• Create and maintain Freeze, Release/implementation calendar
• Coordinate the verification of releases

Requirements:  

• University or higher education degree
• 4 + years of working experience within IT Service Operations
• Good English language skills
• Strong communication (verbal and written), teamwork and inter personal skills
• Collaborative and Team player
• Analytical and decisive
• Efficient and structured
• Flexible (agile)
• Responsible
• Quality conscious
• Self-motivated
• Able to work outside working hours on demand

We offer:  

• An inspiring environment in a large IT organization.
• A perfect opportunity to join a growing IT team and face the challenge and the opportunity to influence and shape the newly established team in Vilnius.
• Work in an international team which concentrates on innovative business facing solutions.
• An extensive training program to ensure that your skills are maintained and updated on an ongoing basis.
• Highly skilled team and career opportunities.

• Cross business career opportunities in bank.

Please send your application to cvLT@strategicstaff.comOnly selected candidates will be contacted.