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TRCI-26-06384
Cluster Release Manager
This contract role leads release management across as many as five parallel projects, coordinating release plans, dependencies, risks, environments, and stakeholders with a Release Coordinator and multiple suppliers. The strongest candidates will have at least eight years of IT delivery experience in complex banking or financial services environments, with a track record managing multi-project release trains through SIT and UAT in regulated settings. Private banking or wealth management knowledge, strong SDLC understanding, and familiarity with JIRA or comparable ALM tools are central to the role. The description calls for a university degree; German or another language in addition to English is beneficial, and weekend work may be required. The location is Zurich and the employment type is contract; work mode is not specified. The supplied experience band of 8–10 years is consistent with the description’s minimum of eight years.
Position summary
- Location
- Switzerland
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Minimum 8 years and Maximum 10 years
Role overview
Why This Role Matters.
This contract role leads release management across as many as five parallel projects, coordinating release plans, dependencies, risks, environments, and stakeholders with a Release Coordinator and multiple suppliers. The strongest candidates will have at least eight years of IT delivery experience in complex banking or financial services environments, with a track record managing multi-project release trains through SIT and UAT in regulated settings. Private banking or wealth management knowledge, strong SDLC understanding, and familiarity with JIRA or comparable ALM tools are central to the role. The description calls for a university degree; German or another language in addition to English is beneficial, and weekend work may be required. The location is Zurich and the employment type is contract; work mode is not specified. The supplied experience band of 8–10 years is consistent with the description’s minimum of eight years.
Your Impact
Deliver Enterprise Value
Help organisations solve complex business problems through modern technology, consulting expertise and measurable outcomes.
Collaboration
Work Across Teams
Collaborate with consultants, architects, engineers and client stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Growth
Learn Continuously
Gain exposure to enterprise technologies, certifications, mentoring and real-world project experience.
Career Path
Grow With Ubique
Build a long-term consulting career with opportunities to take on greater responsibility and leadership over time.
Responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing.
Every role at Ubique contributes directly to solving meaningful business challenges for our clients.
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Develop and maintain a comprehensive release plan aligned with delivery timelines, dependencies, risk profiles, and environment availability.
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Coordinate all aspects of release management execution across multiple projects and suppliers, ensuring alignment with enterprise change management principles
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Chair regular release coordination meetings with stakeholders to track progress, resolve blockers, and manage risks.
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Ensure full traceability from requirements → design → development → test cases → defects → deployments, leveraging tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar ALM platforms.
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Oversee the dependencies and risks related to releases in scope being deployed to the environments
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Oversee staging and promotion of code and configuration changes into environments collaborating closely with Environment Management.
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Monitor release health via KPIs such as defect leakage, regression pass rate, rollback frequency, and deployment success rates.
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Prepare reporting on release status, risks, and key milestones for Release Management Leadership
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Support readiness assessments prior to each test cycle and contribute to lessons learned after each release.
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Worked in a similar role before
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Experience in adjusting processes to programmes need
Technology stack
Tools & Technologies.
The platforms and technologies you'll use to build modern, enterprise-grade solutions.
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JIRA
Required
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Atlassian Jira
Required
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Confluence
Required
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Atlassian Confluence
Required
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ALM
Required
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Application Lifecycle Management
Required
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SDLC
Required
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Waterfall
Required
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Agile
Required
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SAFe
Required
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Scaled Agile Framework
Required
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hybrid delivery
Required
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SIT
Required
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System Integration Testing
Required
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UAT
Required
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User Acceptance Testing
Required
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release train
Required
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release planning
Required
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environment management
Required
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change management
Required
Requirements
Skills & Experience.
We value curiosity, collaboration and continuous learning. If you don't meet every requirement but believe you can make an impact, we'd still love to hear from you.
Essential
Required Qualifications
Release management experience in small- to mid-sized transformation projects
At least 8 years of IT project delivery experience in complex banking or financial services organisations
Managing multi-project release trains across SIT and UAT cycles in regulated environments
Banking experience and understanding of private banking products
Release planning, including delivery timelines, dependencies, risks, and environment availability
Coordinating release execution across projects, suppliers, and stakeholders
Release traceability across requirements, design, development, test cases, defects, and deployments using JIRA, Confluence, or similar ALM platforms
Understanding of SDLC methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, and hybrid models
University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field
Preferred
Nice to Have
Familiarity with wealth management or private banking system landscape architectures
German or another language in addition to English
Willingness to work weekends
Experience adapting delivery processes to programme needs
What you'll gain
More Than Just A Job.
We're committed to helping every team member grow professionally, personally and technically while working on meaningful projects.
Global Exposure
Collaborate with international clients and multicultural teams on enterprise programmes.
Continuous Learning
Expand your expertise through mentoring, certifications and hands-on project experience.
Career Growth
Take ownership, develop leadership skills and grow your consulting career over time.
Flexible Working
Hybrid and remote collaboration designed around trust and delivering exceptional outcomes.
People First
Join a supportive culture where collaboration, respect and long-term relationships come first.
Enterprise Projects
Work on meaningful technology initiatives for leading organisations across industries.
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