IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

We are looking for a Program Manager – Release Management, based in Sri Lanka to join the Release Operations team within the COO office in IFS R&D!

The focus of the COO Office is to enable the R&D organization to create, maintain and rollout high-quality world class products in an efficient manner by ensuring planning and execution of our product releases, aligned ways of working, managing programs and projects and ensure communication according to the Rhythm of Business. 

As a member of the Release Management team, you will be responsible for driving delivery, execution, and continuous improvements with the main purpose of ensuring IFS Cloud and IFS Applications 10 releases are delivered on time, on scope and with great quality. You will work with many stakeholders across the R&D organization and will be responsible for effective communication and reporting, stakeholder management, change management and the facilitation of collaboration amongst teams. 

Sounds interesting? Then join us as our new Program Manager – Release Management! 

As Program Manager – Release Management, you will be responsible for the successful execution of our IFS Cloud and IFS Applications 10 releases including:

• Coordination and scheduling of the release cadence program milestones
• Facilitating alignment and collaboration of stakeholders across the global organization
• Escalation, risk mitigation and issue resolution
• Communication of scope, progress, release state and connected actions
• Making data led decisions to drive prioritization and continuous improvements
• Delivery and execution of a portfolio of initiatives and improvement projects

We are looking for people who are confident:

• Making decisions and ensuring execution of actions
• Managing change, both within the process and the project context
• Managing stakeholders across technical, functional, and commercial teams
• Communicating effectively across all levels of our global organization, both verbally and in written formats
• Analyzing data to lead continuous improvement conversations.
• Facilitating problem solving activities and dealing with ambiguity

To be a successful as Program Manager – Release Management, having a positive attitude and a “can-do” mindset is key. We expect you to “think outside the box” and be a front runner when it comes to challenging status quo in the strive for improvements.

We are looking for you to have a proven track record for delivery and execution in a cloud first environment, successfully managing initiatives within large, complex software products with a thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.

In addition, you must possess a strong technical competence with five years’ plus experience in quality assurance, software engineering, systems engineering, complex IT project management or similar. You can demonstrate your ability to understand technical details especially when it comes to cloud deployment and are able to confirm requirements and tasks with key individuals, in order to execute plans as agreed.

You have a good understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery of software. You understand how various tools such as Jira and Confluence can support the business in implementing changes and tracking progress and understand the importance of well-documented processes and governance structures.

To be able to handle this role you will have to work and collaborate effectively in a globally distributed, multi-cultural team. You are highly self-motivated and proactive, with excellent problem solving and communication skills. You have a strong drive to get yourself and others to achieve tasks and overcome problems, and can interact effectively at all levels in the organization.

Interviews and selections are being made continuously. If you are interested, apply as soon as possible. 

As a step in our recruitment process, all final candidates will undergo a background check, to get us an understanding of our future employees.

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IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for customers around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. The industry expertise of our people and solutions, together with a commitment to delivering value to every one of our customers, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 6,000+ employees and growing ecosystem of partners support more than 10,000 customers around the world challenge the status quo and realize their competitive advantage. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.