Job Description

JOB TITLE: Release Manager
JOB LOCATION: Quincy MA
WAGE RANGE*: $60-$65
JOB NUMBER: ITS77-EHS-FY26-PROJ MAN-010-MA21

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

Knowledge of and experience with health care eligibility systems.
Knowledge of MA HIX or other State Health Exchange.
Ability to work with multiple vendors.
Proficiency in Microsoft 365, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio [EB1] .
Strong organizational skills, problem-solving aptitude, and attention to detail.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Prepare required deliverables in accordance with established procedures.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to maintain accurate records and status reporting.
Ability to understand and apply the policies, procedures, specifications, standards, and guidelines governing assigned unit activities. [EB2]
Ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple projects as well as strong follow-through skills.
Must be able to work collaboratively, collegially, and cooperatively with others in an environment where deliverables are potentially dependent on the output of others.

Education and Certifications :
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
Minimum of (5) five years of extensive experience with project management as the release manager of a large-scale application.
[EB1] Added MS Office
[EB2] Added these qualifications

JOB DESCRIPTION

MA21 is seeking a highly motivated Release Manager to manage and coordinate release efforts in support of the ongoing MA21 system development efforts and release activities. The successful candidate will manage the current ongoing MA21 legacy development efforts through development, Integration testing, User Acceptance Testing, and Production deployment. Coordinating these release efforts will enable the successful migration of the MA21 legacy mainframe system as a key strategic step toward the future One Health initiative.

Responsibilities :
Collaborate with the MA21 Functional Manager to understand MA21's monthly release schedule and various development life cycles (monthly release cycle, expedited resolution, emergency fixes).
Collaborate with the MA21 Functional Manager to understand M21 deliverables to support each development life cycle.
Release scoping and coordinate priority changes and adjust release scoping.
Collaborate with the MA21 Functional Manager MA21 technical staff to identify cross-system/cross-team release dependencies.
Collaborate with the MA21 Functional Manager to coordinate priority changes and adjust release scoping.
Collaborate with external teams to coordinate environment and functional readiness for release testing.
Collaborate with the MA21 technical team members to ensure deliverables are completed on time.
Collaborating with the unified quality assurance team lead, ensuring release deliverables are completed on time.
Monitor and manage the uploading of deliverable documents to the appropriate network repositories.
Collaborate with the MA21 technical team and unified quality assurance team to ensure Production deployment requirements are clearly documented and communicated to all responsible Stakeholders.
Monitor results against established timelines, deliverables, tasks, dependencies, and associated technical specifications.
Develop proactive adjustments when established timelines are at risk.
Communicate early and often to ensure MA21 and MassHealth Leadership are aware of any risk to established timelines.
Create and distribute weekly executive release reporting.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions. Benefits offered are in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and subject to change at TCM's discretion. PDN-a047788e-f285-4f7f-87cb-54bfb5644ee9

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