Genesis10 is currently seeking a Delivery Lead - Release Management for a hybrid position (3 days onsite per week required) with a Global Financial Institution located in Plano, TX, Richmond, VA or Charlotte, NC. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. The Release Coordination Delivery Lead is responsible for governing, planning, coordinating, and executing technology releases across multiple delivery teams to ensure changes are implemented safely, predictably, and in compliance with Enterprise Change Management standards. This role serves as the primary point of coordination for release events, providing end-to-end visibility into release health, risk, readiness, and execution. The role acts as a liaison between technology, infrastructure, operations, and business stakeholders, driving cross-functional collaboration and managing dependencies.
Responsibilities: - Ensure adherence with the Enterprise Change Management and Data Management standards
- Develop, finetune and maintain release and change dashboards
- Review daily planned and requested changes across the organization
- Manage coordination of delivery and dependencies across multiple teams
- Facilitate communication and collaboration across organizations to support the deliverable completion and timeline
- Provide status updates for the deliverables to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to delivery, risks, issues, and schedule
- Support resource planning for delivery and execution
- Facilitate release readiness reviews and verify completion of testing, approvals, implementation plans, communication plans, and rollback procedures
- Develop, enhance, and maintain release, deployment, and change management dashboards to provide actionable operational insights and support executive reporting
- Coach and Coordinate post-implementation reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement activities to improve release quality and operational effectiveness
Requirements: - 3+ Years of experience working as a Delivery Lead in a Change and Release Support role
- Ability to evaluate release readiness, operational risk, system dependencies, rollback strategies, and implementation impacts before execution
- Experience escalating release conflicts, critical risks, and production stability concerns to leadership
- Background in Release and Change Management with hands on experience with Remedy or ServiceNow
- Background in Work Management with Jira or Azure DevOps experience
- Background in Documentation with Confluence or SharePoint
- Background in Reporting supporting Tableau or Starburst or MS Excel
- Background in Delivery & Deployment supporting CI/CD Toolchains such as GitHub (Actions/Harness), Ansible Tower or Cutover
- Strong Operational Focus including release event orchestration, change governance oversight, and risk management
Desired skills: - Previous experience in the financial services industry
- 2 to 3 years of Change and Release management experience
- Experience with Release Planning, Readiness, and Deployment Coordination
- Strong leadership skills including cross-team coordination, conflict resolution, and executive communication
- Analytical skills such as Root Cause Analysis, KPI Development, and Trend Analysis
Pay range: $63.94 - $71.94 per hour
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: - Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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