ASTRO SW Release Manager

Motorola Solutions•Plantation, FL

About The Position

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department Overview The Critical Communications Solutions Program Management and Operations organization is looking for a talented leader to join the ASTRO Software Release Management team. The ASTRO Software Release Management team is responsible for leading the addition of SW features and managing them from the front end through development, (internal and customer) testing and finally ensuring successful deployment to customers via a software release. Our mission is world class program management with emphasis on risk management and executing to plan.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or similar is preferred.
Minimum 5 years Project Management experience, preferably with experience in Software Development, Telecommunications, Radio Communications, or Aerospace/Defense preferred.
Demonstrated competency with a project management tool (e.g. MS Project, Smartsheet).
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Strong interpersonal skills with a desire to collaborate with internal and external business/technical teams.
Ability to work independently as well as within a team.
Highly organized, structured, and process oriented; team building skills a plus.
Able to simplify a complex situation and provide updates accordingly.
Conflict resolution skills.
Demonstrated competency with the Jira platform.
Familiar with the D-Stream process.
Familiar with waterfall, scrum and agile development methodologies and their associated quality assurance methods.

Nice To Haves

Certified PMP preferred.

Responsibilities

Work with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to support SW operations during feature development.
Facilitate Alpha / Beta preparation and execution for early product testing of SW releases.
Lead and facilitate quarterly PI planning activities.
Develop / refine process on any of the above to improve overall organization efficiency
Present status of key release activities to all levels of the organization (VP level and above).
Demonstrate best practices for developing schedules and understand the critical path.
Monitor the execution of release activities to ensure all dependencies are met and drive releases to completion.
Collaborate with global stakeholders (internal and external) to resolve conflicts and drive successful delivery of releases.
Manage expectations of project sponsor and stakeholder with timely communication/escalation of risks/issues, their impact, and appropriate mitigation/corrective actions.
Recommend corrective actions and implement changes.
Successfully identify and mitigate release risks.
Ensure all release related documentation is completed and archived in the appropriate storage location.