ART Release Quality Manager (RQM)

Overview:

The role of an ART Release Quality Manager requires strong leadership skills, technical expertise in quality assurance practices (e.g., test planning, test execution), familiarity with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum), and a deep understanding of SAFe® principles. By effectively coordinating testing activities across multiple teams within an ART and driving continuous improvement efforts in quality assurance practices, ART Release Quality Managers contribute to delivering high-quality software releases in large-scale agile environments following SAFe® principles.

ART Release Quality Manager (RQM)	Skills
Primary Responsibilities: Establish and maintain release quality standards, aligning with industry best practices and organizational goals. Coordinate release activities across Agile teams and stakeholders, ensuring collaboration and effective communication. Conduct release readiness assessments to evaluate the readiness of the software for release, including functional and non-functional aspects. Track and manage release defects and issues, reporting, prioritizing, and resolving them promptly. Ensure successful and timely delivery of releases, monitoring release schedules, dependencies, and risks. Secondary Responsibilities: Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate and streamline the release process, enabling faster and more reliable software delivery. Monitor release performance and customer feedback, gathering insights and identifying areas for improvement. Establish relationships with external vendors for quality-related activities, such as security testing or third-party integrations.	Technical Skills : Quality assurance principles, methodologies, and best practices. Release management practices and tools. Risk management and mitigation strategies. Quality metrics and reporting.
Soft Skills: Collaboration and communication. Problem-solving and decision-making. Leadership and team management. Continuous improvement mindset
Tool Skills: Release management tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Microsoft Azure DevOps). Defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, qTest). Quality metrics and reporting tools.

Skills

Primary Responsibilities:

Establish and maintain release quality standards, aligning with industry best practices and organizational goals.
Coordinate release activities across Agile teams and stakeholders, ensuring collaboration and effective communication.
Conduct release readiness assessments to evaluate the readiness of the software for release, including functional and non-functional aspects.
Track and manage release defects and issues, reporting, prioritizing, and resolving them promptly.
Ensure successful and timely delivery of releases, monitoring release schedules, dependencies, and risks.

Secondary Responsibilities:

Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate and streamline the release process, enabling faster and more reliable software delivery.
Monitor release performance and customer feedback, gathering insights and identifying areas for improvement.
Establish relationships with external vendors for quality-related activities, such as security testing or third-party integrations.

Technical Skills :