Salesforce Release Manager

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About the Role

As a Salesforce Release Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and efficient deployment of Salesforce applications and updates within an organization. This position requires a deep understanding of Salesforce release management processes, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the release cycles to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality Salesforce solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with stakeholders, including development, testing, and business teams, to understand release requirements.
• Develop release plans, timelines, and communication strategies for each Salesforce release cycle.
• Coordinate release activities across different teams to ensure alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Manage Salesforce environments, including development, testing, and production instances.
• Implement and maintain best practices for environment synchronization, data refreshes, and sandbox utilization.
• Lead the deployment process, including the planning, scheduling, and execution of releases.
• Work closely with development and QA teams to validate deployment packages and resolve any deployment-related issues.
• Utilize various DevOps tools such as Copado and Salesforce DX, or others for the seamless movement of metadata between environments.
• Ensure compliance with Salesforce development and deployment best practices.
• Implement and enforce version control processes to manage configuration changes effectively.
• Work with the Salesforce team to establish and maintain release management documentation.
• Communicate release schedules, progress, and potential risks to stakeholders.
• Prepare and distribute release notes to provide comprehensive documentation of changes in each release.
• Create and maintain release management dashboards and reports to track key performance indicators.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation in the release management lifecycle.
• Stay current with Salesforce platform updates, features, and best practices to enhance the release management process.

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Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Salesforce Release Manager
• In-depth knowledge of Salesforce development, configuration, and deployment processes.
• Experience using DevOps tools such as Copado
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Salesforce certifications (e.g., Salesforce Certified Administrator, Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder) are a plus.
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Benefits

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