RELEASE CONTENT PLANNING MANAGER

COMPANY:   Earthlink, Inc. LOCATION:   Atlanta, GA 30307 STATUS:   Full Time, Employee JOB CATEGORY:   IT/Software Development RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE:  2+ to 5 Years CAREER LEVEL: Experienced (Non-Manager) Release Content Planning Manager Position Description     In this role, you will be the central coordination point for the planning of release contents for the Operations delivery teams, including scheduling of integration, system test and deployment of new web application releases. The work is fast paced and requires leadership, passion, adaptability, excellent communication, strong interpersonal skills, great organization skills, attention to detail and self motivation. The role is highly cross-functional and succeeds not through positional authority, but rather through cooperation and influence.Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • The Release Content Planning Manager plans, organizes and drives deployment of operations application releases working in tandem with project managers, engineering managers/leads, operations managers/leads, quality leaders, product managers, and their teams • Works extensively with capacity planning, skill set availability, and planning of release contents for the EarthLink Operations team.• Establishes and operates formal mechanisms to accept hand-off of completed engineering projects for integration and system testing into software release trains • Communicate progress of release projects across organizational boundaries and levels from individual contributor to senior executive • Implement formal mechanisms to monitor progress, escalate issues, manage risks and control changes agreed upon plans • Motivate team members to ensure the prompt delivery of accurate information and issues for resolution • Continually drive enhancements to standard operating procedures and tools to improve efficiency, remove roadblocks, increase quality of output and adapting it to scale for explosive growth   • Works cross functionally to improve application quality, reliability and performance• Works closely with Enterprise Release Management to ensure timely delivery of tested systems to the EarthLink Production environment.   Position Requirements    • BS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience • Ability to plan multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities• Expert use of Excel and Access• Demonstrated knowledge of project management processes• Solid knowledge and experience using a formal software development life cycle • 3+ years of experience project managing complex software projects and releases• Skilled in team building techniques and meeting mechanics • Ability to handle conflicts well, and addresses issues directly • Issue/ticket tracking systems (Remedy)• Highly self-motivated and assertive   Desired Qualifications: • Project Management Certification • Understanding of the industry standard software development methodologies, in particular agile methods • Experience working in a high-growth startup environment • Experience in leading software development and release projects as past of a high-volume hosted web application developed in Java running on Unix/Linux • Knowledge of formal software control management practices and how to implement • Wiki collaboration systems • Experience with deployment automation • Networking infrastructure, firewalls, routing, etc. • UNIX/Linux system administration • Data base administration • Proficiency using software version control (CM) systems        Position Attributes     • Pragmatic and creative in solving problems • Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills  TO APPLY: www.earthlink.net/about/careers