Your Role and Responsibilities

The IBM Software Core team is hiring for a Release Manager to contribute to the successful release management of a large portfolio of IBM products. With approximately 60 services delivering on our common platform, we are searching for someone to:

• Ensure the on-time delivery of feature requirements for all major releases
• Monitor service compliance to non-functional requirements in the Cloud Pak certification tool
• Triage incoming defects and continuously follow up on their progress to ensure on-time delivery
• Contribute innovative suggestions for process improvement and automation

The role seeks exceptional levels of personal organization and the ability to work well within a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment. You will be office based, working with senior software engineers who will help you integrate into the team, the department and wider IBM. The work will be varied and the flexibility to learn new technologies and skills is key as we look to help grow your career within IBM. A positive attitude and a passion to succeed is essential.

Introduction

At IBM, our Project Managers excel by leading and coordinating a project team’s overall performance, scope, cost, and deliverables. Our clients rely on timely and efficient status reports, and as Project Manager, you will drive the charge with project direction, metric definition, and performance management. If you are ready to help our clients and project teams succeed, we would love to meet you!

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Comprehensive understanding of the entire software development lifecycle
• Experience with github projects or similar technology
• Expertise at working independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic development environment
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Experience managing project scrums and prioritizing must fix defects
• Technical experience in building and delivering complex software systems
• PMP or business background is an asset

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

About Business Unit

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

Wonder if IBM is the one for you?

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Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

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About IBM

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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

Other Relevant Job Details

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Country/Region

Canada

State / Province

Ontario

City / Township / Village

Markham

IBM Business Group

Software

Primary job category

Project Management

Secondary Job Category

Other Project Management

Role ( Job Role )

Project Manager

Employment Type

Full-Time

Contract type

Regular

Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire

Position Type

Professional

Travel Required

No Travel

Company

(0026) IBM Canada Limited - IBM Canada Limitee

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No

ERBP

Yes

Referral Promo Code

IBMReferred_NorthAmerica

Company Label

IBM