The Change & Release Specialist is a key member of the IT change management team, who is responsible for managing requests for change through their lifecycle. In addition, the individual in this role will assist with communication, Training, stakeholder engagement, and coaching the service managers, suppliers on the processes.
Roles & Responsibilities:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES for this position include but are not limited to the following.
- Enforce change compliance, working closely with technical and business teams in order to ensure changes are fully documented and approved prior to implementation
- Review all implemented change and/or release units to ensure they have met their objectives, both IT and business
- Create, manage, and coordinate the execution of Change Requests through Change Management process and the Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings
- Participate in CAB meetings and represent changes to the board for approval
- Apply Change/Release/Problem Management best practices to drive continuous improvement and maintain process hygiene
- Meet with key members of the IT staff including Operations and Management, Solution, platform, and Configuration owner group to aid in change and problem analysis
- Work with the service manager to define performance goals and strategies
- Anticipate issues proactively and escalate to Change Manager as appropriate
- Monitor and support the change adherence with the established policies, processes, and procedures
- Produce metrics on established Key Performance Indicators (KPI s) and create Knowledge Base (KB) articles to share knowledge across team
- Efficiently and effectively responds to change requestor needs with a sense of urgency via email, chat or MS teams connect in a professional manner
- Ready to work in rotational shifts (if required)
Competency:
- ITIL foundation with DevOps and Agile concepts/methodology understanding
- ITSM tool knowledge, reporting and basic configuration – Service now, Remedy force etc.
Job specific skills:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with proven technical writing abilities
- Proficiency with MS Word and MS Excel
- Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision
- Systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving
- Strong organization skills and attention to detail
- Customer focused
- Problem solving skills
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Logical and critical thinking
- Technical understanding (basic Infra and Application services)
- Quick learner
- Ready to adapt
- Leadership
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
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Kone Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
