This role is part of the D&T department of HEINEKEN International and is located in HEINEKEN Global Shared Service in Krakow. D&T is proud to bring cutting-edge innovation, strong technology and advanced analytics to HEINEKEN. With speed and agility, we ensure HEINEKEN has the technological competitive advantages it needs to deliver on its ambition.
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HEINEKEN aspires to become the best-connected brewer. To get there, we are deploying the Digital Backbone (DBB) our global cross-functional business transformation programme that links up our processes, systems and digital platforms all around the world. To drive operational excellence in the new digital ecosystem along with best user experience, we established Service Integration and Management (SIAM) function. In Integrated Service Management department, D&T Change&Release Lead plays an important role in ensuring adherence to global D&T Change & Release process across all D&T Product Teams but also building and maintaining relationship with key stakeholders beyond D&T.
Your responsibilities would include:
co-owning D&T Release process and being contributor to End2End D&T Change management process setting the standards of Release Management and contributing to the End2End Change Management process standards, also enabling continuous improvement of these processes establishing measurements and targets to improve process effectiveness and efficiency in agreement with HNK continually seeking process and tool improvements and communicating them to relevant process/product owners coordinating the Release Management process across platforms and verifying that process activities are being performed coordinating release operations (execution), facilitating and chairing (on a rotation basis) Quality Gate sessions establishing and maintaining the release library (process documentation, events, calendars, user guides and manuals) delivering regularly and ad-hoc Operational Excellence reporting in collaboration with other team members.
You are a good candidate if you have:
a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred)
at least 5 years of experience in an IT Service Management role within a global enterprise
ITIL 4 knowledge at least at foundation level (preferably supported by a certificate)
excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
advanced competencies in IT Service Management, Operations Support, and Quality & Assurance
intermediate knowledge of Emerging Technologies and Programme & Project Management
strong ability to deliver on commitments and targets, both individually and as part of a team
strategic thinking skills to shape the future of change & release management, actively seeking new technologies and approaches
excellent stakeholder communication and alignment skills, with the ability to build a strong network and achieve common goals
some experience in developing people and contributing to building the future Release Management team.
You are a perfect match if you also have:
experience with ServiceNow and Jira
ITIL 4 Specialist certification
experience or understanding of change & release processes for digital products
deeper understanding of agile principles and ways of working.
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