Release Manager

PNC

Release Manager at PNC coordinating high-risk or complex technology releases across multiple applications and teams. Leading release planning, scheduling, and execution in a supportive office environment.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeStrongsville • Ohio, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $87,500 - $202,800 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Release Management and IT Change Management, ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and best practices while leading cross-team integration and process improvements. Proficient in Application Development and Configuration Management, with a strong focus on mentoring and training others in deployment and release coordination.

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Release ManagementIT Change ManagementConfiguration ManagementAgile DevelopmentITIL Release Management

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Hard Skills

Application DevelopmentProcess ImprovementsSoftware Development Life CycleSoftware Release ManagementUser Experience (UX) Design

Soft Skills

Group Problem SolvingMentoringCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

IT Service Management (ITSM)Change Management Process

Industry Keywords

IT GovernanceCross-Team IntegrationIT EnvironmentSystem and Technology Integration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ITSMSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manages multiple aspects of technology releases, ensuring the coordinated integration of applications and systems within various portfolio stream.
Serves as a subject matter expert while partnering with various teams to build release schedule and project plan/milestones for an application and/or project.
Leads the build and maintenance of the infrastructure for configuration and release management, for new or enhanced application systems.
Leads the quality check on change releases to ensure processes are following enterprise standards, guidelines and best practices.
Creates and maintains deployment plan success guides within segments and projects ahead of release execution.
Oversees configuration management procedures and processes.
Consults and collaborates with peers to provide oversight and ensure proper use of tools, methods and schedules to enable compliance with the change management process.
Executes change management processes appropriately.
Documents release management process improvement opportunities and ensures proper escalation as needed.
Mentors and trains others on release coordination, deployment, and overall best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of industry-relevant experience
Bachelor’s degree
Application Development
Business Management
Customer Solutions
Design
Group Problem Solving
IT Change Management
ITIL Release Management
IT Service Management (ITSM)
Process Improvements
Release Management
Software Solutions
User Experience (UX) Design
Agile Development
Application Delivery Process
Configuration Management
Cross-Team Integration
IT Environment
IT Governance
Software Development Life Cycle
Software Release Management
System and Technology Integration

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
dental and vision options
employee and spouse/child life insurance
short and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
pension and stock purchase plans
dependent care reimbursement account
back-up child/elder care
adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
a robust wellness program with financial incentives
maternity and/or parental leave
up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service