Job Description

Role Overview

The Release Manager Associate within PwCs Tax Technology practice supports the coordination and execution of production releases across tax platforms, data systems, and firm-developed applications. This role plays a critical part in ensuring that system changes are delivered in a controlled, compliant, and predictable mannersupporting accurate tax delivery, reporting, and risk management across the firms digital ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Release Planning & Execution

• Coordinate release schedules for tax systems, applications, and reporting platforms.
• Partner with development teams, testing teams, and tax stakeholders to plan releases and manage dependencies.
• Support release readiness reviews and deployment approvals.
• Track risks, issues, and mitigations throughout the release lifecycle.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Enforce release governance and change management standards aligned to audit and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain traceability of changes and deployments for audit readiness.
• Ensure documentation meets internal controls and compliance expectations.

Environment & Change Coordination

• Coordinate deployments across development, testing, and production environments.
• Track and facilitate approvals for changes through formal change management processes.
• Maintain release documentation and version control.

Reporting & Communication

• Publish deployment notices, release notes, and status communications.
• Provide leadership and stakeholders with release transparency and reporting.
• Facilitate post-release reviews and drive lessons learned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems, Business, Accounting, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 2+ years of experience in release management, deployment coordination, IT operations, or change management.
• Familiarity with SDLC and basic CI/CD concepts.
• Experience with tools such as JIRA, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to enterprise tax systems or financial platforms.
• Experience working in environments with regulatory, governance, or audit controls.
• Basic understanding of change-control concepts and deployment workflows.
• Prior experience in a professional services or consulting environment.

Skills & Attributes

• Process-oriented and detail-driven
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Comfortable working across technology and business teams
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities
• Continuous improvement mindset

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