Alicia Leavitt
@alicialeavitt
Release Management leader driving reliable enterprise banking platform deliveries.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a results-driven Release Management leader with 20+ years directing release, change, and project delivery across large-scale digital banking environments. I lead cross-functional teams, define and improve release policies, manage stakeholder communications, and provide executive-level reporting that reduces risk and ensures high-quality deployments.
My background includes migrating major platforms (including an 8-phase customer migration to a new online banking platform and a 90% traffic migration from IBM Integration Bus to OpenShift), mentoring release coordinators, and partnering with governance and change management to meet regulatory requirements and operational excellence.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
PNLead and mentor a cross-portfolio release management team for online and mobile banking, overseeing planning, deployment, and executive reporting while defining release policies to mitigate risk and ensure governance compliance; executed an 8-phase migration to a new online banking platform.
PNManaged enterprise release strategy for Retail Technology Strategy & Innovation, delivering recurring releases, executive risk reporting, and leading the migration from IBM Integration Bus to OpenShift achieving 90% traffic transition in under one year.
Senior Business Systems Analyst
Freedom Mortgage
Oct 2017 - Mar 2018 (5 months)
Acted as primary liaison between mortgage leadership and technology, focusing on compliance and risk-driven initiatives and ensuring business continuity during acquisition transitions.
Senior Business Systems Analyst
New York Community Bank
Oct 2007 - Oct 2017 (10 years)
Led requirements, testing, and deployment for system enhancements and a major two-year compliance project that rewrote 40% of the .NET/Oracle loan origination system to meet regulatory deadlines.
Lead Mortgage Banking Consultant
New York Community Bank
Oct 2005 - Oct 2007 (2 years)
Consulted with 60+ clients daily on mortgage qualification and products, mentored new hires, and supported B2B troubleshooting and onboarding processes.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
BUBowling Green State University
Bachelor of Arts, Interpersonal Communications
Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communications with a concentration in Promotion and Advertising, completed in August 2005.
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Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
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