Manager Release Management

You will lead release management for software delivery. You will set release strategy, assess readiness, coordinate release content, communicate plans and risks, oversee release automation and lifecycle controls, lead the Change Advisory Board process, manage dependencies, and connect engineering teams with customers.

Responsibilities

• Drive software release strategy across business milestones, engineering roadmaps, and customer deployment schedules
• Own release readiness assessments and post-release reviews
• Coordinate designated release content with systems engineering, development, and quality teams
• Communicate release plans, risks, commitments, requirements, QA plans, schedules, and scope changes
• Drive automated release notifications and release notes
• Partner with Release Engineers to oversee branch impact, code merge timing, build validation, and blocker triage
• Establish release-management best practices and continuous improvement
• Lead the Change Advisory Board process
• Maintain cross-system dependencies and deployment procedures and advocate workflow automation
• Connect Release Management, Engineering teams, and customers

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, a related technical discipline, or related experience
• Minimum of 8 years in delivery management, release management, or release engineering
• Minimum of 3 years of engineering management experience leading technical teams
• Expert proficiency with Jira, GitHub Actions or Jenkins, ArgoCD, Confluence, and SharePoint
• Experience designing end-to-end release workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-stage release gating
• Experience leading large-scale software releases
• Experience collaborating with DevOps engineers
• Experience with public cloud technologies and container registries
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to triage issues by priority, impact, risk, and release timing
• Time management and prioritization skills
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401K
• PTO
• Business travel expense reimbursement
• Potential corporate credit card eligibility