Release Manager (m/f/d)

Quick Facts

• Role: Release Manager for digital products

• Focus: coordinating releases and owning the release test cycle in agile delivery

• Environment: cloud, data, and AI technologies

Description

As a Release Manager, you are responsible for the quality of multiple digital products by coordinating releases for digital solutions in agile ways of working. You will lead the end-to-end release testing cycle (technical and functional) and continuously optimize build, test, and deployment processes. You will collaborate with program/solution teams and cross-functional stakeholders and help enable agile teams through a Release Management guild.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate releases for digital solutions in agile development models

• Provide functional and technical leadership of the complete release test cycle for a solution

• Optimize and continuously modernize build, test, and deployment processes

• Work closely with program/solution colleagues and align with stakeholders across different areas

• Actively contribute to the Release Management guild and enable agile teams in using release management tools, methods, and processes

Requirements

• Completed degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field; alternatively completed vocational training with hands-on experience

• Ideally 3 years of experience as a Release Manager or Project Lead, preferably in agile development

• Good knowledge of IT and deployment, plus basic understanding of digital products

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking

• Interest in further technical development and in tracking methods, tools, and trends in the test environment

• Good communication and problem-solving skills, plus critical thinking

• Ability to adapt to change, be proactive, and take initiative

• Reliability, independence, integrity, and teamwork skills

• Fluent German and very good English (at least B2), with enthusiasm for working with international teams