Release Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Release Manager

Description

Own the end-to-end release lifecycle across a portfolio of enterprise software products, from planning to production deployment. You will coordinate release planning, release candidates, deployments, hotfixes, and emergency releases while improving release management processes and governance. Partner with QA and DevOps to ensure release readiness, maintain runbooks and rollback procedures, and optimize deployment automation and CI/CD reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end release lifecycle across frontline products
• Coordinate release planning, release candidates, production deployments, hotfixes, and emergency releases
• Define and improve release management processes, standards, and governance
• Optimize branching, merging, and versioning strategies
• Partner with Team Leads, QA, and DevOps to ensure release readiness
• Manage release risks, dependencies, and cross-team communication
• Drive improvements in deployment automation, CI/CD processes, and release reliability
• Maintain release documentation, deployment runbooks, and rollback procedures
• Monitor release metrics and continuously improve release quality, predictability, and efficiency
• Accountable owner of the frontline release management function

Requirements

• 4+ years of proven experience managing large-scale enterprise software releases with multiple concurrent release streams as a Release Manager (or similar)
• Experience managing releases for SaaS, cloud-native, or enterprise software products
• Solid knowledge of Git workflows, branch management, and release versioning
• Strong understanding of modern software development and Agile methodologies
• Experience working closely with DevOps and Engineering teams
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on process optimization and operational excellence
• Upper-intermediate English level

Benefits

• Professional growth: mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps
• Competitive compensation with USD-based budgets for education, fitness, and team activities
• Exciting projects with Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands using modern solutions
• Flextime with flexible schedule and remote/office options