Job Description
Lead Release Manager
Location: Preferably based out of Dallas/Nashville – F2F Interview is mandatory
Duration: 12 Months
We're looking for a highly experienced and hands-on Release Manager to drive the end-to-end release process for our cloud-native products on AWS. You'll be instrumental in ensuring the smooth, efficient, and high-quality delivery of software to production, working closely with multiple engineering and product teams.
What We're Looking For in a Candidate:
Experience & Technical Expertise:
- 15 -20 years of dedicated experience in Release Management, DevOps, or a related technical role with significant exposure to software releases.
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including development lifecycles, branching strategies, and deployment methodologies.
- 12+ years of proven, hands-on experience with cloud-native engineering, utilizing Function-as-a-Service (FaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and microservices architectures on AWS.
- Deep expertise in modern software engineering practices and principles, including Agile methodologies and DevSecOps, with a focus on continuous delivery, automation (CI/CD), and managing the full release process from code check-in to production.
- Proficiency with enterprise-level project and release management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, as well as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline).
- Familiarity with code quality tools and practices (e.g., SonarQube).
- Experience with AI/ML and Generative AI technologies is a plus.
Leadership & Collaboration:
- Proven strategic thinker with the ability to develop and execute comprehensive release strategies that align with business objectives.
- Exceptional communication skills, capable of clearly articulating complex release plans, risks, and statuses to diverse stakeholders, including technical teams, product managers, and leadership.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to manage complex release schedules, interdependencies, and changing priorities with precision and adaptability.
- A dependable team player, fostering a collaborative environment to ensure seamless coordination across development, QA, and operations teams.
- Experience engaging and collaborating with cross-functional teams at all organizational levels, fostering co-creation and consensus towards successful product launches.
Travel:
- Ability to travel 0-30% for meeting with clients and leadership meetings.
- Expected Responsibilities:
- Hands-on Release Management & Automation:
- Actively engage in a hands-on capacity to orchestrate and drive the end-to-end software release lifecycle for cloud products on AWS.
- Develop, implement, and optimize automated CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
- Manage and monitor all release activities, ensuring adherence to quality gates, security policies, and compliance requirements.
- Coordinate release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives.
- Maintain detailed release documentation, including release notes, deployment plans, and rollback procedures.
Coordination & Risk Mitigation:
- Drive coordination and communication across development, QA, operations, and product teams to ensure all parties are aligned on release schedules and dependencies.
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate release risks and issues, developing contingency plans to ensure successful deployments.
- Facilitate effective communication channels to provide clear, timely updates on release progress, status, and any potential blockers.
- Oversee project delivery by third-party partners as it pertains to release readiness and deployment.
Process Improvement & Strategic Input:
- Continuously evaluate and improve release processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency, speed, and reliability.
- Contribute to the strategic planning of future release cycles, advocating for best practices in continuous delivery and DevSecOps.
- Analyze release metrics and data to identify trends, performance, and areas for ongoing optimization.
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