Release Manager (HF)

About SeqOne

SeqOne develops next-generation genomics software that turns complex sequencing data into clear actionable insights for clinicians and researchers. Our platforms power high-impact applications in oncology and rare disease with a strong focus on robustness reproducibility and speed. We are building a world-class team in Montpellier (FR) Paris (FR) and Cambridge (UK).

Why SeqOne

• Direct Impact: Your contributions will enhance customer experience and shape the evolution of our genomic products.
• Stimulating Environment: Passionate team innovative projects and a culture of transparency.
• Flexibility: Remote work options flexible hours and competitive benefits.
• Growth Opportunities: Internal career development continuous training and participation in scientific conferences.
• Soft Skills: Unstoppable Positivity (resilience and solution-first mindset) and Open Heart Hands-On (kindness combined with direct feedback).

Responsibilities

Release ownership

• Build and maintain release plans covering scope milestones go/no-go criteria and cross-team dependencies
• Manage release schedules track readiness across teams and surface risks before they block delivery
• Own the execution of the Emergency Release (hotfix) process coordinating cross-functional stakeholders release validation and ensuring full traceability of hotfix deployments
• Maintain complete traceability of deliverables to meet regulatory requirements (IVDR ISO 13485)
• Current release cadence: 3 IVDR release per year one Release candidate per month.

Cross-team coordination

• Keep Engineering Bioinformatics AI (ML/AI and Diagnostic AI algorythms) QA Regulatory Affairs and Product teams aligned on release scope and timelines
• Facilitate release readiness reviews; resolve cross-team blockers and escalate critical risks with clear mitigation proposal
• Provide all stakeholders a reliable up-to-date view of release status through dashboards and structured reporting

Release process maturity

• Continuously improve release predictability by identifying process gaps enforcing scope discipline and driving root cause analysis on release incidents
• Define track and report key release metrics with a primary focus on hotfix rate and time-to-deliver a hotfix to measure process health and drive improvements
• Implement lightweight durable processes: release checklist definition of done branching and versioning conventions in an IVDR and data sensitive context
• Contribute to release process structuring in a scaling organizational context

Requirements

Experience

• 35 years experience managing software releases in regulated SaaS environments
• Demonstrable track record of on-time releases across multi-team initiatives
• Experience in a regulated environment (MedTech medical SaaS IVDR regulated fintech) strongly valued
• Experience coordinating and communicating with C-level executives and across the company
• Familiarity with risk-management standards is a plus
• Exposure to scaling a tech organization is a plus

Technical skills

• Strong understanding of software release practice: branching strategies CI/CD pipelines versioning release gates technical debt management
• Tooling: Git JIRA/Notion/ Confluence or equivalent ability to build actionable release dashboards
• Ability to translate release management needs into back-office feature backlog

Soft skills

• Rigorous in tracking and documentation
• Able to hold difficult conversations: acknowledged delays negotiated scope named risks
• Structured communication toward both technical and executive audiences
• Fluent English & French

Fixed salary bonus free health insurance remote work

Apply even if you dont think you meet all the qualificationswe may have another opening very soon!