Lead Release Manager
Location: Preferably based out of Dallas TX/Nashville TN Hybrid
Duration: Long Term
Were 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. Youll be instrumental in ensuring the smooth efficient and high-quality delivery of software to production working closely with multiple engineering and product teams.
Experience & Technical Expertise:
- 10Yyears 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 Code Pipeline).
- 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.