Release Manager

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About the Role

As part of Caterpillars digital strategy the integrated MineStar portfolio delivers enterprise-grade software to support mining operations through data-driven insights system integrations and scalable platforms. MineStar Office plays a critical role in enabling configuration analytics workflows and integrations across the MineStar ecosystem.

The Release Manager MineStar Office is accountable for the end-to-end release lifecycle across all MineStar Office products. The role ensures releases are planned governed and executed predictably aligned to the SDLC Scaled Agile (SAFe) delivery quality standards compliance obligations and operational readiness.

The Release Manager acts as the single point of coordination and confidence for releasesbalancing speed and agility with stability risk management and transparencywhile continuously improving release processes and tooling.

This role enables MineStar Office to release predictably and safely at scale ensuring delivery speed does not compromise quality compliance or customer trust as the platform continues to evolve.

Key Responsibilities

Release Planning & Coordination

• Own and manage the MineStar Office release calendar ensuring clear visibility of planned in-progress and deployed releases.

• Coordinate cross-functional release activities across engineering QA DevOps security compliance support and stakeholders.

• Facilitate release readiness checkpoints release approvals and go/no-go decisions.

• Ensure dependencies risks and constraints are identified and actively managed ahead of release execution.

Process Governance

• Enforce adherence to the MineStar SDLC and Scaled Agile methodology ensuring all required artefacts (requirements test evidence approvals documentation) are in place before release.

• Ensure release processes align with enterprise change and release management policies where applicable.

• Define and continuously improve release guardrails entry/exit criteria and quality thresholds.

• Partner with Quality and Compliance roles to ensure ISO audit and BIQ requirements are satisfied without slowing flow.

• Act as an escalation point for release risk challenging delivery decisions when release integrity is at risk.

Release Execution & Deployment Flow

• Coordinate deployment sequencing environment promotions and release windows across products and components.

• Partner with DevOps and Platform teams to improve CI/CD enablement reduce manual effort and increase repeatability.

• Ensure clear and timely release communications before during and after deployments.

• Lead release-related incident reviews and drive improvements into future releases.

Metrics & Continuous Improvement

• Define and report key release metrics (e.g. predictability defect escape rate rollback frequency).

• Provide concise release health reporting to engineering leadership.

• Drive continuous improvement in release practices through automation standardisation and reduced friction.

Key Relationships

• Engineering Managers and Delivery Leads

• DevOps and Platform Engineering

• Quality Compliance and Security

• Product Management

• Customer Support and Operations

• Enterprise Change / Release Management stakeholders

What Youll Bring

• Experience in Release Management or SDLC governance within a complex enterprise environment.

• Strong experience operating in a Scaled Agile (SAFe) delivery model supporting ARTs and PIs.

• Proven ability to coordinate multi-team system-level releases.

• Strong understanding of Agile DevOps and CI/CD delivery practices.

• Experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and release automation.

• Sound understanding of release risk quality and compliance expectations (ISO desirable).

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and confidence to challenge decisions when required.

Compensation & Benefits:
Competitive salary based on degree and professional industry working experience. The Total Rewards package includes:

• Competitive remuneration package

• Attractive Bonus and Share options

• Career development with global prospects

• A strong commitment to safety and your wellbeing

• An inclusive workplace culture focused on quality customer service and the environment

• A commitment to diversity and inclusion equal opportunity and equal outcome

• SMART spending APP

• The opportunity to do truly meaningful work in a supportive constructive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

Additional Information

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