DevSecOps Release Manager ( Saudi national only )

• Maintain and coordinate the end-to-end release calendar release scope dependencies priorities and readiness tracking.
• Coordinate release activities across Product Development QA Security DevOps Operations and Support teams.
• Prepare and maintain release evidence packs including test evidence security scan results operational readiness approval status known risks dependencies and rollback plans.
• Track completion of quality security artifact and operational readiness gates before production release.
• Monitor exceptions risks open issues and go/no-go readiness status.
• Track release quality checks such as code review regression testing UI checks security scans dependency checks and operational readiness.
• Coordinate rollback and recovery preparation with relevant technical teams.
• Maintain the release dashboard and gap register.
• Track release KPIs such as deployment frequency lead time hotfix frequency bug escape rate MTTR and gate compliance.
• Support continuous improvement in release predictability quality security and operational readiness.

• 35 years of experience in release management DevOps coordination DevSecOps technical delivery management quality assurance or platform operations.
• Experience supporting or coordinating production releases for digital platforms.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including Product Engineering QA Security DevOps Operations and Support.
• Practical understanding of CI/CD pipelines release gates deployment approvals environment promotion and rollback planning.
• Familiarity with release governance change control evidence-based approvals and production readiness.
• Basic to practical understanding of DevSecOps practices such as SAST DAST dependency checks QA activities monitoring and operational readiness.
• Experience with agile delivery Jira GitLab dashboards release calendars and risk/dependency tracking.

Required Skills

• Strong coordination collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus.
• Ability to work under pressure during production releases and incidents.
• Strong documentation and reporting discipline.
• Ability to balance delivery speed with production safety.
• Ownership mindset and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to identify incomplete readiness highlight rollback gaps and escalate risks clearly.

Success Measures

• Improved release predictability and readiness.
• Reduction in production surprises and emergency fixes.
• Clear visibility of release decisions risks and escalations.
• Increased gate compliance across quality security and operations.
• Improved visibility through release dashboards and evidence packs.
• Reduced hotfix frequency and bug escape rate.
• Improved rollback and recovery readiness.