Release Manager: Cloud Releases Flexible Hours Home Office

TGW Logistics; Wels; Remote; EUR 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Home office model

Travel compensation

Job summary

TGW Logistics seeks a Software Release Manager to drive cross-functional planning, coordination, and on-time delivery of software releases. You will align product owners, project managers, QA, and operations to ensure complete, quality-assured components for customer projects and cloud solutions.

You will own the release calendar, plan milestones, manage dependencies, and lead go/no-go decisions. The role emphasizes process improvement, documentation, and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable qualification.
• Several years of experience in Software Release Management, Project Management, or Delivery Management.
• Strong understanding of software development processes and release lifecycles.
• Experience coordinating multiple teams and managing dependencies and stakeholders.
• Understanding of CI/CD processes, version control, and modern software architectures.
• Strong organizational, communication, and facilitation skills with a structured working style.
• Excellent German and English written and spoken skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, coordinate, and maintain the release calendar for software products and platforms.
• Plan release dates, milestones, scope, approvals, and preparatory activities.
• Coordinate multiple software teams and manage dependencies across products, teams, and suppliers.
• Monitor release progress and ensure on-time completion of all components.
• Facilitate release planning, status, readiness, and decision meetings.
• Define binding release criteria and checkpoints with responsible teams.
• Ensure integration, system, acceptance, and regression tests are planned and considered.
• Prepare go/no-go decisions and coordinate release approvals based on maturity and risk.
• Ensure complete release documentation, including notes and known limitations, on time.
• Coordinate releases for customer projects and cloud solutions with maintenance windows and operational impacts in mind.
• Act as central contact for release status, schedules, risks, and decisions.
• Continuously improve the release management process with retrospectives and actionable measures.

Skills

Software Release Management

Project Management

Agile methodologies

CI/CD

Stakeholder coordination

German & English

Education

Bachelor degree in CS/Software Eng

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Version control

Job description

TGW Logistics seeks a Software Release Manager to drive cross-functional planning, coordination, and on-time delivery of software releases. You will align product owners, project managers, QA, and operations to ensure complete, quality-assured components for customer projects and cloud solutions.

You will own the release calendar, plan milestones, manage dependencies, and lead go/no-go decisions. The role emphasizes process improvement, documentation, and stakeholder communication.