Release Manager (M/F/D)*

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

As a Software Release Manager, you will be responsible for the cross-functional planning, coordination, and on-time execution of our software releases. You will ensure that all required software components are delivered in full, properly integrated, and quality-assured.

You will coordinate different software teams and collaborate closely with Product Owners, project managers, quality management, operations teams, and external partners. In this role, you will make an important contribution to the successful delivery of our customer projects and the stability of our productive cloud solutions.

What you'll be handling:

• You define, coordinate, and maintain the overarching release calendar for our software products and platforms
• You plan release dates, milestones, scope, approvals, and required preparatory activities
• You coordinate multiple software teams and manage dependencies across products, teams, and suppliers
• You monitor release progress, track agreed actions, and ensure the on-time completion of all required software components
• You facilitate release planning, status, readiness, and decision-making meetings
• Together with the responsible teams, you define binding release criteria and checkpoints
• You ensure that the required integration, system, acceptance, and regression tests are planned and that their results are considered
• You prepare transparent go/no-go decisions and coordinate release approvals based on documented maturity levels and assessed risks
• You ensure that complete release documentation, including release notes and known limitations, is available on time
• You coordinate releases for customer projects and productive cloud solutions, taking maintenance windows, availability, rollback options, and operational impacts into accountYou act as the central point of contact for release status, schedules, dependencies, risks, and decisions
• You continuously improve the release management process and derive concrete improvement measures from release retrospectives

What you'll need:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in Software Release Management, Project Management, or Delivery Management
• Strong understanding of software development processes, release lifecycles, and agile methodologies
• 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 combined with a structured way of working
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills

What you'll receive:

• Participation in an agile development team, latitude, clear objectives and regular feedback
• Responsibility in a successful international company with a strong focus on culture and values
• Compensation model for business travel and recognition of travel time as working hours
• Working with high-quality IT equipment and the latest technologies
• Flexible working hours and a generous home office model
• A reliable and stable employer based on the philosophy "Focusing on People – Learning and Growing"
• Support in reconciling work and family life (flexible working hours, flex time, home office, company child care facility, etc.)

We offer an attractive and competitive salary, depending on your qualifications and professional experience. The minimum gross annual salary for this position, based on full-time employment and in accordance with the applicable collective agreement, is EUR 55,625. We are willing to offer a higher salary depending on your skills, experience, and qualifications.

*TGW is an employer that promotes equal opportunities. We invite everybody interested in this job to apply.