Release Manager

Shell Recharge Solutions; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Performance and rewards bonus program

Generous holiday package

Performance bonus

Competitive benefits

Job summary

A leading electric mobility firm is looking for a Release Manager in Bengaluru to oversee production releases. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams to manage release schedules, ensure timely delivery of applications and services, and lead post-deployment reviews. Ideal candidates will possess strong documentation skills, a background in release management, and an understanding of agile methodologies. Flexible work arrangements and a competitive benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in release management and planning release windows.
• Strong grasp of technology alongside leadership and project management skills.
• Proficient in creating clear documentation and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, plan, and manage release activities.
• Document challenges in the release process.
• Lead release readiness review meetings.
• Publish release notes and produce trend analysis reports with key metrics.
• Lead release readiness reviews with senior leadership and drive Go/No-Go decisions.
• Coordinate work between global teams across time zones.

Skills

Release management

Technical project management

Documentation skills

Leadership skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Agile methodologies

CI/CD pipelines

CI/CD tools

Job description

Overview

Shell Recharge Solutions is a leader in delivering the new electric mobility future through innovative software, infrastructure, and professional services that empower utilities, cities, fleets, transit agencies, and automakers to deploy EV charging infrastructure at scale. Our technology is connecting EV infrastructure solutions with public and private charging needs in a safer, cleaner, and smarter way. Headquartered in Offshore India the company’s global footprint spans across three continents with deployments in 13 different countries.

At Shell Recharge Solutions, we are looking for candidates who want to be a part of something bigger than themselves – passionate, purpose-driven individuals who believe having a career means making a meaningful impact on our business and the world. We believe in creating and doing ‘the right thing’ through responsible and sustainable EV deployment. We are looking for the innovative, driven to find a solution in a complex and dynamically evolving marketplace and look at “no” as just a challenge to find the next “yes”.

Shell Recharge Solutions is seeking a Release Manager!

Shell Recharge Solutions is looking for a Release Manager to join our team and oversee production releases to ensure applications and services are delivered on time, and that they exceed expectations. This includes a deep understanding of our business needs and priorities, and under what circumstances those priorities can change. Works with business leaders, product owners, IT project teams, and operations to ensure every release contains the correct features. This also includes post deployment activities such as owning deployment reviews and leading RCA and retrospective discussions (internal and external). Candidates must be passionate about documentation and reporting. While this is not an engineering role, candidates should have a strong grasp and understanding of technology related to agile and CI/CD pipelines. This position will be part of a great team that is developing exciting products and solutions and playing a key part in driving forward the electrification of transportation.

What you’ll do

• Negotiate, plan, schedule and manage all release activities and coordinate release content and effort based on the enterprise roadmap.
• Create, manage and publish an enterprise release schedule for our product portfolios ensuring clear communication and alignment across partners and vendors.
• Proactively manage risks, socialize and resolve issues that may impact release scope, schedule and quality.
• Publish and maintain release notes and create trend analysis reports that provide a scorecard and key metrics about our deployments.
• Lead release readiness review meetings with Sr. leadership resulting in Go/No-Go decisions
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between global teams and various time zones
• Document challenges and continually work towards making improvements in the release process
• Participate and possibly lead CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks

What We’re Looking For

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4+ years release management and/or technical project
• 4+ years experience with planning release windows and the overall release lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications

• Must be excellent at creating clear documentation
• Be passionate about metrics, data, and reports
• Must be very comfortable using technology basic familiarity with common build, and deployment tools and methodologies
• Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills with a firm sense of accountability, ownership of the SDLC, and exceptional project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.
• A work environment that allows you to work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in this emerging industry
• The ability to make a difference in a world that needs our technology to help reduce carbon emissions and enable a more sustainable energy future through the use of electric-vehicle charging software, services and infrastructure
• The freedom to learn, suggest, and implement innovative new ideas, e.g. systems, processes, programs and technologies
• Daily ownership of your role in a challenging, high-growth environment

What We Offer

• A work environment that allows you to work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in this emerging industry
• The ability to make a difference in a world that needs our technology to help reduce carbon emissions and enable a more sustainable energy future through the use of electric vehicle charging software, services and infrastructure
• The freedom to learn, suggest, and implement innovative new ideas applied to our systems, processes, programs and technologies
• Daily ownership of your role in a challenging, high-growth environment
• A casual work environment and culture that support work life ‘fit’, enabling you to fit life into your work and work into your life, i.e. flexible scheduling, virtualization options, and a generous holiday package
• Competitive pay and benefits programs designed to enable you to thrive inside and outside of work
• Participation in Shell Recharge Solutions’ performance and rewards bonus program