Remote Release Manager: Orchestrate Smooth Deploys

Zaelab; Monterrey; Remote; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Fully remote teams

Parental leave

Training opportunities

Low bureaucracy culture

Job summary

Zaelab is seeking a Release Manager to own the software release process for a key client engagement. You will bring structure and visibility to how software moves into production, from planning through go‑live and stabilization, coordinating across engineering, QA, DevOps, and client teams.

You will drive readiness, plan cutovers, and ensure rollback readiness, while keeping stakeholders aligned and driving continuous improvements in release practices.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in release management or related roles.
• Hands-on experience managing production releases from planning to rollback.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, CI/CD, environments and branching/versioning.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, QA, DevOps, project teams, and clients/stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to create runbooks and executive summaries.
• Calm, structured decision-making during high‑pressure releases or production issues.
• Proficient with Jira, Confluence, release workflows, and delivery dashboards.
• Active use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) to improve workflows with good validation of outputs.

Responsibilities

• Own the release calendar and schedule across the engagement.
• Drive release readiness with entry/exit criteria and go/no-go decisions.
• Lead detailed cutover planning with owners, timing, dependencies and rehearsals.
• Ensure rollback plans are documented, tested, and owned.
• Manage release communications for technical teams, leadership and clients.
• Identify and mitigate risks early; surface blockers and propose options.
• Track release performance, lead retrospectives, and drive process improvements.
• Partner with DevOps on deployment automation and environment considerations.

Skills

Release management

Delivery management

Technical program management

Communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Release workflows

Delivery dashboards

Job description

Zaelab is seeking a Release Manager to own the software release process for a key client engagement. You will bring structure and visibility to how software moves into production, from planning through go‑live and stabilization, coordinating across engineering, QA, DevOps, and client teams.

You will drive readiness, plan cutovers, and ensure rollback readiness, while keeping stakeholders aligned and driving continuous improvements in release practices.