Platform Release Manager (Remote)

Capgemini Engineering; Portugal; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Referral program with bonuses

Great office locations

Work-life balance

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering, a world leader in engineering services, seeks a Platform Release Manager to lead the planning, governance, and delivery of releases across a complex technology landscape. You will coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure production-ready deployments with minimal risk.

Responsibilities include maintaining the integrated release calendar, managing scope, and driving readiness through development, testing, validation, and production approval stages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Release Management or related delivery leadership roles.
• Strong knowledge of project and program management, planning, risk and dependency management, and governance.
• Experience managing complex releases across multiple teams, apps, data platforms, and infrastructure.
• Experience with Agile, SAFe, and Release Train Engineering concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated release calendar for feature releases, maintenance releases, hotfixes, and rollout deployments.
• Coordinate dependencies across applications, data products, integrations, pipelines, and platform services.
• Manage release scope and ensure only approved changes are included.
• Oversee release readiness and progression through development, testing, validation, and production approval stages.
• Facilitate go/no-go decisions by consolidating testing results, readiness, approvals, and risk assessments.
• Lead deployment planning, execution coordination, rollback preparedness, and incident escalation as needed.
• Ensure release artifacts, versioning, and production deployments are traceable and governed.
• Coordinate multi-site rollouts and ensure consistent adoption of baselines.
• Communicate release status, risks, timelines, and post-release learnings to stakeholders.

Skills

Release Management

Project Management

SAFe

DevOps

CI/CD

Stakeholder Management

RTE/SAFe Release Train

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering/related field

Tools

Cognite

Snowflake

SnapLogic

HighByte

MQTT

UNS Architecture

Job description

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where can you make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

Your Role

We are seeking an experienced Platform Release Manager to lead the planning, coordination, governance, and delivery of releases across a complex technology landscape. You will serve as the central coordination point for cross-functional teams, ensuring that applications, data platforms, integrations, and infrastructure components are released in a controlled, compatible, and production-ready manner.

This role requires strong stakeholder management, release governance expertise, and a solid understanding of modern DevOps practices. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Testing, DevOps, Support, and Business teams to ensure successful deployments while minimizing risk and maintaining operational stability

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated release calendar for feature releases, maintenance releases, hotfixes, and deployment rollouts.
• Coordinate dependencies across applications, data products, integrations, pipelines, and platform services.
• Manage release scope, ensuring only approved and validated changes are included.
• Oversee release readiness activities and drive progression through development, testing, validation, and production approval stages.
• Facilitate go/no-go decisions by consolidating testing results, deployment readiness, business approvals, and risk assessments.
• Lead deployment planning, execution coordination, rollback preparedness, and incident escalation when required.
• Ensure release artifacts, versioning, and production deployments are fully traceable and governed.
• Coordinate multi-site rollouts and ensure consistent adoption of approved release baselines.
• Communicate release status, risks, timelines, deployment outcomes, and post-release learnings to stakeholders.

Your Profile

• 5+ years of experience in Release Management, Project Management, Program Management, Release Train Engineering, or a related delivery leadership role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of project and program management principles, including planning, risk management, stakeholder management, dependency management, and governance.
• Experience managing complex releases across multiple teams, applications, data platforms, integrations, and infrastructure environments.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies, with experience in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) highly preferred.
• Experience serving as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) or working closely within a SAFe Agile Release Train environment.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and CI/CD practices, including branching strategies, version control, release tagging, artifact management, and environment promotion.
• Experience with release planning, deployment governance, production readiness assessments, rollback strategies, and change management processes.
• Knowledge of software testing practices, including integration testing, regression testing, System Acceptance Testing (SAT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge readiness assessments and drive informed release decisions.
• Proven ability to manage risks, resolve cross-team dependencies, and coordinate successful production releases in complex enterprise environments.

Preferred Experience:

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Agilist, PMP, Prince2, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience working in regulated, highly governed, or business-critical environments.
• Familiarity with industrial data platforms and technologies such as Cognite, Snowflake, SnapLogic, HighByte, MQTT, and Unified Namespace (UNS) architectures.

What you'll love about working here

• Join a multicultural and inclusive team environment.
• Enjoy a supportive atmosphere promoting work-life balance.
• Your career growth is central to our mission. Our array of career growth programs and diverse professionals are crafted to support you in exploring a world of opportunities.
• Access valuable training and certifications in cutting-edge technologies.
• Engage in exciting national and international projects.
• Health and life insurance.
• Referral program with bonuses for talent recommendations.
• Great office locations.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology, and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations.