Release Manager

Rumos Sa; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certified training plan

Equity and diversity

Job summary

Rumos Lisbon seeks an experienced Release Manager for a hybrid workplace to oversee Jira ticket planning, Git branching, and deployment readiness. You will coordinate weekly release alignment, document deployment steps, and act as the main liaison with external teams on release status and requirements.

Ideal candidates have a 9+ year track record in similar roles, strong English, and a meticulous, deadline‑driven approach to production deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, CS, Mathematics, or a similar field.
• Minimum of 9 years of professional experience in similar roles.
• Advanced experience with Git, including architecture and branching strategies.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex merge conflicts under deadlines.
• Experience managing multiple complex workflows with release status visibility.
• Proven quick, analytical decision‑making in high‑risk production deployments.
• Fluency in English and excellent communication skills.
• Strong teamwork, organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise planning of Jira tickets and ensure adherence to release protocols.
• Manage Git branch merges and package compilation for deployments.
• Schedule, coordinate, and lead weekly release alignment meetings.
• Compile final delivery manifests and document deployment steps.
• Manage urgent delivery situations and make decisions to postpone or cancel releases when needed.
• Act as primary liaison with external teams regarding release status and specifications.

Skills

Git

Jira

Release planning

Dependency management

Strategic decision making

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Deadline driven

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a similar field

Tools

Git architecture

Branching strategies

Git repository management

CI/CD tooling

Jira usage

Job description

Workplace: Lisbon (Hybrid)

Responsibilities:

• Supervise the planning of Jira tickets and ensure strict adherence to established release protocols;
• Manage Git branch merges and package compilation, ensuring conflict-free deployments;
• Schedule, coordinate, and lead critical weekly release alignment meetings;
• Compile final delivery manifests and document the precise operational steps required for production deployment;
• Manage urgent delivery situations, including the unilateral decision to postpone or cancel releases when system stability is compromised;
• Act as the primary liaison and technical point of contact with external teams regarding release status and specifications.

Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a similar field;
• Minimum of 9 years of professional experience in similar roles;
• Advanced experience with Git, with comprehensive and expert-level knowledge of Git architecture, branching strategies, and repository management;
• Ability to rapidly diagnose and resolve complex merge conflicts, while respecting defined deadlines;
• Experience managing multiple complex workflows while maintaining a comprehensive overview of the overall release status;
• Proven experience in making swift and analytical decisions in high-responsibility and high-impact situations;
• Meticulous approach to task execution, recognizing the high-risk nature of production deployments;
• Fluency in English;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Strong communication and teamwork skills;
• Good organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Work with us:

• With more than 30 years of experience, Rumos has a team of professionals specialized in IT;
• At Rumos, consultants integrate highly challenging projects, based on the latest technology and in the most diverse sectors of activity;
• Rumos consultants have access to a certified training plan, which offers a constant update of technical skills;
• Rumos, as an employer, has job opportunities based on equity, integrity and diversity. Based on these values, we work so that no person is discriminated against on the basis of age, degree of disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, beliefs or sexual orientation. We believe in everyone's abilities, because we have in our DNA team spirit and mutual help, empathy and respect.