Release Delivery Lead – CI/CD & DevOps

ACCO Engineered Systems

Pasadena (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 200,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

ACCO Engineered Systems is seeking a Technology Delivery Manager in Pasadena, CA to lead release reliability, deployment execution, and operational alignment across software, DevOps, and governance teams. You will own release lifecycles, metrics, and health while optimizing developer experience and secure, low-risk production deployments.

You will coordinate end-to-end deployment cycles, enable quarterly roadmapping, and represent DevOps in PMO and portfolio discussions.

Qualifications

Strong operational understanding of CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
Experience coordinating delivery in Agile and scaled environments (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
Ability to manage dependencies, surface trade-offs early, and mitigate cross-team risks without direct reporting authority.
Outstanding communication skills with executive and business audiences.
Technical literacy to review scripts, build pipelines, and engage credibly with infrastructure and software engineers.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end software deployment cycles across environments, from release planning through execution and post-deployment validation.
Facilitate dependency mapping, quarterly road mapping, and release planning ceremonies across distributed engineering teams.
Represent DevOps engineering in portfolio, steering, and PMO meetings, aligning operational practices with organizational standards.
Collaborate with technology teams to align development practices with enterprise architecture and security standards.
Build and maintain the centralized release schedule, ensuring engineering teams and business stakeholders stay aligned on deployment timelines.
Facilitate release readiness reviews, CAB alignment, and go/no-go gates to ensure compliance and quality standards are satisfied.
Define rollback procedures, contingency plans, and coordinate cross-functional incident response during deployment anomalies.
Partner closely with DevOps Infrastructure engineers on CI/CD pipeline health, build automation, and environment readiness.
Track, report, and improve key operational metrics, including DORA signals (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, Time to Restore Service).
Identify delivery friction, eliminate operational bottlenecks, and champion Developer Experience improvements from commit to production.
Translate technical pipeline constraints, infrastructure readiness, and release data into portfolio-level reporting for executive stakeholders.