Release Management Lead: AI-Enabled Delivery & Impact

Dayforce; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dayforce is seeking a Manager of Release Management to lead a team responsible for delivering reliable software releases across products and services. The role emphasizes ownership, governance, and collaboration with Product Management, Cloud Infrastructure, and Operations to ensure predictable release outcomes.

The ideal candidate will drive automation, DevOps, and AI-enabled practices to improve release quality, readiness, and efficiency, while managing risk and stakeholder communications

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing release management teams across monolithic and microservices deployments.
• Experience establishing clear operating practices and success metrics for release functions.
• Experience overseeing release planning, scheduling, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing release management team.
• Define and improve release-readiness criteria and governance.
• Oversee release planning, scheduling, and cross-product coordination.
• Ensure accurate release documentation, risk tracking, and audit trails.
• Drive automation, DevOps, and AI-enabled practices to improve quality and efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI to planning, risk, and reporting.

Skills

Release management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

DevOps

AI-enabled practices

Job description

Dayforce is seeking a Manager of Release Management to lead a team responsible for delivering reliable software releases across products and services. The role emphasizes ownership, governance, and collaboration with Product Management, Cloud Infrastructure, and Operations to ensure predictable release outcomes.

The ideal candidate will drive automation, DevOps, and AI-enabled practices to improve release quality, readiness, and efficiency, while managing risk and stakeholder communications