Release Management Lead - Software Delivery & Automation

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic is seeking an experienced Manager to lead our Release Management team in Wilmington, MA. You will guide end-to-end planning, governance, and delivery of software releases to deployment and operations teams.

You will drive the release strategy across the Symbotic ecosystem, ensure readiness with go/no-go assessments, coordinate cross-functional release content, and maintain automation and CI/CD pipelines to support fast-paced releases. Excellent communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in delivery management, release management, or release engineering.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading technical teams.
• Expert level proficiency with Jira, GitHub Actions/Jenkins, ArgoCD, and Confluence/SharePoint.
• Experience designing end-to-end release workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-stage release gating.
• Experience leading large-scale, complex software releases in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive the software Release strategy across the Symbotic ecosystem aligning business milestones with engineering roadmaps and customer deployment schedules.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for Release readiness, delivering go/no-go assessments and post-release reviews.
• Coordinate the content for designated Releases, partnering with Systems Engineering, Development and Quality teams to ensure on-time deliverables.
• Communicate all key project plans, risks, commitments, and changes to the release vehicles, including requirements, QA plans, schedules, and scope changes.
• Drive the strategy and delivery of automated release notifications and release notes tailored for internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Partner with Release Engineers to oversee branch impact, code merge timing, and build validation.
• Establish operational best practices and a culture of continuous improvements.
• Lead the Change Advisory Board (CAB) process, to control and minimize risk of changes to our customers.
• Map and maintain cross-system software dependencies and deployment procedures across all components of the Symbotic ecosystem, advocating for automation in all release workflows.
• Act as the core liaison connecting Release Management, Engineering teams, and the Customer.

Skills

Leadership

Release management

CI/CD design

DevOps collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Jenkins

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Symbotic is seeking an experienced Manager to lead our Release Management team in Wilmington, MA. You will guide end-to-end planning, governance, and delivery of software releases to deployment and operations teams.

You will drive the release strategy across the Symbotic ecosystem, ensure readiness with go/no-go assessments, coordinate cross-functional release content, and maintain automation and CI/CD pipelines to support fast-paced releases. Excellent communication and leadership are essential.