Release Manager — Fast Deployments & Cross-Team Ops

Apptad Inc; Michigan; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptad Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI is seeking a Release Manager to lead end-to-end release management across multiple environments.

The role requires coordinating large-scale, fast-paced releases with project, development, QA, infrastructure, operations, and SRE teams to ensure readiness, approvals, dependencies, risks, and rollback plans are in place. The ideal candidate will drive major and off-cadence deployments, manage release calendars, and oversee feature flag activations while ensuring

Qualifications

• Responsibilities require strong release planning and coordination skills.
• Experience with ITIL Release and Change Management processes is preferred.
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage Large scaled and Fast paced Releases.
• Manage the end-to-end Release Management lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, coordination, execution, and post-release reviews.
• Drive Major Releases, Planned Deployments, Off-Cadence Releases, and Emergency Changes across multiple applications and environments.
• Conduct Release Readiness Meetings with Project, Development, QA, Infrastructure, Operations, and SRE teams to validate readiness, approvals, dependencies, risks, and rollback plans before deployment.
• Facilitate Go/No-Go decisions and ensure all release entry and exit criteria are met.
• Review deployment plans, implementation procedures, communication plans, and rollback strategies prior to production releases.
• Lead release bridge calls and coordinate deployment activities, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution during implementation windows.
• Manage release calendars, deployment schedules, and cross-team dependencies to ensure successful and conflict-free releases.
• Oversee Launch-Darkly feature flag activations, validations, and rollback activities during production deployments.
• Ensure compliance with Change Management processes, CAB/ECAB approvals, blackout policies, and release governance standards.
• Track release progress, deployment risks, implementation issues, and post-release stability.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve conflicts, dependencies, and release-related risks.
• Maintain release documentation, runbooks, deployment procedures, implementation records, and release artifacts.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and release retrospectives to identify lessons learned and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare and present release metrics, dashboards, SLA reports, executive summaries, and management reports.
• Drive process improvements, standardization initiatives, and automation opportunities to enhance release efficiency and quality.
• Support audits, compliance requirements, and adherence to ITIL Release and Change Management best practices.
• Manage release activities during blackout periods and coordinate emergency deployment approvals when required.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes, application deployments, platform upgrades, service releases, and feature flag activations across multiple business domains and markets.

Job description

Apptad Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI is seeking a Release Manager to lead end-to-end release management across multiple environments.

The role requires coordinating large-scale, fast-paced releases with project, development, QA, infrastructure, operations, and SRE teams to ensure readiness, approvals, dependencies, risks, and rollback plans are in place. The ideal candidate will drive major and off-cadence deployments, manage release calendars, and oversee feature flag activations while ensuring