Release Manager – Software Deployment Coordination
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The Elite Job is seeking a highly organized Release Manager – Software Deployment Coordination to oversee planning, coordination, scheduling, and execution of software releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments. You will coordinate with developers, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to ensure secure, timely deployments.
Ideal candidates will understand SDLC, CI/CD, change management, and incident response.
Qualificações
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
- Certifications in PM, DevOps, cloud or IT service management are a plus.
- Experience coordinating software releases across multiple teams.
Responsabilidades
- Develop, maintain release plans and calendars.
- Coordinate releases across apps, platforms, environments and teams.
- Verify release packages, database migrations and runbooks.
- Ensure approval workflows and documentation are in place.
- Monitor progress and communicate status to stakeholders.
- Plan rollback and contingency procedures for incidents.
- Lead post‑deployment reviews and continuous improvement.
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The Elite Job is seeking a highly organized, technically proficient, and detail-oriented Release Manager – Software Deployment Coordination to oversee the planning, coordination, scheduling, and execution of software releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments. This role is essential to ensuring that software updates, application enhancements, infrastructure changes, and system upgrades are delivered efficiently, securely, and with minimal disruption to business operations.
The successful candidate will serve as the central point of coordination between software development teams, quality assurance (QA) professionals, DevOps engineers, infrastructure specialists, cybersecurity teams, product managers, and business stakeholders. The Release Manager will establish release schedules, maintain deployment calendars, assess release readiness, manage dependencies, identify potential risks, and ensure that all required approvals and documentation are completed before production deployment.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC), release management processes, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), change management, and incident response procedures. They should be comfortable coordinating multiple releases simultaneously, communicating technical information to different audiences, and making informed decisions when deployment risks or unexpected issues arise.
This position offers an opportunity to contribute to software delivery excellence, improve deployment reliability, strengthen collaboration across technical teams, and support the continuous improvement of release management practices.
Develop, maintain, and communicate comprehensive release plans, deployment calendars, and implementation schedules.
Coordinate software releases across multiple applications, platforms, environments, and development teams.
Establish release milestones, timelines, dependencies, resource requirements, and delivery expectations.
Organize release planning meetings and ensure all participating teams understand their responsibilities and deadlines.
Align deployment activities with business priorities, operational requirements, maintenance windows, and customer commitments.
Coordinate emergency releases, hotfixes, security patches, and urgent production updates when necessary.
Manage the end-to-end release process from initial planning and development readiness through testing, deployment, and post-release verification.
Coordinate with developers, QA engineers, DevOps teams, and infrastructure specialists to ensure deployment prerequisites are satisfied.
Verify that release packages, configuration changes, database migrations, and supporting documentation are prepared before deployment.
Ensure that appropriate deployment procedures, checklists, approval workflows, and validation steps are followed.
Monitor deployment progress and facilitate communication between teams during release windows.
Coordinate rollback plans and recovery procedures to minimize service disruption if a release fails.
Confirm that production deployments are completed successfully and that required stakeholders receive timely status updates.
Establish and maintain release readiness criteria, including testing completion, defect resolution, security validation, and stakeholder approval.
Work closely with QA teams to confirm that functional, regression, integration, and performance testing requirements have been addressed.
Ensure that critical defects and unresolved risks are reviewed before release approval.
Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and verify that business stakeholders have approved applicable changes.
Review release notes, implementation instructions, operational runbooks, and support documentation.
Promote quality gates and standardized release controls to reduce deployment failures and production incidents.
Identify, assess, document, and communicate risks associated with planned releases.
Coordinate dependencies between applications, APIs, databases, infrastructure components, and third-party services.
Work with change management teams to ensure releases comply with organizational policies and approval requirements.
Facilitate change advisory board (CAB) reviews where applicable.
Ensure that high-risk changes receive appropriate technical assessments, approvals, and contingency planning.
Track release blockers and coordinate timely resolution with the relevant teams.
Maintain clear records of release decisions, exceptions, approvals, and implementation outcomes.
Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to improve automated build, test, deployment, and release workflows.
Support the adoption and optimization of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation practices.
Identify opportunities to reduce manual deployment activities and improve release consistency.
Coordinate releases involving cloud platforms, containerized applications, microservices, and distributed systems.
Monitor pipeline execution and help teams investigate deployment failures, configuration issues, and environment inconsistencies.
Encourage repeatable, standardized, and auditable deployment practices across development teams.
Act as the primary coordination point for release-related communications.
Provide regular updates on release schedules, readiness status, deployment progress, risks, and potential delays.
Coordinate meetings involving engineering, product management, QA, infrastructure, security, operations, and business teams.
Escalate significant deployment risks, unresolved blockers, and production incidents to appropriate leadership.
Prepare release summaries and communicate the business impact of changes in clear, accessible language.
Ensure relevant support teams receive advance notice of releases that may affect customers or internal users.
Coordinate post-release validation, smoke testing, production monitoring, and operational handover.
Track deployment success rates, release frequency, change failure rates, and recovery times.
Organize post-implementation reviews for significant releases, failed deployments, and recurring release issues.
Document lessons learned and recommend improvements to release processes and deployment controls.
Maintain an up-to-date repository of release records, deployment procedures, and lessons learned.
Collaborate with engineering leadership to improve delivery predictability, operational stability, and release performance.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
Equivalent professional experience and relevant technical certifications may be considered.
Additional qualifications in project management, DevOps, cloud computing, IT service management, or Agile delivery are advantageous.
Strong understanding of software development life cycles, release management, and deployment methodologies.
Familiarity with CI/CD tools and workflows, including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
Working knowledge of version control systems such as Git and release branching strategies.
Understanding of software testing processes, including functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
Familiarity with application deployment across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Awareness of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Understanding of application configuration management, database changes, infrastructure dependencies, and environment management.
Familiarity with monitoring, logging, incident management, and rollback procedures.
Experience using project and release tracking platforms such as Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, or similar tools.
Strong project coordination, planning, and organizational abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple releases, competing priorities, and tight deadlines.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Effective collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to identify risks, evaluate alternatives, and escalate issues appropriately.
Commitment to quality, security, documentation, and operational reliability.
A proactive approach to process improvement and cross-functional teamwork.
Typically, 3–7 years of experience in release management, software deployment coordination, DevOps, software delivery, QA coordination, or IT project management.
Demonstrated experience coordinating software releases across multiple teams or applications.
Practical understanding of release planning, deployment scheduling, change approvals, and production implementation procedures.
Experience working with development, testing, infrastructure, and operations teams in an Agile or hybrid delivery environment.
Familiarity with incident management, rollback planning, deployment troubleshooting, and post-release validation.
Experience with automated deployment pipelines, cloud environments, and release tracking tools is highly desirable.
Previous responsibility for coordinating critical releases, managing dependencies, or improving deployment processes will be an advantage.
Candidates with strong technical fundamentals, relevant project coordination experience, and a demonstrated ability to manage software delivery activities may also be considered for suitable opportunities.
Standard Schedule: Typically 40 hours per week, subject to company policy and employment arrangements.
Working Days: Generally Monday to Friday.
Flexible Working: Remote or hybrid arrangements may be available depending on the role, client requirements, and team structure.
Release Windows: Occasional evening, weekend, or public holiday work may be necessary for production deployments, maintenance windows, or urgent releases.
On‑Call Support: Participation in scheduled release support or escalation rotations may be required for critical systems.
Time Zone Coordination: Flexibility may be needed when working with international teams or distributed development groups.
Working schedules and any additional compensation or time‑off arrangements for out‑of‑hours deployment activities will be determined by the applicable employment terms and company policies.
Comprehensive understanding of software release life cycles and deployment governance.
Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and other software delivery methodologies.
Understanding of change management, release approvals, risk assessment, and configuration control.
Awareness of IT service management principles and incident, problem, and change management practices.
Familiarity with security controls, compliance requirements, access management, and audit documentation.
Understanding of application architecture, system integrations, and deployment dependencies.
Ability to create and maintain detailed release schedules and implementation plans.
Strong coordination skills for managing multiple technical teams and interdependent activities.
Proficiency in release documentation, status reporting, and stakeholder communication.
Ability to use project management, issue tracking, version control, and CI/CD tools effectively.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical thinking, and decision‑making skills.
Ability to organize release readiness reviews and facilitate productive technical meetings.
Effective time management and prioritization skills.
Ability to remain calm and focused during critical production deployments.
Ability to recognize potential release risks and coordinate timely mitigation.
Ability to translate technical deployment issues into clear business updates.
Ability to work independently while maintaining strong collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
Ability to adapt to changing requirements, urgent priorities, and evolving technology environments.
Ability to maintain accurate documentation and ensure adherence to established release procedures.
Ability to promote accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement throughout the software delivery process.
Eligible employees may receive benefits and development opportunities according to the applicable employment agreement, company policy, and work location.
Potential benefits include:
- Competitive salary based on experience, technical knowledge, and role responsibilities.
- Opportunities for remote or hybrid working, where available.
- Flexible scheduling arrangements around agreed release and operational requirements.
- Paid annual leave and applicable public holidays.
- Health insurance or other employee welfare benefits, where offered.
- Professional development through technical training, workshops, and industry‑recognized certifications.
- Opportunities to expand knowledge of DevOps, cloud infrastructure, automation, and software delivery practices.
- Exposure to cross‑functional projects and enterprise‑level technology environments.
- Career development opportunities in release management, DevOps leadership, technical program management, and IT service delivery.
- A collaborative working environment that encourages knowledge sharing and process improvement.
- Specific benefits, eligibility requirements, and compensation details will be confirmed during the recruitment process.
Joining The Elite Job offers an opportunity to pursue a career in software delivery coordination and contribute to the reliable release of modern digital applications. This role is suited to professionals who enjoy bringing technical teams together, organizing complex activities, resolving delivery challenges, and improving how software reaches production.
As a Release Manager, you will have the opportunity to:
- Make a Measurable Impact: Help improve software release reliability, deployment quality, and delivery predictability.
- Work Across Technical Teams: Collaborate with developers, QA professionals, DevOps engineers, product owners, and IT operations specialists.
- Strengthen Technical Expertise: Develop practical knowledge of deployment automation, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and release governance.
- Improve Delivery Processes: Contribute ideas that reduce manual effort, prevent recurring failures, and streamline release workflows.
- Develop Leadership Skills: Build experience in stakeholder coordination, risk management, decision‑making, and cross‑functional delivery.
- Explore Career Growth: Prepare for future opportunities such as Senior Release Manager, DevOps Delivery Lead, Release Train Engineer, Technical Program Manager, or IT Delivery Manager.
- Contribute to Operational Excellence: Help ensure that software changes are introduced in a controlled, secure, and dependable manner.
The Elite Job welcomes professionals who demonstrate accountability, attention to detail, a commitment to continuous learning, and a strong interest in improving software delivery practices.
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