Senior Release Manager: Data-Driven Leader (Cloud & On-Prem)

Toyota Automated Logistics; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with company 
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Vacation / Holiday Pay

Paid Volunteer time off

Tuition Reimbursement

Professional Associations, Conferences

Company Meetings & Events

Job summary

Toyota Automated Logistics is seeking a Manager, Release Management in the United States. This senior role will learn by observing current release practices, then progress to lead a team of release specialists.

You will ensure decisions are grounded in data and readiness signals to reduce surprises and risk, partnering across DevOps, Observability, SecOps, and FinOps. The role emphasizes governance, transparency, and consistent release cadences while preparing teams for scale and leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Experience leading or coordinating software releases in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycles for both on-prem and cloud systems.
• Experience supporting release decisions using objective data.
• Comfort working across engineering, operations, delivery, and product teams.
• Ability to surface and communicate risk clearly and early.
• Experience improving processes through observation, learning, and incremental change.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills at technical and leadership levels.
• Must be eligible to work in the USA long term without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Observe, understand, and support existing release processes across on-prem and cloud products.
• Improve release predictability by identifying systemic risks, gaps, and recurring failure modes.
• Partner with SEE to define objective release readiness and lifecycle gates.
• Support deployment teams with data, dashboards, and evidence for decisions.
• Serve as a trusted escalation point for release readiness and risk discussions.
• Establish consistent release practices, cadence, and expectations across products.
• Balance customer commitments with technical readiness and operational risk.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews and post-release learning loops.
• Improve transparency into release status and outcomes across teams.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Observability, SecOps, and FinOps to meet quality and cost goals.
• Reduce reliance on heroics by strengthening upstream readiness.
• Over time, provide people leadership for Release Management contributors.

Skills

Release management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

DevOps

CI/CD

Observability

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Data-driven decisions

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

DevOps tools

Job description

Toyota Automated Logistics is seeking a Manager, Release Management in the United States. This senior role will learn by observing current release practices, then progress to lead a team of release specialists.

You will ensure decisions are grounded in data and readiness signals to reduce surprises and risk, partnering across DevOps, Observability, SecOps, and FinOps. The role emphasizes governance, transparency, and consistent release cadences while preparing teams for scale and leadership