Senior Release Manager - Enterprise Deployments & CI/CD

Talentola; Berkeley Heights (NJ); In loco; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Talentola is seeking a senior Release Manager in Berkeley Heights, NJ, for a 5-days-onsite contract role. You will define release calendars, coordinate developers, QA, SREs, and product owners, and manage risks and change controls to ensure smooth deployments.

You will oversee blue-green/canary deployment strategies, maintain release notes, and keep stakeholders informed about downtimes and new capabilities. Emphasis on automating CI/CD and tracking DORA metrics.

Competenze

• 12+ years of IT experience with 5 years in a release manager role on enterprise applications.
• Define release calendars, timelines, and milestones for major updates, minor features, and hotfixes.
• Coordinate developers, QA testers, SREs, and product owners to align deployment dates.
• Identify deployment risks and create contingency and rollback plans; manage change requests.
• Verify code passes tests, security scans, and staging checks before rollout.
• Oversee live deployment using blue-green, canary, or feature flags.
• Maintain release notes and inform non-technical business units of downtime or new capabilities.
• Emphasize DevOps evolution: automate CI/CD, track DORA metrics, and remove bottlenecks.

Mansioni

• Lead release planning and scheduling across enterprise projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure readiness for deployment dates.
• Develop and execute risk mitigation, rollback, and change-management plans.
• Oversee deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, feature flags) and monitor post-launch stability.
• Communicate release status and downtime implications to stakeholders.

Conoscenze

Release planning

Cross-functional coordination

Risk management

Change management

QA gatekeeping

Deployment orchestration

Stakeholder communications

CI/CD automation

DORA metrics

Descrizione del lavoro

Talentola is seeking a senior Release Manager in Berkeley Heights, NJ, for a 5-days-onsite contract role. You will define release calendars, coordinate developers, QA, SREs, and product owners, and manage risks and change controls to ensure smooth deployments.

You will oversee blue-green/canary deployment strategies, maintain release notes, and keep stakeholders informed about downtimes and new capabilities. Emphasis on automating CI/CD and tracking DORA metrics.