Senior Release Manager (Remote)

Serigor Inc.; Baton Rouge (LA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Serigor Inc. is seeking a Senior Release Manager to orchestrate release calendars and coordinate across multiple projects. This role will drive release readiness, manage dependencies, and lead governance meetings to ensure successful deployments.

You will work with development, QA, and UAT teams across dev, test, staging, and production environments, maintaining comprehensive release documentation and monitoring post-go-live issues.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years in release management or related delivery role.
• Bachelor's degree is required.
• ITIL certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage the release calendar and coordinate release schedules across concurrent projects.
• Define and enforce release management processes, including readiness criteria, approval gates, and rollback plans.
• Partner with development, QA, and UAT teams to confirm release scope, sequencing, and dependencies.
• Lead release planning and go/no-go meetings, ensuring risks and open items are visible to stakeholders before deployment.
• Coordinate deployment activities across environments (dev, test, staging, production) with technical teams.
• Maintain release documentation, including release notes, change logs, and post-release reports.
• Identify and mitigate release risks, escalating issues that could affect timeline or client commitments.
• Support post-release monitoring and coordinate quick resolution of issues after go-live.
• Continuously refine release management practices and templates to improve consistency across engagements.

Skills

Release management

Deployment coordination

Stakeholder management

SDLC knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

ITIL certification

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Title: Senior Release Manager (Remote)

Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Duration: up to 3 Years

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

• Create and manage the release calendar and coordinate release schedules across concurrent projects
• Define and enforce release management processes, including release readiness criteria, approval gates, and rollback plans
• Partner with development, QA, and UAT teams to confirm release scope, sequencing, and dependencies
• Lead release planning and go/no-go meetings, ensuring risks and open items are visible to stakeholders before deployment
• Coordinate deployment activities across environments (dev, test, staging, production) with technical teams
• Maintain release documentation, including release notes, change logs, and post-release reports
• Identify and mitigate release risks, escalating issues that could affect timeline or client commitments
• Support post-release monitoring and coordinate quick resolution of any issues that surface after go-live
• Continuously refine release management practices and templates to improve consistency across engagements.

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

• 4+ years of experience in release management, deployment coordination, or a related delivery role within software implementation or technology consulting environments
• Bachelor's degree
• ITIL certification

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:

• Proven understanding of SDLC, environment management, and Change control processes
• Experience with release or work-tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar tools
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate across technical and business teams under time pressure
• Experience managing multiple release schedules simultaneously in a fast-paced setting
• Experience working with federal or state government agencies.