Senior Release Manager – Software Delivery Leader

Symbotic LLC; Wilmington (MA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic seeks an experienced Manager to lead Release Management, guiding a high-performing team responsible for end-to-end planning, governance, and delivery of software releases to deployment and operations teams.

The role requires leadership, CI/CD expertise, and a proven ability to coordinate across Systems Engineering, Development and QA to ensure on-time, quality releases in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in delivery management/release management/release engineering.
• 3+ years engineering management leading technical teams.
• Expert with Jira, GitHub Actions/Jenkins, ArgoCD, Confluence/SharePoint.
• Experience designing end-to-end release workflows, CI/CD pipelines and multi-stage gating.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale software releases in fast-paced environments.
• Ability to collaborate with DevOps to optimize release lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Drive release strategy across Symbotic ecosystem, aligning milestones with engineering roadmaps and customer deployment schedules.
• Be primary accountability for release readiness with go/no-go assessments and post-release reviews.
• Coordinate release content with Systems Eng, Development and Quality teams for on-time deliverables.
• Communicate project plans, risks, commitments, and changes to release vehicles (requirements, QA plans, schedules, scope).
• Lead automated release notifications and release notes for internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Release Engineers to manage branch impact, code merge timing, and build validation.
• Establish best practices and a culture of continuous improvement in release management.
• Lead the CAB process to minimize change risk to customers.
• Map and maintain cross-system dependencies and deployment procedures; advocate automation.
• Serve as core liaison between Release Management, Engineering, and Customers.

Skills

Release management

Leadership

CI/CD

Jira

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Cloud

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Symbotic seeks an experienced Manager to lead Release Management, guiding a high-performing team responsible for end-to-end planning, governance, and delivery of software releases to deployment and operations teams.

The role requires leadership, CI/CD expertise, and a proven ability to coordinate across Systems Engineering, Development and QA to ensure on-time, quality releases in a fast-paced environment.