Senior Release Orchestrator, Global Deployments

FocusKPI, Inc.; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

FocusKPI, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Release Manager for a Mountain View, CA onsite contract role. You will guide release orchestration across multi-region projects, collaborate with engineering, PMs, and DevOps, and optimize release processes from development through production.

The role demands extensive experience with agile/hybrid methodologies, strong data-driven decision making, and hands-on scripting to automate releases and improve tooling. 12-month contract, onsite five days a week.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience working closely with engineering teams.
• 10+ years release management experience and/or software release/configuration management
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Master’s degree in a related Engineering discipline; MBA a plus
• Senior release manager with demonstrable depth in release orchestration across multi-region
• Data-driven decision-making with go/no-go signals and accountability
• Hands-on technical ability including log-based triage and automation scripting
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, GitHub/GitHub Actions

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with PMs, development teams, and system admins through SDLC phases
• Configure and release software updates to QA and production environments
• Provide ongoing project feedback to change management
• Recommend process improvements for releasing tools and processes
• Develop reporting tools and metrics for release conformance
• Lead collaborative efforts to establish release standards and controls
• Define project management for professional services rendered
• Identify new tools and technologies for release streams and builds
• Enhance Configuration Management for reliability and cost efficiency
• Manage releases across test, production, and other environments
• Monitor release schedule and milestones across programs
• Report release dependencies across projects and programs
• Support cross-program planning to resolve conflicts and dependencies
• Lead impact evaluation of date changes and communicate outcomes
• Oversee global release activities spanning multiple projects and time zones

Skills

10+ years experience

Release management

Orchestration depth

Team collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Scripting & automation

Agile & hybrid

Global coordination

Program management

PMP Certification

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS

Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub Actions

Job description

FocusKPI, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Release Manager for a Mountain View, CA onsite contract role. You will guide release orchestration across multi-region projects, collaborate with engineering, PMs, and DevOps, and optimize release processes from development through production.

The role demands extensive experience with agile/hybrid methodologies, strong data-driven decision making, and hands-on scripting to automate releases and improve tooling. 12-month contract, onsite five days a week.