Software Release Manager

OSI Engineering; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

OSI Engineering is seeking a Release Manager in Mountain View, CA, to align component projects of software releases with customer needs and delivery timelines.

You will collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and project management to release updates to QA and Production, ensure quality, and optimize release processes for global device targets. This 12-month contract onsite, with extension, requires 10+ years in release management and strong program management skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience working closely with engineering teams.
• 10+ years of release management experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Program management with accountability for quality and release.
• Experience with Agile or hybrid methodologies and CI.
• PMP Certification.
• MS in related Engineering discipline; MBA a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate development, evaluation, testing and launch phases.
• Configure and release software updates to QA and Production.
• Monitor release milestones and dependencies across programs.
• Lead release governance and cross-project planning.
• Identify tools and processes to improve releases.
• Support global Bixby releases across device targets.

Skills

Release management

Project management

Agile & Hybrid methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

CI/CD experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

PMP Certification

MS in related Engineering discipline; MBA a plus

Job description

A global consumer device company headquartered in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Release Manager to join their team. This role will ensure that the various component projects of a particular software release meet customer needs and are brought together and released on time with high quality, and the overall release reflects the best choices amount scope, costs, and time for the company.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform with project managers, development teams and system administrators for development, evaluation, test and launch phases of software development life cycle.
• Configure and release software application updates to QA along with Production environments.
• Collect and provide ongoing project feedback to change management organization.
• Recommend process improvements alternative to roll out tools and processes.
• Develop apt reporting tools and information depository to measure conformance to entire processes and utilization of tools through monthly metrics.
• Head and direct collaborative efforts of release and developed management standards.
• Define, rollout and on-going project management for professional provided services.
• Identify new tools and technologies to develop release streams and builds.
• Assist Configuration Management processes to be more reliable, efficient and cost effective.
• Perform routine project activities required to manage release by test production and environments.
• Manage and comply release schedule and main release milestones throughout programs.
• Search and report product release dependencies throughout projects.
• Help cross-program planning to oversee dependencies and solve conflicts.
• Lead impact evaluation on basis of project date changes and convey results.
• Conduct and influence actively program development, management, testing along with operations on release and development processes. Responsible for leading all release-related matters which span across multiple projects while handling changing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Support global Bixby releases for all device targets and locales working with DevOps and global release management team
• Build and track processes to ensure releases are efficient and effective in accordance to development schedule

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience working closely with engineering teams
• 10+ years of release management experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
• Program management background with accountability for quality and product release.
• Release Management and/or background in testing and/or prior experience in product management.
• Well-versed in understanding software product development, and release processes for complex large-scale software
• Experience in various agile and hybrid methodologies and continuous integration.
• Experience building processes, project management, and release schedules on a global scale.
• PMP Certification
• MS in related Engineering discipline, MBA a plus

Type: Contract

Duration: 12 months with extension

Work Location: Mountain View, CA (100% onsite)