Strategic Release & Jira Operations Lead

PayIt

Kansas City (MO)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

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Excellent benefits

Job summary

PayIt, a GovTech leader, seeks a Release Manager to coordinate end-to-end software releases across product, engineering, and client teams. You will own release schedules, deployment planning, and incident response, ensuring smooth production changes and clear stakeholder communication.

You will also design and optimize Jira workflows, automate processes, and maintain robust documentation to support scalable delivery and risk management across PayIt Outdoors initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain PayIt Outdoors Release schedule with cross-functional teams
  • Plan and deploy hotfixes with client and Eng teams
  • Schedule and run release reviews; ensure merges after sprints
  • Communicate release status and risks to stakeholders; maintain documentation
  • Identify and mitigate potential release risks; enforce change control
  • Oversee incident response lifecycle; coordinate cross-functional resources
  • Design and maintain Jira workflows, field configurations, and permission schemes
  • Automate Jira processes and integrations to streamline handoffs
  • Manage project configurations and user access across departments

Skills

Communication
Cross-functional collaboration
Problem solving
Attention to detail

Tools

Jira
Automation
Workflow design

Job description

PayIt, a GovTech leader, seeks a Release Manager to coordinate end-to-end software releases across product, engineering, and client teams. You will own release schedules, deployment planning, and incident response, ensuring smooth production changes and clear stakeholder communication.

You will also design and optimize Jira workflows, automate processes, and maintain robust documentation to support scalable delivery and risk management across PayIt Outdoors initiatives.

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