Strategic Technical Program Manager — Release Train Lead

Droisys; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Droisys is seeking a Technical Program Manager with Release Train management in Mountain View, CA, offering hybrid work (3 days in office, ~2 days remote). You will own end-to-end release lifecycles, govern multi-train programs, and drive automation, cost tracking, and vendor operations.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in enterprise release management, strong SDLC, Agile/DevOps, and experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes. Excellent communication and risk management are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including enterprise release management and technical program delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end release lifecycle across assigned product and commercialization portfolios, including planning, scheduling, readiness, deployment, and rollout strategy.
• Build and maintain integrated release calendars, manage cross-team dependencies, and coordinate multiple release trains.
• Establish and enforce quality, compliance, and security gates, supported by accurate release documentation and communications.
• Identify, track, and mitigate release risks; maintain rollback and contingency plans for critical releases.
• Drive adoption and continuous improvement of automation, CI/CD tooling, and deployment pipelines.
• Lead multi-quarter, cross-system initiatives such as branding updates, terminology harmonization, and technology refresh programs across engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain system inventories, migration trackers, roadmaps, dependency maps, and decision logs.
• Run program operating cadences, including status reviews, risk reviews, and stakeholder forums.
• Resolve cross-team risks and blockers, escalating issues with clear framing, impact assessment, and actionable options.
• Partner with Engineering and Finance on cloud cost tracking, forecasting, allocation, and monthly variance reporting.
• Maintain cloud tagging and cost-allocation accuracy across accounts.
• Track cost-optimization initiatives through completion and quantify outcomes.
• Support recurring budget and financial review cadences with key stakeholders.
• Maintain workforce rosters, headcount reporting, and hiring pipeline updates.
• Coordinate quarterly and annual product planning processes and operating mechanisms.
• Perform internal tools and process compliance checks and drive follow‑up actions.
• Create and track purchase orders and statements of work for engineering contractors.
• Monitor contract terms, renewals, expirations, invoices, and discrepancies.
• Support vendor and contractor onboarding and off‑boarding activities.

Skills

Release management

Program delivery

SDLC

Agile

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Cloud Health

Apptio

Job description

Droisys is seeking a Technical Program Manager with Release Train management in Mountain View, CA, offering hybrid work (3 days in office, ~2 days remote). You will own end-to-end release lifecycles, govern multi-train programs, and drive automation, cost tracking, and vendor operations.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in enterprise release management, strong SDLC, Agile/DevOps, and experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes. Excellent communication and risk management are required.