Technical Release Manager

American Unit, Inc; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

American Unit, Inc. is seeking a Senior Release Manager in Seattle to lead enterprise release planning, governance, and execution across applications and platforms.

You will own the end-to-end release lifecycle, coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risk, and drive CI/CD improvements with automation and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Release Management or related fields.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and deployment controls.
• Knowledge of SDLC, ITIL, SAFe, PMP, and DevOps practices.
• Experience coordinating complex multi-team deployments across environments.
• Strong stakeholder communication and governance.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Experience with release risk assessment and post-release support.
• Automation and AI-driven monitoring/tools knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end release lifecycle for enterprise apps and platforms.
• Develop release calendars, schedules, and roadmaps.
• Coordinate across Development, QA, Infra, Security, Ops, and Business.
• Manage release readiness reviews and go/no-go decisions.
• Enforce release governance, controls, and processes.
• Coordinate with Change Management for policy compliance.
• Assess risks, dependencies, impacts, and mitigations.
• Maintain deployment procedures and rollback plans.
• Collaborate to optimize CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Coordinate deployments across dev, test, staging, prod.
• Ensure environment readiness and versioning.
• Lead post-release reviews and root-cause analysis.
• Report release status and KPIs to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives.
• Explore AI-driven monitoring and reporting tools.

Skills

Release Management

Program Management

DevOps

IT Operations

Software Delivery

CI/CD Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Agile Delivery

ITSM

Cloud (AWS, Azure)

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Confluence

Stakeholder Communication

Cross-functional Coordination

ITIL Certification

Cloud-native/Microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jira

ServiceNow

Confluence

AWS

Azure

Job description

Focus: Enterprise Release Management | DevOps | CI/CD | Change Management

We are looking for an experienced Senior Release Manager to lead the planning, coordination, governance, and execution of enterprise application and platform releases. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in release lifecycle management, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, deployment coordination, risk mitigation, and stakeholder management.

This role requires a hands‑on leader who can coordinate cross-functional teams, manage complex deployments, minimize production risks, and continuously improve release quality and delivery efficiency.

• Own and manage the end-to-end release lifecycle for enterprise applications, platforms, and services.
• Develop and maintain release calendars, deployment schedules, and release roadmaps.
• Coordinate release activities across Development, QA, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and Business teams.
• Manage release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, and production deployment activities.
• Establish and enforce release management processes, governance standards, and controls.
• Coordinate with Change Management teams to ensure compliance with organizational policies.
• Assess release risks, dependencies, business impacts, and mitigation strategies.
• Maintain release plans, deployment procedures, rollback plans, and approval documentation.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Engineering teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Coordinate deployments across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Ensure environment readiness, application versioning, and deployment sequencing.
• Lead production release calls and coordinate incident response during critical deployments.
• Conduct post-release reviews, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
• Communicate release status, timelines, risks, and dependencies to leadership and stakeholders.
• Define and track release management KPIs and operational metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase deployment efficiency and reduce release failures.
• Explore automation and AI-driven tools to improve release planning, monitoring, and reporting.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Release Management, Program Management, DevOps, IT Operations, or Software Delivery.
• Enterprise application release planning and execution.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Release governance, change management, and deployment controls.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, including:
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• Strong knowledge of Agile and DevOps delivery practices.
• Experience coordinating complex deployments across multiple teams and environments.
• Knowledge of IT Service Management (ITSM) processes.
• Experience with release risk assessment, incident management, and post-release support.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, and Confluence.
• Strong stakeholder communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and time-sensitive releases.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, SAFe, and DevOps methodologies.
• Experience with automated deployment and release orchestration tools.
• ITIL, SAFe, PMP, Scrum Master, or Release Management certifications.
• Experience managing releases in cloud-native and microservices environments.
• Experience with distributed application architectures.
• Familiarity with release automation and AI-driven monitoring/reporting tools.
• Experience defining release KPIs, quality metrics, and operational dashboards.