Release Manager

Key Responsibilities:
- Own and manage end-to-end release planning, scheduling, coordination, and execution across multiple software products, services, and environments
- Define and maintain the release calendar, release train schedules, and deployment windows in coordination with engineering, QA, product, and operations teams
- Coordinate all release-related activities including code freezes, build management, environment provisioning, deployment coordination, smoke testing, and go-live sign-off
- Manage release change requests, change advisory board submissions, and change approval processes in compliance with ITIL change management frameworks
- Collaborate with DevOps, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams to automate and continuously improve release pipelines, deployment processes, and rollback procedures
- Conduct pre-release readiness reviews and release go/no-go assessments to validate that all deployment prerequisites, quality gates, and sign-off criteria are met before production releases
- Manage release risks, dependencies, and conflicts across concurrent releases and proactively communicate release status, blockers, and escalations to senior leadership and stakeholders
- Lead post-release reviews, production validation activities, and release retrospectives to capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement of release processes
- Maintain accurate release documentation including release notes, deployment checklists, runbooks, rollback plans, and release audit trails
- Drive adoption of release management best practices, tooling standards, and governance frameworks across engineering and delivery teams