About Astra Innovations Astra Innovations is the oil-field leader in AI-powered, agentic workflows—turning raw drilling data into autonomous decision engines that optimize performance in real time. Our flagship product, Animo , harnesses machine learning and cognitive computing to energize the world’s upstream operations, giving engineers the insights they need to drill-complete-operate smarter, safer, and faster. We keep growing and now we need your to facilitate our increasing rate of improvement! Role Overview As our Agile Delivery & Release Lead , you will: Accelerate Customer Value Drive Predictable Delivery : Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives across multiple Agile teams to ensure high-impact features ship on time. Coach for Excellence : Instill Agile best practices and leverage metrics (velocity, burn-down) to continuously refine processes and delight internal and external stakeholders. Own Seamless Releases Design Robust Pipelines : Architect branching strategies and CI/CD workflows that guarantee low-risk, repeatable deployments. Coordinate End-to-End : Manage schedules across dev, QA, staging, and production; craft customer-facing release notes; and lead release gates with QA, DevOps, and Support. Champion AI & Agentic Workflows Embed Smart Validation : Integrate AI-powered checks into each sprint, ensuring our autonomous workflows are production-ready and deliver measurable field impact. Align with Customer Outcomes : Drive each release to unlock faster drilling, enhanced safety, and significant cost savings for our oil-field partners. Qualifications Background in Energy/Upstream Oil & Gas 5+ years in Agile Delivery or Release Management roles Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification Hands-on experience with Git workflows (feature branching, trunk-based development) Proven track record using CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.) Excellent verbal and written communication; strong stakeholder-management skills Ability to facilitate distributed Scrum teams Why Astra Innovations? Industry Leadership: Be part of the team defining AI-driven, agentic workflows in the oil field Global Impact: Play a pivotal role in energizing the world by delivering autonomous solutions to upstream operators Culture & Growth: Collaborative team of technologists, data scientists, and former operators; clear paths to leadership roles Ready to energize the world’s upstream operations? Send your resume and a brief note highlighting: A release you led end-to-end, and An Agile or DevOps improvement you championed. Agentic AI workflows you want to implement today! Show more Show less