Product Release Mgr

Job Description

A release manager is responsible for the release management process, from start to finish, and is the main coordinator for the process. He/She is part of defining the releases scope, schedule, and strategy, and coordinates activities across teams such as planning, development, testing, business metrics, and operations. A release manager will be detail-oriented, organized, and have a strategic mindset. He/she should know about both software development lifecycle and operations and be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders. The release managers responsibilities include: Planning: Defining the releases strategy, scope, schedule, and acceptance criteria Managing: Develop and manage release management plans, policies, procedures, and templates and institutionalization them across the unit Coordinating: Managing schedules to satisfy interdependencies, and planning and communicating all required tasks Monitoring: Measuring and monitoring the progress of product releases & patches till deployments Communicating: Communicating key product delivery commitments, plans, changes, and requirements to teams Risk mitigation: Managing risks that may affect release scope. Conflict Management: Minimize bottleneck & lead conflicts to resolutions. Governance and Reporting: Plan and conduct regular cadence to keep team and objective aligned to ensure successful on-time & on-budget releases. Mentoring: Influences and inspires team to adopt processes, practices, and tools Improving: Drive continuous improvements and efficiency Aligning: Reverse incorporation of customer CRs with roadmap releases Technical/Functional Competencies Demonstrates strong analytical and quantitative skills; strong bias toward data-based decision-making. Experience in Agile software development lifecycle implementation. Experience in Gitlab, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CI/CD, Google Cloud, feature toggles, and branch handling. Experience in Tools administration, configuration, reports, and dashboards like Jira, Digite, Confluence, AHA, etc. Strong Knowledge of MS Office, Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio, and Powerpoint Behavioural Competencies Takes personal ownership and accountability. Influences and inspires others. Strong Negotiating and networking skills Being dynamic and self-motivated Being persistent and resilient