Manager, Release Management

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Driving the software Release strategy across the complex Symbotic ecosystem aligning the Business milestones with engineering roadmaps (developing and testing), and customer deployment schedules.
• Serving as the primary point of accountability for Release readiness, delivering transparent go/no-go assessments and post-release reviews.
• Coordinating the content for designated Releases, partnering with Systems Engineering, Development and Quality teams to ensure on-time deliverables.
• Communicating all key project plans, risks, semi commitments, and changes to the release vehicles, including requirements, QA plans, schedules, and scope changes.
• Driving the strategy and delivery of automated release notifications and release notes tailored for internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Partner with Release Engineers (DevOps) to oversee branch impact, code merge timing, and build validation, ensuring seamless integration and rapid triage of build blockers.
• Establishing operational best practices and a culture of continuous improvements.
• Lead the Change Advisory Board (CAB) process, to control and minimize risk of changes to our customers.

Job requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, a related technical discipline, or related experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the role of delivery management, release management, or release engineering.
• Minimum of 3 years of engineering management experience leading technical teams.
• Expert level proficiency working with Jira, GitHub Actions/Jenkins, ArgoCD, and collaborative systems like Confluence/SharePoint
• Demonstrated experience designing end-to-end release workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-stage release gating.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, complex software releases within fast-paced, highly dynamic environments with shifting business priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with DevOps engineers to implement solutions that streamline and safeguard the release lifecycle.
• Hands on experience with public cloud technologies and container registries.