Release Management Lead

About the role

Epic Games is looking for a quality-focused Senior Release Manager to work closely with our producers, programmers, build engineers, and QA teams to oversee the build and release process for the Fortnite Ecosystem. In this position, you will work directly with the brightest technical minds in the business as we build the premier game engine for a multitude of platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop new practices and structures to better scale release management and stabilization processes across our Game Dev ecosystem, while managing a sub-team of release managers
• Own the scheduling, coordination, quality control, and external certification process across multiple platforms and/or products
• Act as the liaison between multiple development teams, coordinating and negotiating development plans, exceptions, sales/marketing/publishing content, as well as releases
• Work with the publishing and development teams to determine release content plans as related to sales, giveaways, promotions, etc., and shepherd that content through external party approvals for release
• Work closely with QA, Build Engineers, and Lead Programmers to monitor the automated build and integration process, facilitate the resolution of build failures, and understand and communicate the impact of branches and code merges
• Partner with QA Leads to establish and maintain the bug triage process and prioritize must-fix issues, coordinating internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates
• Ensure releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment, while communicating approved exceptions to all necessary parties

Requirements

• Strong production/project management skills, communication skills, and people management/direct report experience
• Demonstrated ability in right-sized process development and improvement
• Experience with build and release processes for Software or Games as a Service product
• Familiar with Perforce, Jira, Grafana, AirTable
• Exposure to platform certification processes
• Technical orientation and a strong understanding of software development
• Knowledge of the game development process and exposure to working with shipped and live titles

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance
• 401k with competitive match
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, providing free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
• Company-wide paid breaks and events
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment