Release Manager

About the role

The Release Manager will own the release governance process and serve as the go/no-go authority for all production deployments. They will ensure every release meets quality, security, and compliance standards before reaching production. This role requires coordination across all value streams, QA Governance, DevOps, and SRE to manage controlled, repeatable, and low-risk deployments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure every release meets quality, security, and compliance standards before reaching production.
• Coordinate across all value streams, QA Governance, DevOps, and SRE to manage controlled, repeatable, and low-risk deployments.
• Build frameworks, coach teams, and contribute directly alongside the people you lead.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Minimum 3+ years in release management, DevOps management, or deployment engineering roles.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release governance.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience managing release processes for complex, multi-team environments.
• Understanding of rollback strategies, blue/green deployments, canary releases, and feature flags.
• Strong understanding of QA processes, regression testing, and production monitoring.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred) and containerized deployments.
• Strong organizational and communication skills - able to coordinate across multiple teams under time pressure.
• Experience in insurance or financial services technology is a plus.
• ITIL, DevOps, or release management certifications are a plus.
• Demonstrated player/coach leadership style - you set the strategy AND roll up your sleeves to execute.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift light objects (
• Openly communicate with others by talking, listening, comprehending, and reading.
• Bend, twist, or squat down to open/close cabinets and reach for files or other standard office-type objects.

Skills

• CI/CD pipelines
• Deployment automation
• Release governance
• Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms
• QA processes, regression testing, and production monitoring
• Cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred)
• Containerized deployments

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• PTO

Pay

Competitive base pay and performance bonuses.

Schedule

On-site role with a fast-paced and collaborative team culture. Results-driven office where your contributions make a real impact.