Release Producer

What You'll Do

• Own and maintain the release calendar across our online and platform products
• Define release gates and launch readiness checklists in partnership with product and engineering leads
• Track feature completion, QA sign-off, and stakeholder approvals against release milestones
• Communicate release schedules and any changes clearly across the organization
• Serve as the central coordination point between product managers, engineers, designers, curriculum, and QA
• Run release ceremonies including go/no-go calls, launch reviews, and post-launch retrospectives
• Proactively surface blockers, dependencies, and risks before they derail a release
• Keep stakeholders informed with clear, concise status updates — no surprises
• Build and refine repeatable release processes that scale as the team and product grow
• Maintain release documentation including schedules, decision logs, and post-mortems
• Work with QA to ensure testing timelines are built into the release plan from the start
• Identify process gaps and propose improvements that increase team velocity and confidence

Must Have

• 3–7+ years of experience in release management, production coordination, or project management for digital products
• Demonstrated experience owning a release calendar or production schedule across multiple workstreams
• Strong cross-functional coordination skills — you know how to keep engineers, designers, and stakeholders moving in the same direction
• Comfortable working in an Agile/Scrum environment; experience facilitating sprint ceremonies or release reviews
• Proficiency with project management tools (Jira, Asana, Monday, or similar)
• Excellent written and verbal communication — you can translate technical updates into clear stakeholder language and vice versa
• A track record of identifying risks early and solving problems before they become blockers
• High organizational bandwidth — you can track multiple moving pieces across concurrent projects without dropping anything

Nice to Have

• Experience in educational technology, consumer apps, or platforms serving a large and diverse user base
• Experience in live service game projects
• Experience using data and analytics to evaluate release health and inform future planning