Lead/Senior Release Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead/Senior Release Manager to join our dynamic team in Bangalore. This pivotal role involves owning the entire release lifecycle, from strategic planning and governance to technical execution and DevOps automation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in release management, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud environments, thriving in a fast-paced, hybrid work setting with early morning shifts aligned to Australia/New Zealand time zones.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, orchestrate, and manage enterprise-level software releases across multiple concurrent pipelines and environments, ensuring seamless delivery.
• Design, maintain, and publish a comprehensive master release calendar, aligning product milestones with operational capacities.
• Lead release readiness activities, conducting rigorous milestone reviews, business sign-offs, and quality gate assessments prior to production rollouts.
• Chair Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings and enforce governance workflows to ensure audit readiness and process compliance.
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to build, optimize, and scale fully automated deployment pipelines.
• Design and govern complex version control branching and merging strategies, such as GitFlow or trunk-based development.
• Oversee environment integrity, validating infrastructure configurations, feature toggling mechanisms, and environment parity across staging and production.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Release Management, with a strong focus on Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, and Spinnaker.
• In-depth mastery of orchestration tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Deep architectural understanding of Git ecosystems, artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus), and code branching strategies.
• Hands-on familiarity with cloud computing environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization frameworks (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong capability in writing automated check scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Advanced workflow design knowledge using project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or ServiceNow.
• Flexibility to work in early morning rotational shifts aligned with Australia/New Zealand time zones.
• Immediate joiners or those with a notice period of less than 30 days are preferred.

What We Offer

• A challenging and rewarding role as a Lead/Senior Release Manager in a hybrid work environment.
• Opportunity to work on enterprise-level software releases and advanced DevOps automation.
• Competitive annual salary of ₹28 LPA.
• Collaborative and innovative team culture focused on continuous improvement.
• The chance to make a significant impact on our release strategy and governance.