Release Manager

Job Title: Release Operations Manager, Digital Platforms

Location: Remote - ET

Duration: 12 Month Contract + Extensions

Start Date: ASAP

MUST HAVES:

• 5+ years coordinating production releases of websites or web applications in a large or multi-brand organization.
• Direct experience running user acceptance testing through documented sign-off, and managing release notes with item-level verification.
• A record of keeping a heavy release workload organized through to closure, and of unblocking a release by securing a decision.
• Practical use of GitHub and Azure DevOps, and enough knowledge of cloud deployment to coordinate readiness, sequencing, and rollback with engineering.
• Clear writing for business and technical audiences. Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience coordinating releases with GitHub / Git with Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS. Familiarity with Acquia Drupal, Vercel Next.js, and Algolia. Experience with a portfolio of branded sites and with formal go/no-go governance.

Day to day:

The Release Operations Manager, Digital Platforms owns planning, coordination, and delivery of production releases for the organization’s websites and web applications across brands and regions. The role keeps the release calendar, runs user acceptance testing, verifies every item in the release notes, and resolves the issues impacting the release cadence. The work calls for strict organization and a direct style: open items get an owner and a date, including when a senior stakeholder must decide. Manages a small team of DevOps / Release engineers.