Release Manager - PMO

Monster Energy • Corona, CA

2d • $116,250 - $155,000

About The Position

The Release Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and controlling releases of solutions across Monster Energy’s IT portfolio. The role manages release schedules for PMO-governed initiatives and production support activities, coordinates deployments and cutovers, facilitates release-readiness reviews, and helps ensure releases are implemented with minimal business disruption. The Release Manager partners with project teams, IT delivery teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to manage dependencies, align release activities, and support release and change management practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in release management, IT project management, change management, and/or PMO operations.
• 1–3 years of experience coordinating release, cutover, or change activities on cross-functional projects involving enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, or ServiceNow.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Ability to apply release and change governance requirements while supporting delivery timelines.
• Ability to identify, assess, and escalate risks and issues.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, ClickUp, ServiceNow Change Management, SAP Transport Management, Salesforce Release and Sandbox Management, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Lucidchart.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), ITIL v4 Foundation, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or PMP certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain release schedules for PMO-governed initiatives and production support activities, sequencing changes across platforms, environments, and business processes.
• Coordinate release planning with project managers, business stakeholders, IT delivery teams, and vendors to define scope, timing, dependencies, and deployment requirements.
• Own intake and release management for production support requests, including prioritization, release grouping, and coordination of recurring release cycles.
• Schedule and coordinate production deployments, deployment windows, cutover activities, and post-deployment support across technical and business teams.
• Facilitate release-readiness reviews, go/no-go meetings, and change approval activities, ensuring required approvals and documentation are complete before deployment.
• Monitor release risks, dependencies, conflicts, and constraints; escalate issues and coordinate resolution with stakeholders.
• Coordinate Change Advisory Board (CAB) submissions and approval activities for initiative releases and production changes.
• Track and report release metrics, including on-time delivery, release success rates, emergency changes, and post-release defects.
• Support continuous improvement of release management standards, templates, governance processes, and documentation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level