Technical Release Manager (TRM)

Ocient•Only, TN

41d•$130,000 - $175,000•Remote

About The Position

The Technical Release Manager (TRM) is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing software releases across multiple products and environments. This role ensures that all components of a release — code, configuration, infrastructure, and documentation — are integrated, tested, and deployed efficiently and reliably. The ideal candidate is a technically savvy project leader who can bridge the gap between engineering, operations, and product management to deliver high-quality software on time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or release management within a product-oriented organization.
Deep understanding of planning releases in Jira.
Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and CI/CD practices.
Experience with build and deployment tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or Azure DevOps.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Exceptional organizational and coordination skills, with strong attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Experience in large-scale distributed systems
Working knowledge of change control frameworks and release automation tools.
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, Splunk).
Strong analytical and communication skills to drive clarity and accountability.
Experience with agile methodologies (preferably scrum)
Strong experience managing software features/projects using Atlassian Jira
Experience as scrum master

Responsibilities

Develop, own, and maintain the end-to-end release calendar for multiple software products and environments.
Coordinate release schedules, dependencies, and resource allocation across engineering, QA, DevOps, and product teams.
Facilitate release readiness reviews, go/no-go meetings, and post-release retrospectives.
Oversee the build, integration, and deployment processes for releases, ensuring compliance with version control and CI/CD best practices.
Understand release pipelines and automated deployment processes in collaboration with DevOps and customer support team.
Validate release artifacts and help coordinate production deployments, ensuring minimal downtime and rollback capability.
Serve as the liaison between product management, QA, operations, and engineering to ensure release scope and priorities are clear.
Communicate release status, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders at all levels.
Partner with QA to ensure testing coverage, and with engineering teams to verify that code is production-ready.
Define and enforce release policies, controls, and documentation standards.
Continuously improve release management processes to increase reliability, predictability, and automation.
Implement best practices for change management, configuration management, and incident handling during releases.