Release Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of combined experience in release management and technical program management within a software or enterprise AI environment.
• Deep familiarity with modern software release processes, including CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, branching strategies, and deployment automation.
• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs from inception through delivery in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML infrastructure, cloud-native architectures, and enterprise SaaS delivery models.
• Exceptional ability to distill technical complexity into clear executive-level communications, status reports, and risk summaries.
• Proficiency with project and program management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) and methodologies (Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban).
• Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and drive multiple concurrent workstreams to on-time completion.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with enterprise AI/ML platforms or large-scale data infrastructure products.
• Familiarity with release tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• PMP, PgMP, or SAFe certification.
• Experience operating in a publicly traded, high-scrutiny software company serving enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end release strategy and own the full release cycle for the C3 AI Platform and Applications.
• Replace manual go/no-go meetings with data-driven, AI-supported deployment pipelines, automated release readiness assessments, and streamlined executive communications.
• Use AI coding assistants and low-code/no-code platforms to rapidly build scripts, bots, and custom automations that streamline branching, build coordination, and dependency tracking.
• Maintain comprehensive program dashboards, status reports, and executive-level summaries that provide clear visibility into release health and delivery.
• Define and enforce release criteria through dynamic, automated quality gates that ensure reliability, security, and performance.
• Manage hotfixes and patch releases using AI-driven root cause analysis and automated triage, mobilizing teams quickly with full context.
• Engineer workflows that automatically synthesize release notes, update status dashboards, and generate clear go-live communications for internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead comprehensive program management for critical engineering projects, driving alignment on scope, schedule, and success metrics across product, engineering, and infrastructure teams.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews, program increment planning, and retrospectives, translating outcomes into clear, time-bound commitments.
• Replace manual status gathering with automated dashboards and LLM-generated progress summaries.
• Leverage data to predict bottlenecks, surface dependencies, and mitigate risks before they impact the release train.
• Conduct structured post-mortem analyses following major releases or incidents, identifying systemic issues and driving actionable follow-through.
• Foster cross-functional alignment by deploying self-serve internal tooling, automated workflows, and ChatOps integrations that keep distributed teams synchronized.

Benefits

• excellent benefits
• competitive compensation package
• generous equity plan