Senior SaaS Software Release Manager

** TITLE**:
** Senior SaaS Software Release Manager*
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* Work Location:

Bay Area, CA and requires 2 days a week in the office*
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* WHAT YOU’LL DO:

** A Software Release Manager is a technical leader responsible for architecting, owning, and continuously improving the end-to-end software release system across engineering with a penchant towards bringing in new industry standards and fully support AI-SDLC. They are also responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing software releases across engineering teams to ensure timely, predictable, and high-quality delivery. This role manages release schedules, release readiness, branching strategy, deployment coordination, risk tracking, and communication across product, engineering, QA, Dev Ops, and business stakeholders.
The Senior Software Release Manager ensures that release processes are clearly defined, consistently followed, and continuously improved. They help identify release risks, drive issue resolution, coordinate dependencies, and maintain visibility into release status. This role also supports improvements in automation, merge validation, release cadence, and deployment reliability.

* Own and manage the software release calendar, release milestones, and readiness checkpoints.
* Coordinate release activities across engineering, QA, Dev Ops, product, and support teams.
* Manage/ supervise branching, merge coordination, code freeze, release candidate validation, and deployment readiness.
* Identify release risks, blockers, and dependencies, and drive them to resolution.
* Improve release cadence, predictability, and quality through process improvements and automation.
* Communicate release status, risks, timelines, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
* Ensure release documentation, approvals, and post-release follow-ups are completed.
* Partner with engineering teams to improve merge validation, build stability, and deployment processes.
* Support continuous improvement of release governance, tooling, and operational practices.
* Design, maintain, and evolve branching strategies, merge coordination workflows, and code freeze policies that support both development velocity and release stability.
* Architect and improve CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and release tooling in partnership with Dev Ops and engineering teams — driving measurable gains in build stability, deployment reliability, and release cadence  
** Required Skills and Experience*
* * Strong understanding of AI native software development lifecycle, release management, and deployment processes.
* Experience with branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and release automation.
* Ability to coordinate across multiple technical teams and manage competing priorities.
* Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
* Ability to manage risk, drive accountability, and maintain release discipline in a complex engineering environment.
** Nice to have (highly recommended) Skills and Experience*
* * Technical background in Dev Ops, software engineering, build/release engineering, or systems operations.
* Demonstrated proficiency with modern SaaS release and Dev Ops tooling;
For example:  Git Hub/Git Lab, CI/CD platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD, Terraform, cloud deployment services, feature-flagging, observability, security scanning, and AI-enabled delivery automation  
** WHAT YOU’VE DONE
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* REQUIRED:

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
* 7+ years of experience in Dev Ops, cloud infrastructure management, or a similar role.
* Deep expertise in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) and infrastructure automation.

PREFERRED:
* Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work…