Agile Release Manager

Job Summary

As our Agile Release Manager for Ambulatory Monitoring & Diagnostics (AM&D) ECG Solutions, you will develop and oversee the entire software development and release lifecycle from planning to production deployment, ensuring timely, high-quality, and compliant releases of software and device firmware.

Lead enterprise‑wide software and device firmware releases, ensuring timely, efficient deployments to pre‑production and production environments while aligning with Agile program increments (PIs) and sprint schedules. Own deployment and release planning and governance, including maintaining an enterprise release calendar and coordinating cross‑functional teams to ensure clear communication and successful delivery of value to customers and patients. Monitor and improve release performance, developing KPIs and metrics to measure deployment success, code quality, performance trends, and opportunities for process improvement.

Drive stakeholder communication and operational excellence, providing regular status updates, managing risks, dependencies, and impediments, and resolving conflicts quickly to keep releases on track. Identify and address deployment bottlenecks, analyzing trends and recommending solution‑level improvements while continuously enhancing release standards, processes, and lifecycle management. Ensure compliance, quality, and patient safety, maintaining adherence to regulatory and industry standards such as FDA, ISO, NIST, HIPAA, and other requirements for regulated healthcare environments.

• 2+ years of experience as a release manager/release engineer coordinating multiple product deployments/releases across an enterprise‑wide, multi‑geographic, dependency‑rich product stack.

• Extensive experience applying Lean Agile principles and work with Agile/Scrum and hybrid development models.

• Preferred experience with CI/CD & Azure Dev Ops and SAFe.

• Experience working in SaaS, Cloud and SaMD.

• Strong systems thinking capability and ability to understand how ART level changes impact the entire solution.

• Skilled in complex problem solving, resolving multifaceted technical or organizational bottlenecks.

• Excellent facilitation, conflict resolution, negotiation, and active listening skills.

• Ability to manage and coordinate dependencies across multiple teams.

• Familiarity with key flow metrics, including lead time, cycle time, WIP, throughput, and predictability.

• Bachelor's degree required;
Master's degree preferred in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Business Administration or equivalent.

You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum physical, cognitive and environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. You possess excellent oral & written communication skills, are fluent in English with strong people orientation, a collaborative mindset and a drive for results.

This is an office role located in Malvern, PA. Employees must be present in the company’s facilities at least three days per week. US work authorization is required; sponsorship is not considered. Candidates must reside in or within commuting distance to Malvern, PA.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace. The company does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other protected characteristic.

Reasonable accommodations may be provided for individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. For assistance, applicants may contact the Disability Services hotline at 888‑367‑7223, option 5.