Enterprise Release Readiness Lead

Enterprise Release Readiness Lead

Location:

Fully Remote (U.S.

-based)

Employment Type:

Full-time

Are you a seasoned QA leader who thrives on bringing clarity, structure, and confidence to complex enterprise releases? Trissential is hiring an Enterprise Release Readiness Lead to join our client's team—where you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring large-scale programs are truly ready for production. This is a high-impact, highly visible role where your insights will directly influence executive decisions and delivery success across a complex portfolio.

What's in It for You?

• Strategic Impact – Be the voice of quality and release readiness across enterprise-scale initiatives
• Executive Exposure – Partner directly with senior leadership and influence go/no-go decisions
• Autonomy & Influence – Lead through expertise, not authority, and shape enterprise testing practices
• Innovation – Drive improvements in testing governance, reporting, and release execution
• Flexibility – Fully remote work environment with diverse, cross-functional teams

Your Role & Responsibilities

• Coordinate testing activities and status reporting across multiple work streams including Field Operations, Billing, Metering, and business functions
• Partner with QA Leads and project teams to monitor execution progress, defect trends, and overall quality health
• Consolidate testing insights into executive dashboards, release scorecards, and portfolio-level reporting
• Evaluate testing completeness and proactively identify risks, dependencies, and readiness gaps
• Facilitate governance forums, ensuring risks, issues, and actions are tracked and escalated effectively
• Support release planning and provide insights for go/no-go decision making alongside Release Management
• Establish and enforce standardized testing metrics, KPIs, and reporting frameworks
• Track defect resolution, execution metrics, and quality indicators to assess release health
• Provide objective, data-driven recommendations to improve release confidence
• Influence cross-functional leaders to address quality and operational readiness concerns
• Identify systemic issues and drive continuous improvement in testing and release processes
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on portfolio-level quality and readiness

Skills & Experience You Should Possess

• 7+ years of experience in QA, Test Management, Test Coordination, or similar roles within enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies (functional, integration, system, UAT, regression)
• Proven experience coordinating testing across multiple projects and stakeholders
• Working knowledge of release management and deployment processes
• Expertise in analyzing test coverage, defect trends, and quality metrics
• Strong analytical thinking with the ability to translate complex data into executive-level insights
• Experience with tools such as Azure Dev Ops, Jira, and reporting platforms
• Ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced, high-visibility environments
• Strong communication and presentation skills for senior leadership engagement
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority and align cross-functional teams

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Experience supporting enterprise or portfolio-level release management
• Utility, energy, or operational systems domain experience
• Background in building testing dashboards, KPIs, and executive scorecards
• Knowledge of release governance, risk management, and readiness frameworks
• Experience with ERP, CIS, SAP, or large-scale transformation programs
• Experience establishing governance models across multiple concurrent initiatives

Education & Certifications You Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Certifications in QA, Test Management, Agile, or Release Management are advantageous

What We Offer

At Trissential, we value expertise, innovation, and collaboration. By joining our client's team, you'll work on mission-critical enterprise initiatives while enjoying a supportive and flexible work environment.

• Competitive Compensation – $78–$88 per hour. Final compensation is determined based on skill alignment, years of experience, and fair, market-based…