Release Manager

About This Role

Pushing software releases from planning to customer delivery is the core of this role, coordinating across multiple teams to ensure on-time, high-quality shipments. This position is for a dedicated Release Manager who can bring structure and scalability to product development and engineering work in a growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Own the release end to end: Plan and run quarterly public releases, from scoping to handover to Operations and Mission Readiness
• Make plans realistic: Work with stakeholders from Product and Engineering in the planning phase to turn requirements into scoped, achievable delivery plans that match engineering capacity
• Map and drive dependencies: Highlight inter-team dependencies across all engineering teams, design, test, and Field Application Engineers
• Run the execution rhythm: Hold status meetings with Team Leads, track what is ahead of and behind schedule, and create action plans to avoid delay
• Manage risk and trade-offs: Identify risks and bottlenecks early, show the consequences of scope changes and delays, recommend mitigations, and escalate when needed, acting as the buffer before change requests reach the engineering teams
• Create visibility and structure: Give leadership, Engineering, Product, and Operations clear reporting on progress and risks, and build release processes that scale as the company grows

Requirements

• Efficient and clear communicator
• Around 5 years of relevant experience, for example as a technical project manager, development manager, or release manager coordinating development across multiple teams in a Software or Product environment
• An engineering or computer science background, ideally from software or combined hardware/software environments
• Solid technical understanding of version control, CI/CD pipelines, development and testing environments, and modern software delivery processes, and confidence working in Jira
• Highly structured and organized, with a proven ability to set up processes, plan, and manage risk across many stakeholders
• Proactive by nature: you spot and fill gaps, and when one release is out, you are already planning the next
• Strong people skills and clear communication, both written and verbal, with the ability to stay positive and light-hearted when things get stressful
• Motivated by owning a critical function in a fast-moving startup and comfortable operating in ambiguity

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience with Git
• Software engineering background
• Experience from defense or innovation-driven product development
• Experience from management or strategy consulting combined with strong technical understanding

Benefits