Release Manager

About This Role

Coordinating and delivering production releases for the organization's websites and web applications across brands and regions is the core of this role. The Release Operations Manager, Digital Platforms maintains the release calendar, oversees user acceptance testing, and ensures the accuracy of release notes. The position requires strong organizational skills and a direct approach to resolving release-impacting issues and securing timely decisions from stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the planning, coordination, and delivery of production releases for websites and web applications across brands and regions
• Keep the release calendar organized
• Run user acceptance testing
• Verify every item in the release notes
• Resolve issues impacting the release cadence
• Ensure open items have an owner and a date, including when a senior stakeholder must decide
• Manage a small team of DevOps / Release engineers

Requirements

• 5+ years coordinating production releases of websites or web applications in a large or multi-brand organization
• Direct experience running user acceptance testing through documented sign-off
• Direct experience managing release notes with item-level verification
• A record of keeping a heavy release workload organized through to closure
• A record of unblocking a release by securing a decision
• Practical use of GitHub and Azure DevOps
• Enough knowledge of cloud deployment to coordinate readiness, sequencing, and rollback with engineering
• Clear writing for business and technical audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience coordinating releases with GitHub / Git with Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS
• Familiarity with Acquia Drupal, Vercel Next.js, and Algolia
• Experience with a portfolio of branded sites
• Experience with formal go/no-go governance

Important Details

• Duration: 12 Month Contract + Extensions
• Start date: ASAP