Product / Release Manager

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution, and governance of enterprise platform, DevOps, infrastructure, and AI/automation programs.
• Manage release planning, deployment coordination, and production readiness activities across multiple engineering teams.
• Partner closely with DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Product teams to ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Drive large-scale platform rollouts, migrations, and adoption programs while managing dependencies, risks, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Establish and maintain release management processes, governance frameworks, and operational best practices.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver complex technical programs spanning multiple products, platforms, and business units.
• Monitor program health, deployment metrics, release performance, and operational outcomes.
• Facilitate executive-level communications, status reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on developer productivity, platform adoption, automation, and operational excellence.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of mid-to-senior level experience in Product Management, Release Management, Program Management, Technical Project Management, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise platform, DevOps, infrastructure, or AI/automation-focused programs.
• Proven experience working closely with DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure teams.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), release management, and modern software delivery practices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies.
• Experience with Git-based development workflows, release strategies, deployment orchestration, and environment management.
• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs and large-scale enterprise rollouts.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and execution skills.
• Experience working within Agile, hybrid delivery models, and structured program governance environments.