H-1B1 Singapore Visa Release Manager Jobs
Release Manager jobs with H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship let Singaporean professionals move into U.S. software delivery roles without a lottery. The H-1B visa1 cap of 5,400 visas rarely fills, and your application goes directly to the consulate, not through USCIS, so timelines are more predictable than the standard H-1B visa path.
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Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Community You Will Join
At Airbnb, we are driven by our mission to create belonging everywhere. Our Platform Managers embody this ethos, envisioning ideal end states for our community and working backward to achieve them. The Community Support (CS) team is a global business unit that delivers support to millions of guests and hosts worldwide. We focus on building a technology platform that scales alongside Airbnb, delivering exceptional customer service and improving both efficiency and agent experience. The CS Platform Product team plays a crucial role in this, leading efforts to create seamless, self-solve solutions for our users. You will work closely with a partner team, Global Operations Community Support Planning team. This team is responsible for driving the end-to-end roadmap planning process for Community Support at Airbnb. Our team ensures that initiatives and programs are prioritized to align with our overarching strategy and our commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience.
The Difference You Will Make
As a Senior Release Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful launch of Internal software to CS agents across the globe.
A Typical Day
- Serve as the primary liaison between Platform Management, Technical Program Management, Engineering, Testing, and Operations ensuring clear, consistent communication and shared alignment across all workstreams for each release.
- Maintain accurate source-of-truth trackers and documentation so every stakeholder has what they need, when they need it.
- Create and maintain release management best practices.
- Define, track, and report on key release health and operational metrics ensuring releases are delivered on schedule and meet defined success criteria.
- Surface issues, risks, and regional nuances before launch, and rally cross-functional partners to diagnose, escalate, and resolve issues.
- Work independently alongside stakeholders and cross-functional leadership maintaining rigorous oversight of release readiness and proactively mitigating blockers.
- Facilitate the official go/no-go decisions owning the acceptance criteria and process to greenlight each release.
- Partner with Operations/Training to ensure agents are prepared for new tooling.
- Own post-launch monitoring and retrospectives by tracking adoption, surfacing issues post-release, and running retrospectives to drive improvements.
YOUR EXPERTISE
- 7+ years of experience in technical program management, program management, release management or product operations roles with a proven track record of success.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional product releases with executive visibility.
- Exceptional communication skills, verbal, written and presentation, to all levels of an organization.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Understanding of best practice product release processes, experience working with engineering teams.
- Proficiency in virtual collaboration and project management tools like Asana, Jira, and Airtable.
- Strategic thinking and organizational skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally across teams.
- Hands-on, working knowledge of software product development life-cycle and methodologies. Specific experience with Agile is preferred.
- Naturally accountable and responsible: Self-starter, self-motivated, focused, and self-sufficient.
- Strong strategic judgment: an ability to interpret organizational goals and translate them into planning activities.
- Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously, in a fast-paced environment.
- Champion for continuous improvement.
- Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Your Location:
This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging
Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
How We'll Take Care Of You
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
Pay Range $179,000—$207,000 USD
INTRODUCTION
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Community You Will Join
At Airbnb, we are driven by our mission to create belonging everywhere. Our Platform Managers embody this ethos, envisioning ideal end states for our community and working backward to achieve them. The Community Support (CS) team is a global business unit that delivers support to millions of guests and hosts worldwide. We focus on building a technology platform that scales alongside Airbnb, delivering exceptional customer service and improving both efficiency and agent experience. The CS Platform Product team plays a crucial role in this, leading efforts to create seamless, self-solve solutions for our users. You will work closely with a partner team, Global Operations Community Support Planning team. This team is responsible for driving the end-to-end roadmap planning process for Community Support at Airbnb. Our team ensures that initiatives and programs are prioritized to align with our overarching strategy and our commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience.
The Difference You Will Make
As a Senior Release Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful launch of Internal software to CS agents across the globe.
A Typical Day
- Serve as the primary liaison between Platform Management, Technical Program Management, Engineering, Testing, and Operations ensuring clear, consistent communication and shared alignment across all workstreams for each release.
- Maintain accurate source-of-truth trackers and documentation so every stakeholder has what they need, when they need it.
- Create and maintain release management best practices.
- Define, track, and report on key release health and operational metrics ensuring releases are delivered on schedule and meet defined success criteria.
- Surface issues, risks, and regional nuances before launch, and rally cross-functional partners to diagnose, escalate, and resolve issues.
- Work independently alongside stakeholders and cross-functional leadership maintaining rigorous oversight of release readiness and proactively mitigating blockers.
- Facilitate the official go/no-go decisions owning the acceptance criteria and process to greenlight each release.
- Partner with Operations/Training to ensure agents are prepared for new tooling.
- Own post-launch monitoring and retrospectives by tracking adoption, surfacing issues post-release, and running retrospectives to drive improvements.
YOUR EXPERTISE
- 7+ years of experience in technical program management, program management, release management or product operations roles with a proven track record of success.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional product releases with executive visibility.
- Exceptional communication skills, verbal, written and presentation, to all levels of an organization.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Understanding of best practice product release processes, experience working with engineering teams.
- Proficiency in virtual collaboration and project management tools like Asana, Jira, and Airtable.
- Strategic thinking and organizational skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally across teams.
- Hands-on, working knowledge of software product development life-cycle and methodologies. Specific experience with Agile is preferred.
- Naturally accountable and responsible: Self-starter, self-motivated, focused, and self-sufficient.
- Strong strategic judgment: an ability to interpret organizational goals and translate them into planning activities.
- Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously, in a fast-paced environment.
- Champion for continuous improvement.
- Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Your Location:
This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging
Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
How We'll Take Care Of You
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
Pay Range $179,000—$207,000 USD
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Release Manager
Align your credentials to U.S. specialty occupation standards
USCIS requires Release Manager roles to qualify as specialty occupations, meaning your degree must directly relate to the position. A computer science, engineering, or information systems degree maps cleanly. A general business degree needs supplemental documentation tying your coursework to software release processes.
Target companies with active SDLC infrastructure teams
Release Manager roles exist where software delivery cycles are formalized. Focus on employers running CI/CD pipelines across distributed teams, not early-stage startups still defining their deployment process. These organizations already understand the H-1B1 visa filing mechanics and won't need basic education on sponsorship logistics.
Search verified H-1B1 sponsors on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters job listings by verified H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship history, so you're applying to employers who've filed before, not guessing. Use it to narrow Release Manager openings to companies whose DOL Labor Condition Application filings confirm they sponsor Singaporean nationals.
Verify the prevailing wage tier for your target city
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for Release Manager roles in your work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the Level II or III threshold before negotiating your offer, since wage shortfalls can delay LCA certification.
Get your offer letter before the consulate appointment
Unlike USCIS-processed visas, the H-1B1 visa is adjudicated at the consulate with no pre-approved I-129 petition in hand. Your employer's certified LCA and a detailed offer letter are the core documents the consular officer reviews. Confirm both are finalized and consistent before you schedule your interview.
Check the O*NET profile for your specific release management scope
O*NET classifies Release Manager under Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers or related occupation codes depending on your actual duties. Confirm which code your employer uses on the LCA, because a mismatch between your job description and the occupation code can trigger a request for additional evidence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Release Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for the H-1B1?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, software engineering, or information systems. Release Manager roles that emphasize CI/CD pipeline management, deployment coordination, and cross-team delivery governance typically satisfy the specialty occupation definition. Roles framed as general project management with incidental release duties may face more scrutiny from USCIS during review.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa compare to the H-1B for Release Manager candidates?
The H-1B1 visa skips the lottery entirely and is adjudicated at the U.S. consulate rather than through USCIS, which makes timelines more predictable. The annual cap is 5,400 for Singaporeans and rarely fills. The tradeoff is that H-1B1 does not carry dual intent, so you'll need to demonstrate nonimmigrant intent at each renewal. For Release Managers with a concrete U.S. job offer, the H-1B1 is almost always the faster path.
How do I find employers who have sponsored H-1B1 Singapore visas for Release Managers before?
Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified H-1B1 visa sponsorship history filtered by role and visa type, so you can identify companies that have filed DOL Labor Condition Applications for Release Manager positions specifically. This is faster than manually sorting through DOL disclosure data and eliminates the guesswork of cold-applying to employers unfamiliar with the H-1B1 process.
What happens to my H-1B1 status if my Release Manager role changes significantly after I arrive?
Material changes to your job duties, title, or work location require your employer to file an amended LCA with DOL and notify USCIS. If your role shifts from hands-on release coordination to a broader program management function, the occupational classification on your LCA may need to be updated. Work with your employer's immigration contact before accepting a role change, not after.
Can a Singaporean Release Manager on H-1B1 switch employers without losing status?
Yes, but the H-1B1 visa does not carry portability protections the way the H-1B does under AC21. Your new employer must file a fresh LCA and have it certified by DOL before you begin work. There's no grace period that lets you start the new job while paperwork is pending, so coordinate your start date carefully with the new employer's HR and immigration team.