Senior Level Release Manager Jobs
Senior level release manager jobs place experienced professionals in charge of release strategy, cross-functional coordination, and the engineering and operations teams that deliver production deployments. Openings concentrate across Technology & Software, Retail, and Manufacturing, with 33% remote or hybrid availability, and employers like Riot Games, Amazon, and FocusKPI hiring at this level now.
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Senior Release Manager - Release Management & DevOps - Onsite
Bright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company dedicated to building innovative solutions that help businesses automate and optimize their operations. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to create scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a skilled to join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of transforming business processes through technology. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
Summary: Seeking a Senior Release Manager with 7-10 years of experience in Release Management and DevOps. The candidate should have strong hands-on experience with AWS, Jenkins, Groovy scripting, CI/CD pipeline creation, and deployment automation, along with strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
Role: Senior Release Manager - Release Management & DevOps
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Mode of Work: Hybrid (3 days from office is mandatory)
Industry: Media / Entertainment / Streaming preferred
Experience: 7-10 years
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Manage end-to-end software release planning, coordination, and production deployments.
- Coordinate across Engineering, QA, DevOps/SRE, Product, and Infrastructure teams.
- Manage release schedules, dependencies, risks, blockers, and Go/No-Go activities.
- Create, maintain, and troubleshoot Jenkins CI/CD pipelines using Groovy.
- Support application deployments and release activities across AWS environments.
- Drive deployment automation and continuous improvement of release processes.
- Coordinate hotfixes, rollback activities, and post-release validation.
- Provide release status and risk updates to technical and business stakeholders.
Mandatory Skills:
- 7-10 years of Release Management / DevOps experience.
- Strong Release Management and CI/CD experience.
- Hands-on Jenkins experience.
- Strong Groovy scripting skills.
- Experience creating and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong working knowledge of AWS and cloud deployments.
- Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
Good to Have Skills:
- Media / Entertainment / Streaming industry experience.
- Docker / Kubernetes.
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
- Azure / GCP experience.
- Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow.
- DevSecOps experience.
Would you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume directly to jaya@bvteck.com
At BVTeck, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Position offered by "No Fee agency.”
Senior Release Manager - Release Management & DevOps - Onsite
Bright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company dedicated to building innovative solutions that help businesses automate and optimize their operations. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to create scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a skilled to join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of transforming business processes through technology. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
Summary: Seeking a Senior Release Manager with 7-10 years of experience in Release Management and DevOps. The candidate should have strong hands-on experience with AWS, Jenkins, Groovy scripting, CI/CD pipeline creation, and deployment automation, along with strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
Role: Senior Release Manager - Release Management & DevOps
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Mode of Work: Hybrid (3 days from office is mandatory)
Industry: Media / Entertainment / Streaming preferred
Experience: 7-10 years
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Manage end-to-end software release planning, coordination, and production deployments.
- Coordinate across Engineering, QA, DevOps/SRE, Product, and Infrastructure teams.
- Manage release schedules, dependencies, risks, blockers, and Go/No-Go activities.
- Create, maintain, and troubleshoot Jenkins CI/CD pipelines using Groovy.
- Support application deployments and release activities across AWS environments.
- Drive deployment automation and continuous improvement of release processes.
- Coordinate hotfixes, rollback activities, and post-release validation.
- Provide release status and risk updates to technical and business stakeholders.
Mandatory Skills:
- 7-10 years of Release Management / DevOps experience.
- Strong Release Management and CI/CD experience.
- Hands-on Jenkins experience.
- Strong Groovy scripting skills.
- Experience creating and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong working knowledge of AWS and cloud deployments.
- Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
Good to Have Skills:
- Media / Entertainment / Streaming industry experience.
- Docker / Kubernetes.
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
- Azure / GCP experience.
- Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow.
- DevSecOps experience.
Would you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume directly to jaya@bvteck.com
At BVTeck, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Position offered by "No Fee agency.”
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Senior Level Release Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level release manager job?
Employers at this level want candidates who have owned end-to-end release pipelines, driven process improvements, and guided junior engineers through complex deployments. Demonstrating experience with CI/CD tooling at scale, cross-team coordination, and incident management gives you a clear edge. Highlight specific outcomes you led, not just processes you participated in, and show you can mentor others while still executing.
Which companies hire senior level release managers?
Companies hiring senior level release managers right now include Riot Games, Amazon, and FocusKPI, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level tends to concentrate in larger technology organizations, regulated enterprises, and companies running high-frequency deployment cycles where release ownership and governance carry significant business weight.
Are there remote senior level release manager jobs?
Yes, remote and hybrid options are common at this level. About 33% of senior level release manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how distributed engineering teams have made location flexibility a standard expectation for senior release roles rather than an exception.
What makes a release manager role senior level?
Senior level release manager roles are defined by ownership rather than execution. You are setting release standards, designing the governance frameworks, and making final calls on deployment readiness. You mentor and guide other release engineers, collaborate directly with engineering leadership and product management, and are accountable for the reliability and cadence of production releases across the organization.
Which industries hire the most senior level release managers?
Senior Level release manager roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Retail, and Manufacturing, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive demand because they operate complex, high-stakes software delivery pipelines where experienced release oversight directly affects product quality, compliance, and customer outcomes.