Release Manager Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Release Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa and TN visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application before sponsoring, and candidates with CI/CD pipeline experience and cross-functional coordination skills attract the strongest offers. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Forget about blending in. That's not our style. We're the risk takers, the trailblazers, the gamechangers. We're not perfect and we don't pretend to be. We're raw, unfiltered, and a bit unconventional. Our drive is just like our athletes, unrivaled. The power is in your hands to define what success looks like and where you want to take your career. It's not just about what we do, but about who we become along the way. We are much more than a brand here. We are a way of life, a mindset. Join us.
A Day in the Life:
In the position of Release Manager, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and controlling the release of solutions delivered across Monster Energy's IT portfolio. Manage release schedules for Project Management Office (PMO)-governed initiatives and production support activities, coordinate deployment and cutover activities, facilitate release readiness reviews, and ensure releases are implemented with minimal business disruption. Partner with project teams, IT delivery teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to manage dependencies, align release activities, and support release and change management practices.
The Impact You'll Make:
- Manage and maintain release schedules for PMO-governed initiatives and production support activities, ensuring appropriate sequencing of changes across platforms, environments, and business processes.
- Coordinate release planning activities with project managers, business stakeholders, IT delivery teams, and vendors to define release scope, timing, dependencies, and deployment requirements.
- Own the intake and release management process for production support requests, including prioritization, release grouping, and coordination of recurring release cycles.
- Schedule and coordinate production deployments, deployment windows, cutover activities, and post-deployment support activities across technical and business teams.
- Facilitate release readiness reviews, go/no-go meetings, and change approval activities, ensuring required approvals and documentation are completed prior to deployment.
- Monitor release risks, dependencies, conflicts, and constraints, escalating issues and coordinating resolution activities with stakeholders.
- Coordinate Change Advisory Board (CAB) submissions and approval activities for initiative releases and production changes.
- Track and report release metrics, including on-time delivery, release success rates, emergency changes, and post release defects.
- Support continuous improvement of release management standards, templates, governance processes, and documentation.
Who You Are:
Bachelor's Degree in the field of Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management or Related field
- 3-5 years of experience in release management, IT project management, change management, and/or PMO operations.
- 1-3 years of experience in coordinating release, cutover, or change activities on cross-functional projects involving enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, or ServiceNow.
- Computer Skills Desired: Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Clickup, ServiceNow Change Management, SAP Transport Management, Salesforce Release and Sandbox Management, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, LucidChart
- Preferred Certifications: SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), ITIL v4 Foundation, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)/PMP
- Additional Knowledge or Skills to be Successful in this role: Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Ability to apply release and change governance requirements while supporting delivery timelines. Ability to identify, assess, and escalate risks and issues.
Monster Energy uses AI-powered tools, including Greenhouse's Talent Matching feature, to help evaluate applications for this role. To learn more see Monster's privacy policy here Privacy Policy or contact Monster at privacy@monsterenergy.com.
For United States applicants:
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Read our privacy policy here: Privacy Policy
About Monster Energy:
Forget about blending in. That's not our style. We're the risk takers, the trailblazers, the gamechangers. We're not perfect and we don't pretend to be. We're raw, unfiltered, and a bit unconventional. Our drive is just like our athletes, unrivaled. The power is in your hands to define what success looks like and where you want to take your career. It's not just about what we do, but about who we become along the way. We are much more than a brand here. We are a way of life, a mindset. Join us.
A Day in the Life:
In the position of Release Manager, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and controlling the release of solutions delivered across Monster Energy's IT portfolio. Manage release schedules for Project Management Office (PMO)-governed initiatives and production support activities, coordinate deployment and cutover activities, facilitate release readiness reviews, and ensure releases are implemented with minimal business disruption. Partner with project teams, IT delivery teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to manage dependencies, align release activities, and support release and change management practices.
The Impact You'll Make:
- Manage and maintain release schedules for PMO-governed initiatives and production support activities, ensuring appropriate sequencing of changes across platforms, environments, and business processes.
- Coordinate release planning activities with project managers, business stakeholders, IT delivery teams, and vendors to define release scope, timing, dependencies, and deployment requirements.
- Own the intake and release management process for production support requests, including prioritization, release grouping, and coordination of recurring release cycles.
- Schedule and coordinate production deployments, deployment windows, cutover activities, and post-deployment support activities across technical and business teams.
- Facilitate release readiness reviews, go/no-go meetings, and change approval activities, ensuring required approvals and documentation are completed prior to deployment.
- Monitor release risks, dependencies, conflicts, and constraints, escalating issues and coordinating resolution activities with stakeholders.
- Coordinate Change Advisory Board (CAB) submissions and approval activities for initiative releases and production changes.
- Track and report release metrics, including on-time delivery, release success rates, emergency changes, and post release defects.
- Support continuous improvement of release management standards, templates, governance processes, and documentation.
Who You Are:
Bachelor's Degree in the field of Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management or Related field
- 3-5 years of experience in release management, IT project management, change management, and/or PMO operations.
- 1-3 years of experience in coordinating release, cutover, or change activities on cross-functional projects involving enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, or ServiceNow.
- Computer Skills Desired: Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Clickup, ServiceNow Change Management, SAP Transport Management, Salesforce Release and Sandbox Management, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, LucidChart
- Preferred Certifications: SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), ITIL v4 Foundation, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)/PMP
- Additional Knowledge or Skills to be Successful in this role: Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Ability to apply release and change governance requirements while supporting delivery timelines. Ability to identify, assess, and escalate risks and issues.
Monster Energy uses AI-powered tools, including Greenhouse's Talent Matching feature, to help evaluate applications for this role. To learn more see Monster's privacy policy here Privacy Policy or contact Monster at privacy@monsterenergy.com.
For United States applicants:
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Read our privacy policy here: Privacy Policy
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Release Manager
Frame your release credentials around specialty occupation
H-1B sponsorship requires proving your role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Document how your work requires a specific bachelor's degree, not just general IT experience. Highlight infrastructure architecture decisions, not just ticket coordination.
Check your degree field against the LCA
Employers file a Labor Condition Application stating your degree requirement. If your degree is in a loosely related field like business or MIS, get a credential evaluation from NACES-approved evaluators before interviews. Mismatched credentials are a common RFE trigger.
Target employers with active H-1B LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with verified LCA filing history for Release Manager and related software engineering roles. This filters out companies that have never navigated the sponsorship process and are likely to withdraw offers mid-hiring.
Distinguish yourself from project managers during screening
Hiring managers often conflate Release Manager with general project management. In applications and interviews, lead with technical ownership: deployment pipelines, rollback procedures, and version control governance. These details support specialty occupation classification in the USCIS petition.
Verify prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your location and role. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wage for Release Manager roles in your target city before you evaluate any compensation offer.
Clarify H-1B portability terms before resigning
If you're already in H-1B status with another employer, you can start with a new employer once the new petition is filed with USCIS. Confirm the filing date with your new employer's HR team before submitting your resignation, since timing controls your authorization to work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Release Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, if the employer requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related technical field. Roles that accept any bachelor's degree or substitute years of experience without a degree requirement are harder to qualify. USCIS looks at both the job description and the employer's actual hiring practice when evaluating specialty occupation claims.
Which visas are realistic for a Release Manager seeking sponsorship?
H-1B is the most common path, covering specialty occupation roles and granting up to three years of initial status, extendable to six. TN visa is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals if the role maps to an eligible USMCA profession such as engineer or computer systems analyst. Australian nationals can apply for the E-3 visa with an employer-filed LCA and no lottery requirement.
How do I find Release Manager jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA filing history for Release Manager and related engineering operations roles, so you can focus on companies that have already sponsored candidates in similar positions. This avoids wasting time with employers who express openness to sponsorship but have no process in place.
Will my Release Manager experience substitute for a degree on an H-1B petition?
USCIS allows three years of specialized experience to substitute for one year of a bachelor's degree, but the employer must still demonstrate the role requires a degree-equivalent level of knowledge. If you hold no degree, your employer needs a detailed experience evaluation from a qualified evaluator, and the job description must reflect that degree-level expertise is genuinely required.
What happens to my H-1B sponsorship if I change employers during a release cycle?
You can start working for a new H-1B employer as soon as the new petition is filed with USCIS, with no waiting period. However, your authorization is tied to that specific employer and role. Notify your current employer according to your contract terms, and confirm with the new employer's immigration team that the I-129 has been submitted before your last day.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Release Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.