Job Description

We are hiring a Release Manager based in either the APAC or EMEA region to coordinate the end-to-end release lifecycle for a portfolio of enterprise and product-facing applications. You will partner across engineering, QA, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to ensure that every release is predictable, auditable, and customer-safe.

This is a hands-on role focused on running the release cadence reliably, improving CI/CD and change processes incrementally, and providing regional coverage for release activity across APAC and EMEA time zones.

Candidates from premier institutes are highly preferred for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the release calendar for in-scope products, coordinating timing, dependencies, and stakeholder communication across APAC and EMEA teams.
• Run release readiness reviews and facilitate go/no-go decisions, ensuring acceptance criteria, test evidence, security sign-off, and operational runbooks are complete before deployment.
• Execute deployments to staging and production environments, including coordination of pre- and post-release validation, smoke tests, and rollback if needed.
• Operate and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), reducing manual steps and lead time for changes.
• Drive change management in line with ITIL practices and applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., GxP, 21 CFR Part 11), maintaining a complete and audit-ready release record.
• Coordinate hotfix and emergency change processes, including incident-driven releases, while protecting overall system stability.
• Support healthy lower environments (dev, QA, staging) by helping manage availability, configuration parity, and refresh cadence.
• Track and report release metrics such as deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery (DORA metrics).
• Act as the regional release point of contact for APAC and EMEA stakeholders, escalating risks and decisions clearly and on time.
• Document release processes, runbooks, and lessons learned, and share best practices with engineering teams across regions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 4–6 years of professional experience in software engineering, DevOps, or release management, with at least 2 years in a release-focused role.
• Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) and version control workflows (Git).
• Working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized deployments (Docker; Kubernetes a plus).
• Demonstrated experience coordinating releases across multiple teams and environments, including managing downstream dependencies.
• Practical exposure to change management frameworks (ITIL) and to releasing in audit-controlled environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate technical risk into clear business language for stakeholders.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a fully remote, globally distributed team, with flexibility to cover APAC or EMEA working hours.
• Based in and authorized to work in an APAC or EMEA country.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience supporting global or regional teams across APAC and EMEA time zones.
• Familiarity with DevOps best practices, automation, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong understanding of DORA metrics, deployment KPIs, and operational excellence practices.
• Ability to conduct release readiness reviews, risk assessments, and go/no-go meetings with stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail and operational stability.