Release Train Manager

Job Role: Release Train Manager

Location: Plano, TX/Indianapolis, IN/Portsmouth, NH/Boston, MA/Seattle, WA

Job Description:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Role Overview

• Responsible for end-to-end orchestration of multi-application, enterprise releases, ensuring on-time, low-risk deployments through strong coordination, dependency management, release governance, and transparent reporting.
• 12 years in Release Management / Program Delivery / Orchestration
• Strong experience managing large-scale, multi-stream enterprise releases
• Hands-on knowledge of Agile / SAFe environments
• Expertise in risk, dependency, and change management
• Excellent stakeholder communication and coordination skills

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own and manage integrated release calendars across multiple teams and applications
• Coordinate release planning, readiness, execution, and cutover activities
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and conflicts
• Drive release gates, go/no-go decisions, and compliance checkpoints
• Facilitate release execution calls and post-release stabilization
• Provide clear status, risk, and readiness reporting to stakeholders
• Partner with Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, and Operations teams

Tools & Environment

• Jira / Jira Align, Confluence, Azure DevOps (or similar ALM tools)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and environment management

Preferred

• SAFe certification (RTE / Agilist)
• BFSI / regulated industry experience
• ITIL / Change Management exposure

Salary : $100,000 - $120,000