Senior Director Release Management
Core
Lead the strategic transformation of the release ecosystem from manual governance to a modern, data-driven, platform-enabled model for Product and Technology.
Role type
Senior Director, Release Management & Engineering Transformation
Builds
Modernized release pipelines, automated compliance frameworks, AI-native release capabilities, and shared environment governance.
Domain
Enterprise Software / Cloud Operations / DevOps / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Release strategy definition, policy-as-code, automated compliance, risk-based guardrails, environment strategy, AI-native release practices, investment case building, stakeholder leadership, change management.
Preferred skills
Telemetry-led insights, predictive risk management, progressive delivery, customer onboarding governance, engineering enablement.
Technologies
CI/CD, feature flags, deployment automation, observability, SRE principles, AI/ML tools.
Responsibilities
Define and execute release ecosystem strategy; embed release controls into developer workflows; establish automated, auditable, risk-based controls; define differentiated release models for various release types; lead release-led customer onboarding governance; shape AI-native release management practices; own environment strategy and observability; build release intelligence capabilities; drive engineering enablement; lead and develop the release management function.
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership & transformation