Senior Director Release Management
Core
Lead the 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 controls, AI-native release practices, and shared environment governance.
Domain
Enterprise Software / Cloud Operations / DevOps / AI Engineering
Required skills
Release strategy, CI/CD, policy-as-code, automated compliance, SRE principles, environment strategy, customer onboarding governance, data-driven risk management, change management, investment case building.
Preferred skills
AI/LLM integration in release workflows, predictive risk modeling, progressive delivery, feature flags, ephemeral environments.
Technologies
CI/CD tools, policy-as-code frameworks, telemetry platforms, observability tools, AI/ML platforms.
Responsibilities
Define long-term release strategy across product, service, emergency, security, platform, and AI/model releases; embed automated controls into developer workflows; lead customer onboarding governance and environment readiness; build release intelligence using telemetry and AI; drive engineering enablement and cultural transformation; secure funding for tooling and platform capabilities.
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership & hands-on transformation
