Release Manager
Alteryx
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $139,000 - $155,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudSDLC
About the role
- Own and continuously improve the release management lifecycle across Desktop, On-Prem Server, and Cloud
- Partner with engineering teams to plan, schedule, and track releases; from feature readiness through deployment and post-release validation
- Collaborate with Product Management to ensure release scope and timing align with business priorities
- Coordinate with Customer Success, Support, and Documentation teams to ensure customers have the right information and resources before and after each release
- Define and enforce a consistent release communication process, including release notes, readiness checklists, rollout plans, and stakeholder updates
- Manage release risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring clear visibility and escalation paths
- Lead release readiness reviews, go/no-go meetings, and post-mortems to drive continuous improvement
- Establish and maintain a central source of truth for release status and timelines
- Partner with QA and automation teams to ensure robust validation and regression testing strategies are in place
- Identify opportunities to streamline and automate release operations, increasing efficiency and reliability
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Release Management, Program Management, or Engineering Operations for enterprise or SaaS software products
- Proven experience managing releases across multi-platform environments (desktop, on-prem, and cloud)
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies
- Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated ability to drive alignment between engineering, product, and customer-facing teams
- Strong analytical and organizational skills, with meticulous attention to detail
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and cloud deployment tools is a plus
- A passion for process excellence and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- medical
- retirement
- financial
- wellness
- time off
- employee discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
release managementprogram managementengineering operationssoftware development lifecycle (SDLC)CI/CD pipelinesagile methodologiesvalidation testingregression testingrelease communication processrisk management
Soft skills
cross-functional communicationstakeholder managementanalytical skillsorganizational skillsattention to detailprocess excellencecontinuous improvementcollaborationleadershipproblem-solving