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Abbott · 1 month ago

Senior Delivery & Release Manager - Alameda US

Alameda, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$114K/yr - $228K/yr

8+ years exp

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. They are seeking a Senior Delivery & Release Manager to coordinate global engineering releases and ensure reliable, compliant, and well-governed delivery cycles across mobile, backend, and cloud systems.

BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedicalMedical DeviceNutritionPharmaceutical

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and manage end-to-end release activities across mobile, backend, and cloud services

Establish and maintain release calendars, cut-off dates, and readiness checkpoints

Partner with engineering and QA teams to define quality gates, rollback plans, and operational acceptance criteria

Ensure each release meets regulatory, security, and performance standards

Monitor post-release performance and coordinate issue triage and communication

Collaborate with Product and Program Management to align release cadence with roadmap milestones

Continuously improve release processes, automation, and cross-team transparency

Qualification

Software deliveryDevOpsRelease managementCI/CD pipelinesStakeholder managementRegulated environmentsRelease Train EngineerJira Advanced RoadmapsAzure DevOpsCross-functional communicationHealth-tech backgroundImproving delivery velocity

Required

8 + years of experience in software delivery, DevOps, or release management within complex cloud or mobile environments

Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, observability, and deployment validation practices

Proven ability to manage releases across multiple teams and time zones

Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills

Experience in regulated or high-reliability environments (HIPAA, GDPR, ISO preferred)

Preferred

Prior experience as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) or Delivery Manager supporting global teams

Familiarity with Jira Advanced Roadmaps, Azure DevOps, or similar release-management tools

Background in health-tech, IoT, or other compliance-driven domains

Demonstrated success improving delivery velocity and release predictability

Benefits

Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan

Excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

Tuition reimbursement

Freedom 2 Save student debt program

FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree

Company

Abbott

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Abbott is a healthcare company that produces diagnostic kits, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.

Founded in 1888

Illinois City, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.abbott.com

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