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Genesis10 · 10 hours ago

Sr. Release Manager

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Release Manager for a 12-month contract role with their client in Eagan, MN. The Release Manager plans, schedules, and controls the movement of software releases, ensuring reliable, repeatable, and low-risk delivery of software changes by coordinating across various teams and enforcing release standards.

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Responsibilities

Lead and manage the end-to-end release lifecycle from planning through deployment and post-release support
Coordinate cross-functional release activities, including development, QA/testing, DevOps, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders
Define and enforce release processes, standards, and governance, ensuring compliance with change control policies
Maintain an integrated release calendar and communicate scheduled releases, dependencies, risks, and constraints to stakeholders
Facilitate release planning and readiness reviews, including release scope, risk assessments, test coverage, rollback criteria, and go/no-go decisions
Collaborate with Agile teams to support continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) and automated deployments
Monitor release execution, troubleshoot issues, and drive root-cause analysis for release failures or incidents
Serve as a point of contact for escalation management during releases and coordinate issue resolution
Prepare and maintain release documentation (runbooks, deployment plans, environment configurations, change logs)
Drive continuous improvement of release and deployment processes and tools

Qualification

Release ManagementDeployment CoordinationAgile MethodologiesAWSJavaContinuous Integration/DeliveryStakeholder ManagementChange ManagementProblem ResolutionDetail-oriented

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
10 years of IT experience (software delivery, release coordination, DevOps, or project management)
3 years in a release management or deployment coordination role, ideally in enterprise environments
Experience with healthcare required
Experience working in Agile environments required
Release & Deployment Tools: They are an AWS and Java based environment
Configuration & Version Control: They are an AWS and Java based environment
Deployment Pipelines: Understanding of build automation, pipeline orchestration, artifact repositories
Environment Management: familiarity with development, test, staging, and production environments
Monitoring tools and dashboards for release health/metrics
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Resource will need to be able to execute in addition to lead. They do not want the resource who will just come up with strategy. Someone that will also drive and execute on this
Ideally targeting a resource who demonstrates their growth through their career where they can relate to multiple levels in an organization
Change management experience, will be working across the organization (vendors, contractors, employees, business partners) to build repeatable processes
A resource who will own mistakes
Detail-oriented with excellent planning and organizational abilities
Ability to work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
Skilled in risk and issue escalation, problem resolution
Continuous improvement mindset

Preferred

Master's or relevant certification is a plus

Benefits

Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
Remote opportunities available

Company

Genesis10

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Information Technology and Services

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Harley Lippman
CEO and Founder
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