ZeniMax Media · 5 hours ago
Release Manager
Rockville, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$145K/yr - $205K/yr
3+ years expZeniMax Media Inc. is a leading game development company known for its award-winning titles. As a Release Manager, you will own the end-to-end path to live for each release, coordinating across multiple teams to ensure successful deployments and compliance with all requirements.
ComputerGamingMedia and Entertainment
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end path to live for each release or major milestone, ensuring all required work is identified, tracked, and completed relative to release or the next milestone
Educate internal partners on release process and requirements
Plan, schedule, and coordinate releases across development, QA, operations, platform partners, and publishing teams
Maintain release calendars, deployment plans, cutover and rollback strategies, and key documentation (runbooks, timelines release artifacts)
Serve as the technical owner of publishing and deployment work, including build readiness, environment coordination, submission timing, and release execution
Lead Go/No-Go decision points and ensure all technical, quality, and compliance criteria are met
Track and manage release dependencies, risks, and blockers—escalate issues early, resolve them ahead of release, and provide on-call support during release windows
Coordinate certification and submission processes for publishing platforms (e.g., console, mobile, storefronts)
Provide clear, timely status reporting on release readiness, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership
Maintain a release repository with procedures, dependencies, notification lists and release details
Maintain a centralized release repository with processes, dependencies, communication lists, release details, and archived final assets, ensuring all submissions meet first-party, ratings board, and broader compliance requirements
Develop and provide short- and long-term release reporting and metrics
Drive consistency, predictability, and continuous improvement in how we ship, using data, retrospectives, and feedback
Take on adjacent responsibilities that support healthier, more reliable releases as our tools, partners, and games evolve
Qualification
Required
You have 3–7+ years of experience in release management, delivery management, DevOps, program management, or a closely related role
You have a minimum of 2 years' experience guiding projects or teams through influence rather than direct authority
You've demonstrated ownership of complex, cross-team release lifecycles in a production environment
You have experience with multi-platform releases (PC, console, mobile, handheld) and storefront pipelines, configuration, third-party certification requirements, compliance, and submission tooling
You bring a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and deployment practices and workflows
You're comfortable coordinating multiple teams and stakeholders with competing priorities and multiple dependencies
You have a proven ability to manage risk, drive decisions, and operate effectively under time-critical release conditions
You excel at leveraging automation solutions and tools to streamline workflows and minimize manual effort
You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
You have experience shipping live products or games, including post-launch support and live operations
You can operate as a technical authority on release readiness while partnering closely with production and live teams
You possess a process-oriented mindset with a focus on clarity, accountability, and repeatable execution
You have familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps)
You have a high attention to detail paired with the ability to think systemically about end-to-end delivery
Benefits
Healthcare benefits
A 401(k) plan and company match
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
Paid vacation time
Paid sick and mental health time
Several paid holidays
Company
ZeniMax Media
ZeniMax creates and publishes original interactive entertainment content for consoles, the PC, and handheld/wireless devices.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (1)
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2020 (5)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$574.9MKey Investors
Providence Equity PartnersSBS
2020-09-21Acquired
2010-10-06Private Equity· $150M
2009-07-07Debt Financing· $105M
Leadership Team
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Denise Kidd
SVP, Finance & Controller
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