Release Manager
Remote · Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary
Job Summary
Plan and coordinate releases end-to-end across agile delivery cycles and waterfall-near milestone/approval phases. Define and coordinate release scope, timelines, dependencies, and governance steps; own release communication and artifacts (release notes, governance decks) and ensure stakeholder alignment. Coordinate operational handovers for deployment/cutover/go-live and lead or support hypercare governance after go-live. Maintain transparency via status, risks, and decisions, ensuring consistency between planning tools and ITSM/change artifacts. Requires experience as Release Manager/Release Coordinator in agile and/or waterfall-near delivery models, strong governance and stakeholder coordination, ability to manage dependencies and release readiness across teams, hands-on go-live/hypercare support, proficiency in release/change tracking, and familiarity with ServiceNow ITSM/JIRA/Confluence/MS Project. Nice-to-haves include knowledge of automation for process support and GenAI-assisted standardization of release artifacts under governance & compliance. The role supports an international team with flexible working hours and home office options.
Required Qualifications
- Experience as Release Manager / Release Coordinator in agile and/or waterfall-near delivery models
- Strong governance and stakeholder coordination (Product, Engineering, Deployment/Operations)
- Ability to manage dependencies, timelines, and release readiness/deployment status across teams
- Hands-on support for go-live/hypercare including escalation and reporting structure
- Proficiency in release/change tracking and sign-off mechanisms
- Tools: ServiceNow ITSM/JIRA/Confluence/MS Project
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