IT Release Manager

Job Title

Release Planning & Coordination

Own and manage the integrated release calendar across Guidewire and connected platforms

Coordinate release activities across development, QA, UAT, performance testing, and production deployment

Drive release readiness reviews, go/no-go checkpoints, and deployment governance

Manage release scope, dependencies, sequencing, and deployment timelines

Coordinate cross-team implementation activities across multiple workstreams and vendors

Environment & Deployment Governance

Partner with Platform/DevOps teams to ensure environment readiness and deployment stability

Coordinate code promotions across Dev, SIT, UAT, PERF, and Production environments

Validate deployment plans, rollback strategies, and contingency procedures

Ensure alignment between release schedules, infrastructure readiness, and testing cycles

Risk & Dependency Management

Identify release risks, blockers, and cross-platform dependencies early

Drive mitigation planning and escalation management

Coordinate issue resolution across Engineering, QA, Platform, and vendor teams

Ensure production support readiness and operational transition planning

Quality & Testing Alignment

Partner with QA leadership to ensure alignment across SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing activities

Ensure release criteria and quality gates are met prior to deployment

Coordinate validation activities across Guidewire Core, Digital, Integrations, Earnix, and Data/Reporting workstreams

Communication & Reporting

Provide executive-level release status reporting and dashboards

Facilitate release governance meetings and stakeholder communications

Maintain visibility into release health, risks, deployment status, and defect trends

Drive post-release reviews and continuous improvement activities

Reporting Structure

This role will work closely with:

Engineering Leadership

QA/Test Management

Platform/DevOps

Architecture

Product Management

Production Support

Vendor Partners (Guidewire, SI partners, etc.)

Success Measures

Predictable and stable releases

Reduced deployment risk and production incidents

Improved release transparency and governance

High environment readiness and release quality

Effective coordination across workstreams and vendors

AWS Certification is a plus