Sr Release Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Release Management

• Develop, maintain, and execute integrated release plans across multiple Agile teams.
• Coordinate release readiness activities including planning, integration, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Manage release schedules, dependencies, risks, and cross-team coordination.
• Facilitate release planning meetings and Go/No-Go decision reviews.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to improve CI/CD and release automation.
• Track release metrics and communication release status to program leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with customer governance, configuration management, cybersecurity, and change management processes.
• Coordinate release documentation, deployment approvals, and implementation activities.

Scrum Master

• Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams.
• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
• Remove impediments and proactively resolve delivery risks.
• Partner with Product Managers to maintain healthy product backlogs and prioritize works.
• Foster collaboration across development, test, security, and operations teams.
• Track team velocity, sprint metrics, and Agile health indicators.
• Promote transparency, accountability, and continuous process improvement.

Program Leadership

• Coordinate dependencies across multiple Agile teams and external organizations.
• Support Program Increment (PI) Planning and release forecasting.
• Identify program risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Prepare executive-level status reports and release dashboards.
• Support process improvement initiatives and Agile maturity efforts.
• Track record of mentoring Scrum Masters and Agile teams to higher levels of maturity.

Basic Qualifications:

• US citizenship is required per contract with Active TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in a technical domain.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Advanced CSM, or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).
• 10+ years of experience supporting software development programs.
• 5+ years of Release Management experience within Agile software development environments.
• 5+ years serving as a Scrum Master for Agile development teams.
• Experience managing releases across multiple Scrum teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean methodologies.
• Experience supporting DevSecOps and CI/CD environments.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs.