Remote Release Engineering Manager - AI Ecosystem

General Information

Req #

WD00095897

Career area:

Software Engineering

Country/Region:

United States of America

State:

Illinois

City:

Chicago

Date:

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Working time:

Full-time

Additional Locations :
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

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Description and Requirements

About Our Team The AI Ecosystem Release Engineering Manager will lead endtoend release planning, coordination, and execution for complex, multiplatform software programs. This role ensures controlled, predictable, and lowrisk releases through strong governance, disciplined processes, and close alignment with business priorities.

We recently introduced Qira, our new cross-device Personal AI that works seamlessly across Lenovo and Motorola products.

More information can be found here:

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end release planning, coordination, and execution for complex multi-platform software programs (Android and Windows).
• Own release calendar management, cross-functional milestone alignment, and executive-level reporting.
• Manage branching strategies, versioning models, and multi-line codebase integrations across global teams.
• Drive release automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve predictability. Maintain a robust Release Management pipeline for Continuous Integration with automation capabilities
• Coordinate go/no-go decisions, rollback strategies, and post-release retrospectives.
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and quality standards during release cycles.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, SRE, DevOps, and Program Management to align releases with product roadmaps and business objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+yrs of Experience as a People Manager handling Release Engineering.
• 15+yrs of Experience with Release Engineering at an enterprise scale.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong governance, risk management, and processdriven mindset.
• Experience leading enterprisescale release and Change Management functions.
• Solid understanding of software systems and delivery lifecycles across Mobile (Android), Windows and RTOS systems.
• Excellent executive communication and crossfunctional leadership skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Cultural Competency working across Chinese, Desi, American, European, and South American cultural contexts, ensuring messages are communicated with clarity and tact.
• Experience with Cursor or AI tools is a plus.
• Experience supporting development of LLM-based or Agentic AI systems desired.
• Master's degree or higher in a relevant field is a plus.

The base salary budgeted range for this position is $190-210k. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. This position operates on a hybrid schedule to our Chicago, IL location and is onsite 3 days per week.

Lenovo's various benefits can be found on
In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is August 14, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

Additional Locations :
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

* United States of America

* United States of America - Illinois

* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago