Techolution - Release Manager - Azure/DevOps

Location : Hyderabad(Hybrid).

Work Timings : 2:00 PM 11:00 PM IST.

No of Openings : 1.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead and evolve the AI product release strategy, with a focus on automation, predictability, and scalability.

- Develop frictionless release systems that minimize manual handoffs and support frequent deployments.

- Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, QA, MLOps) to align release planning with product goals.

- Establish and enforce release governance, quality checks, and approval workflows.

- Maintain a centralized release calendar, including planning, coordination, and execution of releases.

- Identify and remove bottlenecks across the release lifecycle.

- Oversee release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives.

- Define and monitor key release health metrics (e.g., lead time, failure rates, rollback incidents).

- Advocate for continuous improvement, scalable practices, and automation-first principles in release management.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

- 3+ years of experience in Release Management within a tech or product-based environment.

- Proven experience in managing end-to-end release cycles for complex digital products preferably AI, data, or platform-based.

- Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience managing cross-functional Agile teams.

- Demonstrated ability to optimize and scale release processes, with a focus on automation and reducing manual intervention.

- Experience working with release calendars, governance workflows, and stakeholder communication in fast-paced environments.

- Familiarity with basic AI/ML development workflows (e.g., model versioning, testing, and deployment cycles) is a plus but deep technical ML knowledge is not required.

- Exposure to tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or other project/release management platforms.

- Excellent communication and coordination skills, with a track record of aligning multiple teams and functions toward shared release goals.