[Hiring] Manager, Release Management @Dayforce

Role Description

The Manager, Release Management leads the people, practices, and cross-functional coordination required to deliver reliable, predictable, and well-governed software releases to our customers.

• Leads a team of Release Managers and partners closely with Product Management, Application Development, Cloud Infrastructure and Operations, Support, Cybersecurity, and other stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Accountable for ensuring that release contents are complete and accurate, risks and dependencies are understood, and release-readiness expectations are consistently applied.
• Builds an environment where Release Managers take ownership, collaborate effectively, and continuously improve how work gets done.
• Uses modern automation and AI-enabled practices to improve release quality, efficiency, and predictability.
• Must understand modern software delivery practices to lead release decisions, assess delivery risk, and influence stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing a high-performing release management team responsible for monolithic and microservices releases.
• Experience establishing clear operating practices, performance expectations, and success measures for a release management function.
• Experience overseeing release planning and coordination across products and services.
• Experience leading release-readiness and Go/No-Go governance.
• Experience managing release risks, exceptions, decisions, reporting, documentation, and audit evidence.
• Experience improving release quality and predictability through root-cause analysis and automation.

Requirements

• Experience working in Agile, Lean, DevOps, or product operating models.
• Familiarity with ITIL, change enablement, or other IT service management frameworks.
• Experience managing releases across a combination of cloud-native services, microservices, platform components, and large enterprise applications.
• Experience improving or automating release controls, readiness checks, reporting, or deployment workflows.
• Experience supporting regulated, audited, or compliance-sensitive software delivery environments.
• Experience introducing AI-assisted tools or workflows within an operational, delivery, or program management function.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401k plan (plus match).
• Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Unlimited Time Away From Work.
• 10 paid US holidays.
• Up to 80 hours of paid sick time.
• 17 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Opportunities for community impact, including volunteer days and charity initiatives.