Senior Release Manager

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

As a Senior Release Manager, you will be the central orchestrator for delivering value to our customers, acting as a critical bridge between Engineering, Ops, and Customer Care. Your primary impact will be to ensure a smooth, predictable, and efficient release process for all software and infrastructure changes. You will achieve this by:

• Driving Release Strategy and Execution:You will partner directly with engineering teams to plan, coordinate, and execute the delivery of new features and updates. Your role is to manage the entire release lifecycle, from initial planning and risk assessment to final deployment and communication.

• Enhancing Visibility and Decision-Making:You will provide crucial insights to the business by developing and maintaining dashboards in Jira and Confluence and tracking key metrics that align to business outcomes. Your ability to use data to drive decisions will ensure stakeholders have a clear view of release progress and potential risks.

• Championing Agile and Process Improvement:You will be a key driver of our Agile culture, constantly improving our release processes, practices, and tooling. By defining and rolling out common approaches and leveraging your experience with scaled agile frameworks, you will make it simpler for teams to deliver high-quality software efficiently.

Your Qualifications:

Essential

• Extensive commercial experience as a Release Engineer or Release Manager within a software engineering environment.

• Strong history of using data to track metrics and drive decision-making.

• Demonstrated experience with software delivery, including continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Proven experience implementing and working within a scaled framework for agile development.

• Strong leadership and change management skills, with the ability to lead via influence in a cross-functional setting and manage the rollout of new processes.

Key Skills & Technologies

• Excellent communication skills, especially in translating technical concepts for diverse audiences.

• Expertise with Jira(including Advanced Roadmaps), Confluence, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Harness.

• Familiarity with cloud environments such as Google Cloud (GCP)and AWS.

Desirable

• A background in DevOps.

• Proficiency with scripting languages.

• Experience with data visualization tools like PowerBI.

• Knowledge of Splunk and GitHub.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day! 

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