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# Release Manager

- **Company:** Spectraforce
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing Security, Continuous Integration, Network Segmentation, Release Management, Change Tracking, Firewalls (Computer Science), Servicenow
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18638567/Release-Manager-Illinois-Chicago

## About the Role

* Proven experience delivering infrastructure, security, or regulatory remediation initiatives in Financial Services or similarly regulated environments.
 * Strong understanding of change management, release governance, and risk controls.
 * Experience coordinating releases across multiple teams, vendors, and time zones.
 * Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent releases without loss of control or visibility.
 * Strong communication skills, able to explain complex release risks and decisions to technical and non?technical stakeholders.

Tools & Technology Experience:

 * Experience with release and change tracking tools such as ServiceNow, Azure DevOps (ADO), JIRA, or equivalent platforms.
 * Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and how they apply in controlled enterprise environments.
 * Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and MS Teams for coordination and reporting.

Experience supporting releases involving network, firewall, identity, or cloud security components is strongly preferred

## Description

* The client is seeking an experienced Release Manager to support the delivery of strategic cybersecurity remediation initiatives, including network segmentation security controls.
 * The Release Manager will be accountable for planning, coordinating, and governing releases across multiple workstreams to ensure changes are introduced into production in a predictable, secure, and compliant manner.
 * This role operates within a heavily regulated financial services environment and requires close alignment with Security Engineering and Program Delivery functions., Release Planning & Coordination
 * Define, maintain, and execute integrated release plans across multiple cybersecurity workstreams and delivery teams.
 * Coordinate release activities spanning planning, build, test, validation, and deployment phases.
 * Ensure releases are aligned with program milestones, regulatory commitments, and dependency constraints.
 * Manage release calendars and resolve conflicts across parallel initiatives and shared environments.

Change & Risk Management

 * Partner with technology Change Management teams to ensure all releases comply with internal change control, approval, and audit requirements.
 * Identify, assess, and manage release-related risks, including environment readiness, dependency misalignment, and rollback considerations.
 * Ensure release artefacts (release notes, deployment plans, back?out procedures) are complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
 * Support governance routines by providing clear visibility into upcoming releases, risks, and go/no?go decisions.

Cross-Functional Execution:

 * Act as a central coordination point between Security Engineers, Infrastructure & app teams, and project resources.
 * Support planning and execution for complex infrastructure and security-related changes.
 * Coordinate testing and validation activities to ensure solutions meet security, operational, and regulatory expectations before release.
 * Manage communications to stakeholders before, during, and after releases to ensure transparency and alignment.