Salesforce Release Manager

We are seeking an experienced Release Manager to lead and govern end-to-end release processes for a Salesforce-based SaaS platform. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring predictable, high-quality, and controlled software releases while coordinating across Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders.

This role requires strong expertise in release planning, deployment governance, CI/CD processes, source control management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication within a complex, multi-team environment.

Key ResponsibilitiesRelease Planning & Governance

• Define release scope in collaboration with Product and Engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain release schedules, milestones, and dashboards.
• Track progress of release commitments and manage scope changes.
• Coordinate release readiness reviews and Go/No-Go decisions.

Quality & Release Readiness

• Ensure all release items meet Definition of Done requirements.
• Verify completion of code reviews, testing, accessibility compliance, and deployment prerequisites.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, code changes, testing, and release artifacts.
• Coordinate release validation activities across teams.

Source Control & Deployment Management

• Manage branching strategies and code freeze processes.
• Maintain release versioning, tagging, and deployment records.
• Ensure proper packaging and deployment of release artifacts.
• Support audit, compliance, and governance requirements.

Risk & Environment Management

• Identify, track, and mitigate release risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate environment readiness and deployment preparation activities.
• Develop rollback and contingency plans for production releases.
• Proactively escalate critical issues affecting release timelines.

CI/CD & Process Improvement

• Monitor and improve CI/CD pipeline health and deployment processes.
• Drive release automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with DevOps teams to enhance deployment efficiency and reliability.
• Establish and maintain release management best practices.

Stakeholder Communication

• Provide regular release status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Maintain visibility into release scope, risks, timelines, and dependencies.
• Facilitate cross-functional coordination across Product, Engineering, QA, and Operations teams.

• 9+ years of experience in Release Management, Program Management, or Software Delivery.
• Experience managing releases in Salesforce and SaaS environments.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and release governance.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Strong knowledge of Git, branching strategies, version control, and source code management.
• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, or similar tools.
• Proven ability to manage multiple releases and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and risk management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce platform experience.
• Experience working with DevOps and cloud-based environments.
• Knowledge of release automation tools and deployment best practices.
• Experience supporting audit and compliance requirements.

What Success Looks Like

• Consistent, on-time releases with minimal production issues.
• Improved release predictability and deployment quality.
• Strong governance around source control and versioning.
• Increased stakeholder confidence and release transparency.
• Continuous improvement in CI/CD efficiency and release processes.

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