Manager, Release Management (AI Robotics)

Location: USA Wilmington, MA - HQ; hybrid work with up to 10% travel to client locations and company headquarters

Base salary: $120,750.00–$177,100.00 per year, varying by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Company

hirify.global develops an AI-powered robotic and software platform for high-density warehouse automation and supply chain operations.

What you will do

• Lead software release strategy across business milestones, engineering roadmaps, testing activities, and customer deployment schedules.
• Own release readiness, go/no-go assessments, post-release reviews, release content, schedules, risks, requirements, QA plans, and scope changes.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineering, Development, Quality, DevOps, and customer stakeholders to deliver releases on time.
• Oversee branch impact, code merge timing, build validation, blocker triage, automated release notifications, and release notes.
• Maintain cross-system dependencies and deployment procedures while advocating for automation and continuous improvement.
• Lead the Change Advisory Board process and act as the liaison between Release Management, Engineering, and customers.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, a related technical discipline, or related experience.
• At least 8 years of delivery management, release management, or release engineering experience, including at least 3 years managing engineering teams.
• Expert proficiency with Jira, GitHub Actions or Jenkins, ArgoCD, and collaborative systems such as Confluence or SharePoint.
• Experience designing end-to-end release workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-stage release gating.
• Experience leading large-scale, complex software releases in fast-paced environments with shifting business priorities.
• Experience collaborating with DevOps engineers to streamline and safeguard the release lifecycle, including public cloud technologies and container registries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, attention to detail, situational fluency, influence, perseverance, and the ability to explain complex technical issues to technical and business audiences.
• Ability to prioritize and triage simultaneous issues based on priority, impact, risk, and release timing, and facilitate resolution of complex technical problems.
• Experience working with technical engineering teams in a fast-paced technology company.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid environment within an engineering operations organization focused on software, DevOps, IT, hardware, electromechanical systems, AI, and machine learning.
• Up to 10% travel may be required; a valid driver's license and ability to drive or fly to client locations and company headquarters are required.
• Business travel expenses are reimbursed according to program guidelines; a personal credit card may be required during onboarding.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k), PTO, and other benefits.
• Workplace culture emphasizes innovation, collaboration, inclusion, and equal opportunity.