Release Manager

Job#: 3055844
Job Description:
Release Manager
Location: Chicago, Illinois (Hybrid)
Role Overview
An experienced Release Manager is sought 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 regulated financial services environment and requires close alignment with Security Engineering and Program Delivery functions.
Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 artifacts are complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
• Act as a central coordination point between Security Engineers, Infrastructure & app teams, and project resources.
• Manage communications to stakeholders before, during, and after releases to ensure transparency and alignment.

Required Qualifications
Experience: 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.
Technical Skills: 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.
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting releases involving network, firewall, identity, or cloud security components is strongly preferred.
• Strong communication skills, able to explain complex release risks and decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholder

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