Manager, Release Management

• Experience leading and developing a high-performing release management team responsible for monolithic and microservices releases, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Experience establishing clear operating practices, performance expectations, and success measures for a release management function.
• Experience overseeing release planning and coordination across products and services, including schedules, deployment windows, milestones, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience leading release-readiness and Go/No-Go governance, ensuring decisions are based on clear criteria, reliable information, and cross-functional input.
• Experience managing release risks, exceptions, decisions, reporting, documentation, and audit evidence while ensuring information is communicated effectively.
• Experience improving release quality and predictability through root-cause analysis, standardized practices, automation, self-service capabilities, and modern DevOps and AI-enabled approaches.

• Experience working in Agile, Lean, DevOps, or product operating models.
• Familiarity with ITIL, change enablement, or other IT service management frameworks.
• Experience managing releases across a combination of cloud-native services, microservices, platform components, and large enterprise applications.
• Experience improving or automating release controls, readiness checks, reporting, or deployment workflows.
• Experience supporting regulated, audited, or compliance-sensitive software delivery environments.
• Experience introducing AI-assisted tools or workflows within an operational, delivery, or program management function.

What’s in it for you

Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique.

We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.

We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.

Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth.

We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.

With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life.

Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.

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Proficiency in English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders, co-workers, managers and/or clients across the world.

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Employees need to be able to communicate with these departments in English to appropriately administer their business relationship.

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