About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Release Manager to oversee and
manage the end‑to‑end release lifecycle across multiple applications and
environments. The role involves planning, coordinating, tracking, and executing
software releases while ensuring high-quality delivery, minimal downtime, and
robust alignment with development, QA, security, and infrastructure teams.

You will work with cross-functional teams to implement release
governance, improve deployment processes, and ensure smooth continuous
integration and delivery in Azure DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

Release Planning & Coordination
- Own and manage the
full release lifecycle—from planning to deployment and post-release
validation.
- Create and maintain
release plans, schedules, calendars, and documentation.
- Coordinate with
development, QA, operations, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure
release readiness.
- Identify release
dependencies, risks, and blockers; drive resolution across teams.

Azure DevOps CI/CD Management
- Manage and optimize
Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML / Classic) for build,



release, and
deployment.
- Implement and
maintain automated deployment workflows for multi-environment setups (Dev,
QA, UAT, Pre‑Prod, Prod).
- Ensure best
practices in CI/CD, version control (Git), environment branching
strategies, and infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC).

Deployment Execution
- Oversee and execute
deployments across cloud and on‑prem environments.
- Ensure compliance
with change management processes (CAB approvals, rollback plans,
validation checks).
- Perform release
validation, smoke testing, and post-deployment verifications.

Governance & Process Improvement
- Establish release
governance, checklists, templates, and communication processes.
- Drive continuous
improvement in release automation, environment stability, and deployment
frequency.
- Monitor release KPIs
and report insights (deployment success rate, change failure rate, MTTR,
etc.).

Stakeholder Communication
- Provide

📌 Release Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Thoucentric
📍 Bengaluru