Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Lead Software Release Manager
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Software Release Manager to lead end-to-end release planning, scheduling, and orchestration across a portfolio of 7-8 interconnected software products and platforms. This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining an integrated release calendar that balances product roadmaps, engineering capacity, testing workplace availability, customer commitments, regulatory requirements, and cross-program dependencies.
The ideal candidate thrives in complex enterprise environments where multiple teams, systems,



and stakeholders must coordinate to successfully deliver high-quality software releases. This individual will serve as the central point of coordination for release readiness, dependency management, environment planning, and deployment execution.

Key Responsibilities
Release Planning & Scheduling
• Own the enterprise release calendar across 7-8 products and platforms.
• Develop and maintain integrated release schedules accounting for:
o Development milestones
o Integration testing windows
o Pre-production validation
o Performance and scalability testing
o Production deployment windows
o Customer onboarding and certification timelines
• Coordinate release trains and major program increments across multiple teams.
• Balance competing priorities while optimizing release frequency and stability.
Dependency Management
• Identify, document, track, and proactively manage:
o Product-

📌 Lead Software Release Manager (Pune)
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