Description
We are looking for a driven, diligent leader to join our Technical Program Management team for Compute Platform Software. You will work with engineering and product leaders on the planning and execution of programs to develop and publish software enabling new enterprise systems that are at the heart of cross-industry advancement of AI applications.
This role is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end release management process – ensuring smooth, timely, and high-quality software releases from design through full production deployment at scale. You will coordinate release activities across multiple teams, aligning incremental breakthroughs with larger production release cycles to ensure consistency and predictability.
In this position, you will partner closely with engineering, QA, product management, and operations teams to plan, track, and implement release objectives. You will collect requirements, define release priorities, and maintain detailed release calendars to coordinate multiple parallel efforts. You will develop and continuously improve release management processes , including scheduling, version control, deployment procedures, and post-release validation , to optimize delivery pipelines and reduce release risk.
Additionally, you will collaborate with engineering management to refine workflows, streamline approvals, and drive continuous improvement in software delivery efficiency.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating across product and engineering teams to ensure release readiness and successful delivery of enterprise software
- Managing software branching strategies, including feature, release, and hotfix branches
- Assessing the release-readiness status, anticipating risk, and providing strategies to mitigate risk
- Developing program schedules and KPIs to measure release health, predictability, and achievements
- Utilizing coding skills to build or enhance automation scripts, dashboards, and tools that streamline release management and improve delivery efficiency
- Working with Engineering and QA teams on test plans, execution, reviews, failure analysis, and assessing overall quality and risk
- Working with Customer Program Managers to track and resolve software issues incorporating technical feedback from CSPs and OEMs
- Identifying failures, leading retrospective analysis, and helping to develop improvement action plans
Requirements include:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field or equivalent experience
- 12+ years of hands-on experience with software program/release management in tech or related fields
- Thorough knowledge of software engineering and life cycle principles
- Ability to think strategically and tactically and to build consensus to make programs successful
- Strong solution-focused skills, consistently successful implementing systematic solutions
- Experience influencing decisions and leading teams in a dynamic environment
- Enthusiastic, responsive, and passionate about finding opportunities for process improvement
- Excellent communications and technical presentation skills as well as being thorough and able to multitask
Preferred qualifications include:
- Experience on boards and servers in the datacenter space or with productizing enterprise server systems coordinating activities between HW/SW organizations
- Deep understanding of software engineering principles and enterprise system architecture
- Skilled in modern programming languages and practical familiarity with efficiency tools and process automation
- Experience with OSS profiling and vulnerability resolution applying tools like Black Duck or Palamida
- Previous experience in QA is a plus, providing valuable insight into release validation and quality assurance processes
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.