Release Manager

Permanent

Be part of something bigger. Decode the future.

At Electrolux Group, we’re embarking on a Digital Transformation journey, delivering world-class Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) solutions through our Consumer Direct Interaction Organization (CDI XO). As part of a Delivery team embedded at a Digital Product Organization, we are looking for a skilled Release Manager to join our dynamic team, supporting our growth across Europe, APAC, and the Americas. In this role, you’ll play a critical part in ensuring the quality of our cutting-edge solutions, all while working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment across multiple Agile Release Trains.

We operate in a fast-paced environment where timing is critical. When a timeline is committed, it is essential that we deliver on time. Delays in delivery can have a direct impact on our company targets and overall success, so timely execution and adherence to schedules is a key component of our delivery initiatives.

If you have a passion for delivering successful releases, a background in driving release planning and execution for large-scale E-Commerce/CRM/ERP/Cloud Native in-house digital products, thriving in a fast-paced digital transformation environment, we want you to be a part of our journey.
Join us in our exciting quest to build the future home.

All about the role:
Our mission as the Delivery team within CDI XO is to "enable smooth deliveries of high-quality digital products on time and budget in CDI XO, providing transparency to CAs and CDI stakeholders throughout the software delivery life-cycle."
Therefore as a Release Manager within our Digital Product Organization, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring smooth, timely, uneventful releases across multiple Agile Release Trains in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
This position is a mix of:

• Hands-on technical leader – requiring constant deep dives into systems, developing extensive knowledge of the technology architecture, and ensuring robust release processes.

• People leader – leading and mentoring a team of Release Engineers who manage technology-specific releases, fostering collaboration and accountability across the delivery pipeline.

Core Aspects of Release Management in Our Organization:

• Communication – Ensure transparency by generating clear release notes for any release exposing features to business or consumers.

• Calendar – Maintenance of a consolidated up-to-date release calendar, including freeze periods, enabling proper planning across all product teams.

• Execution – Orchestration of complex technical releases since planning until post go-live validations, as well as dependency and resource management.

• Operational Efficiency – Continuous exploration of opportunities for automation with Engineering Org to reduce lead time of release execution.

• Governance – Establishment and enforcement of clear guidelines to enable smooth operations and uneventful releases.

About the CDI Experience Organization:

The Consumer Direct Interaction Experience Organization is a Digital Product Organization responsible for delivering tech solutions to our end-users and consumers across both pre-purchase and post-purchase journeys. We are organized in 15+ digital product areas, providing solutions ranging from Contact Center, E-commerce, Marketing, and Identity to AI. You will play a key role in ensuring the right sizing, right skillset, and core competency across these product areas.

What you’ll do:

• Perform deep and long-term planning of a consolidated CDI XO Release calendar by aligning with all application owners expected release windows, blackout periods, taking into considerations business critical periods, such as Black Friday/Christmas.

• Own and manage the release planning, scheduling, and execution across digital product teams.

• Coordinate with Product Managers, Processes Owners, Tech Leads, Engineering Managers and Delivery Leads to ensure alignment on release timelines.

• Lead and mentor Release Engineers, providing guidance on best practices and career development.

• Identify and mitigate risks that could impact delivery schedules or product quality.

• Drive continuous improvement in release processes, ensuring efficiency and predictability.

• Act as the central point of contact for release communications, ensuring stakeholders are informed and aligned.

• Monitor release performance metrics and provide insights to leadership for decision-making.

• Ensure compliance with organizational standards and governance for all releases.

Who are you:

• Proven experience (5+ years) in Release Management, Delivery Management, or Project Management within digital product organizations.

• Solid experience in driving release planning and execution, preferably in a multiple technology domain such as E-commerce/CRM/ERP rollouts.

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in a SAFe environment.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability of making multiple tactical/operational decisions on a daily basis.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment where timely execution is critical.

• Experience working with global teams across multiple regions (Europe, APAC, Americas) is a plus.

• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and CI/CD pipelines is highly desirable.

• Sporadic need to cover business critical releases out of regular business hours.

Where you'll be:

This is a full-time position, based in Bangalore, India

Benefits Highlights: 

• Flexible work hours and a hybrid work environment 

• Discounts on our award-winning Electrolux products and services 

• Family-friendly benefits 

• Extensive learning opportunities and a flexible career path