Release Technical Lead - IGXL

Job Title: Release Technical Lead - IGXL
Location: North Reading, MA
Duration: 12 Months Contract (Contract to Permanent)
Pay range: $51.00 to $81.00 per hour on W2

Job Description:
The Release Technical Lead for IGXL is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of software releases supporting the IGXL product platform. This role serves as a key bridge between Software Engineering, Product Management, Program Management, Quality Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, predictable, and timely software releases.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end release management activities for IGXL software products.
• Establish and maintain release schedules, milestones, dependencies, and readiness criteria.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to coordinate feature delivery, integration, validation, and deployment activities.
• Drive release governance processes, including release reviews, risk assessments, and change control activities.
• Track and communicate release status, risks, issues, and mitigation plans to stakeholders and leadership.
• Partner with Quality Engineering to ensure appropriate test coverage, defect management, and release quality metrics.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment across engineering, product management, operations, and support organizations.
• Define and continuously improve release management processes, tools, and best practices.
• Support multiple concurrent releases while balancing competing priorities and business objectives.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for release-related challenges.
• Develop metrics and reporting to measure release predictability, quality, and operational effectiveness.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience leading software release management activities within a complex engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies, including Agile and hybrid development models.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams and managing delivery dependencies.
• Knowledge of software configuration management, version control, build systems, and release automation practices.
• Demonstrated ability to identify risks, drive resolution plans, and influence stakeholders across organizations.
• Strong communication, organizational, and project leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.
• Experience working with enterprise software products, automated test systems, or semiconductor-related technologies is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve complex problems, influence outcomes, and lead initiatives across functional boundaries, consistent with advanced professional and management competencies.