Senior Release Manager

Index Engines

Holmdel, NJ

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atlassian JIRA, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Integration, Dell Computers, DevOps, IBM Product Family, Internet Security, Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Product Engineering, Product Management, Product Planning, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Software, Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance, Ransomware, Release Management/Engineering, Reporting Dashboards, Risk, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Security Attacks, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Testing, Startup, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Testing, Time Management, Waterfall Model of Software Development
LOCATION
Holmdel, NJ
POSTED
1 day ago

About Index Engines

At Index Engines, we’re all about helping companies bounce back from cyber threats and trust their data again — no matter what hits them.

Our flagship solution, CyberSense, delivers 99.99% accuracy in detecting data corruption, helping organizations recover quickly from ransomware attacks. We partner with awesome industry leaders like Dell Technologies, IBM, Lenovo/Infinidat, and Hitachi Vantara to power AI-driven cyber recovery across both primary and backup storage.

We’re a growing, tech-forward company with a startup feel and an enterprise-level impact. We take our mission seriously — but not ourselves. Expect a team that’s collaborative, curious, and loves solving hard problems together.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Release Manager to join our Engineering team. You’ll play a major role in the planning and execution of our CyberSense product releases, coordinating delivery across multiple scrum and test teams throughout the SDLC to ensure features and releases land on time and at high quality. You’ll partner with Engineering, Product Management, and other stakeholders to align on scope and readiness, track and communicate status and risks, and prepare go/no-go decisions.

Join a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and a shared drive to build technology that genuinely makes a difference.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and execute product releases across multiple scrum teams, from sprint outputs through go-live.
• Work with Product and Engineering leads to finalize release and feature scope.
• Partner with test leaders to coordinate hardening and stabilization work that ensures releases ship on time and at high quality.
• Track features and releases from grooming through testing. Build Jira and Confluence reports and dashboards that capture progress and health across all stages of feature development and releases.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, QA engineers, and program managers.
• Manage cross-team dependencies and integration timing so work lands together cleanly.
• Continuously improve release processes, delivery metrics, and communications across both scaled-agile and plan-driven work — internally and externally.
• Lead feature and release readiness reviews, surfacing status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly.
• Surface risks early and drive them to resolution or escalation.

What You Bring

• 7+ years in release, program, or project management on complex software products.
• Deep understanding of the SDLC, from requirements to delivery.
• A track record of managing releases end-to-end across multiple teams, including planning, readiness reviews, and production deployments.
• Solid command of Scrum, SAFe, and Waterfall, and the judgment to know which principles to apply to each situation.
• Experience coordinating multiple scrum teams: dependencies, integration, release readiness.
• Fluent in Jira and Confluence, including building effective reports and dashboards.
• Strong risk instincts — you catch problems early and resolve them.
• Clear communicator across engineering, product, executives, and partners.
• Ability to drive accountability without direct authority.

We’d Love It If You Have

• PMP, CSM, PSM, or SAFe certifications.
• Experience in scaled agile environments.
• A background in software engineering, QA, or DevOps.
• Experience with release trains, program increments, or dedicated hardening cycles.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and modern branching strategies.
• Experience shipping combined software and hardware/appliance products.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

At Index Engines, you’ll join a team that’s smart, supportive, and a little nerdy in the best way. We move fast, collaborate often, and celebrate wins big and small.

You’ll have the freedom to experiment, make decisions, and see the real impact of your work. We’re proud of what we build — and we have fun while we do it.

If you’re looking for a place where you can lead with vision, grow with purpose, and work with people who genuinely enjoy what they do, you’ll fit right in.

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k)

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