Release Manager

About Us

At Thoucentric, we offer end-to-end consulting solutions designed to address the most pressing business challenges across industries. Leveraging deep domain expertise, cutting-edge technology, and a results-driven approach, we help organizations streamline operations, enhance decision-making, and accelerate growth. We are headquartered in Bangalore with presence across multiple locations in India, US, UK, Singapore & Australia Globally.

We help clients with Business Consulting, Program & Project Management, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Process & Technology Solutioning and Execution including Analytics & Emerging Tech areas cutting across functional areas such as Supply Chain, Finance & HR, Sales & Distribution across US, UK, Singapore and Australia. Our unique consulting framework allows us to focus on execution rather than pure advisory. We are working closely with marquee names in the global consumer & packaged goods (CPG) industry, new age tech and start-up ecosystem.

We have been certified as Great Place to Work by AIM and have been ranked as 50 Best Firms for Data Scientists to Work For.

We have an experienced consulting team of over 500+ world-class business and technology consultants based across six global locations, supporting clients through their expert insights, entrepreneurial approach and focus on delivery excellence. We have also built point solutions and products through Thoucentric labs using AI/ML in the supply chain space.

Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Release Manager to oversee and manage the endtoend release lifecycle across multiple applications and environments. The role involves planning, coordinating, tracking, and executing software releases while ensuring high-quality delivery, minimal downtime, and strong alignment with development, QA, security, and infrastructure teams.

You will work with cross-functional teams to implement release governance, improve deployment processes, and ensure smooth continuous integration and delivery in Azure DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

Release Planning & Coordination

• Own and manage the full release lifecyclefrom planning to deployment and post-release validation.
• Create and maintain release plans, schedules, calendars, and documentation.
• Coordinate with development, QA, operations, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure release readiness.
• Identify release dependencies, risks, and blockers; drive resolution across teams.
  
  

Azure DevOps CI/CD Management

• Manage and optimize Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML / Classic) for build, release, and deployment.
• Implement and maintain automated deployment workflows for multi-environment setups (Dev, QA, UAT, PreProd, Prod).
• Ensure best practices in CI/CD, version control (Git), environment branching strategies, and infrastructureascode (IaC).
  
  

Deployment Execution

• Oversee and execute deployments across cloud and onprem environments.
• Ensure compliance with change management processes (CAB approvals, rollback plans, validation checks).
• Perform release validation, smoke testing, and post-deployment verifications.
  
  

Governance & Process Improvement

• Establish release governance, checklists, templates, and communication processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in release automation, environment stability, and deployment frequency.
• Monitor release KPIs and report insights (deployment success rate, change failure rate, MTTR, etc.).
  
  

Stakeholder Communication

• Provide timely communication on release status, issues, timelines, and post-release summaries.
• Facilitate release planning meetings, go/nogo meetings, and retrospectives.
• Serve as the point of contact for all release-related queries.
  
  

Requirements

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 610 years of experience in Release Management, DevOps, or Build & Deployment roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, Releases, Boards, and Repos.
• Expertise in CI/CD automation and managing multi-stage pipelines.
• Strong understanding of:
• Git branching and versioning strategies
• YAML pipeline configuration
• Deployment automation
• Azure Cloud Services (App Services, Functions, AKS, Storage, etc.)
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum teams.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management capability.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IaC (ARM, Terraform, Bicep).
• Knowledge of containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS).
• Experience supporting .NET, Java, Node.js, or similar technology stacks.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (App Insights, Grafana, Splunk).
• ITIL, Azure DevOps, or Azure Cloud certifications.