About the job
As a Release Manager at Public Storage, you will be responsible for the comprehensive orchestration of software releases. This includes everything from scheduling and change management to stakeholder communication and post-release validation. You will act as the pivotal coordination point among Development, QA, Product, Operations, and Business stakeholders to guarantee controlled, auditable, and risk-mitigated software deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
Release Planning & Scheduling:
- Oversee the release calendar for all software development teams and platforms (web, mobile, backend services).
- Coordinate release windows and dependencies across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Establish and maintain release schedules that align with business priorities and operational constraints.
- Proactively identify scheduling conflicts, resource constraints, and cross-team dependencies.
Change Management & Governance:
- Create and manage Change Request (CR) tickets in ServiceNow for all software releases.
- Ensure compliance with established change management policies and procedures.
- Participate in weekly/bi-weekly Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings to represent changes.
- Present release scope, risk assessments, rollback plans, and business justifications to CAB stakeholders.
- Document decisions in an audit-ready format.
Release Documentation & Communication:
- Develop clear and comprehensive Release Notes for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Communicate release schedules, feature updates, and potential impacts to stakeholders across the organization.
- Maintain a centralized repository of release documentation, runbooks, and post-mortems.
- Craft tailored stakeholder communication plans for different audiences (executives, operations, support teams, end users).
Cross-Functional Coordination:
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Business teams to ensure release readiness.
- Facilitate go/no-go meetings and readiness reviews prior to each release.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) completion and sign-offs.
- Ensure deployment teams have clear runbooks and rollback procedures.
Risk Management & Issue Resolution:
- Identify and escalate release risks, blockers, and dependencies early on.
- Drive the resolution of issues that could impact release timelines or quality.
