Release Manager
At a glance
Manager-level DevOps & Release role at Zact Inc. Remote, India · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Coordinate production releases across project streams and regions, maintaining the master calendar and leading go/no-go reviews
- Run the Change Advisory Board and check that each production change has approval, test evidence, and sign-off
- Guide releases through pre-production and UAT, sorting environment clashes and tracking differences from production
- Maintain change-control evidence for audits and bank client reviews, then verify releases and publish notes
- Track deployment frequency, failure and rollback rates, and work with engineering and DevOps on CI/CD improvements
What you bring
- Five to seven years in release management, change management, DevOps or a related area, including three years near engineering
- You have built or improved release and CAB processes rather than only operating an existing one
- Working familiarity with Jira and GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD tools
- Experience working in a regulated or audited setting, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS or a similar framework
Who this fits
This hands-on role suits someone who can establish release controls while partnering pragmatically with engineering. You must be located in India and available during US business hours, with about two hours of overlap with the India team at the start of the US day and occasional deployments during India hours.
From the employer
About Us
Zact is a Fintech innovator dedicated to a singular idea : Organizations need simpler expense and payment management systems that align the spending employee with finance and accounting while providing inherent guardrails and continuous reconciliation with financial systems.
Zact enables all parts of the company to Pay by the Rules.
About the Role
Zact provides SaaS for commercial card programs and payments. We're hiring a Release Manager to own how changes reach production across our global regions. You'll be the single point of ownership for release coordination, change management, and the evidence trail behind it.
****This is a hands-on role: you'll build and mature the process as well as run it.
Location
- Zact is a global company with multiple locations across US, Europe and India.
- We provide 100% Remote Working Option.
- Candidates applying for this role should be located in India;
What you'll do
- Coordinate releases from multiple project streams into production across global regions, owning the master release calendar and go/no-go reviews
- Establish and run the Change Advisory Board (CAB), ensuring every production change has an approved ticket, test evidence, and proper sign-off
- Manage the release path through pre-prod and UAT, resolving environment conflicts and monitoring drift from production
- Own the change management control and its audit evidence for internal audit, external auditors, and bank client reviews
- Lead post-release verification, publish release notes, and report on deployment frequency, change failure rate, and rollback rate
- Work with engineering and DevOps to improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
What you'll bring
• 5 to 7 years in release management, change management, DevOps, or a related role, including 3+ years in an engineering-adjacent function
• Experience establishing or maturing a release and CAB process, not only following one
• Working knowledge of Jira and GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD tooling
• Experience in a regulated or audited environment (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, or similar)
• Strong communicator who can hold the line on process while staying a pragmatic partner to engineering
• Availability during US hours, with occasional deployments in India hours
Nice to have
- Multi-region or global deployment experience
- Fintech, payments, or banking technology background
- ITIL or equivalent framework familiarity
Working Hours
- Standard shift, US business hours (Eastern or Central preferred for bank client coverage)
- ~2-hour overlap with India team at start of US Day
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