Release Manager
Shell Recharge Solutions is a leader in delivering the new electric mobility future through innovative software, infrastructure, and professional services that empower utilities, cities, fleets, transit agencies, and automakers to deploy EV charging infrastructure at scale. Our technology is connecting EV infrastructure solutions with public and private charging needs in a safer, cleaner, and smarter way. Headquartered in Offshore India, the company’s global footprint spans across three continents with deployments in 13 different countries.
At Shell Recharge Solutions, we are looking for candidates who want to be a part of something bigger than themselves – passionate, purpose-driven individuals who believe having a career means making a meaningful impact on our business and the world. We believe in creating and doing ‘the right thing’ through responsible and sustainable EV deployment. We are looking for the innovative, driven to find a solution in a complex and dynamically evolving marketplace and look at “no” as just a challenge to find the next “yes.”
Shell Recharge Solutions is seeking a Release Manager!
Shell Recharge Solutions is looking for a Release Manager to join our team and oversee production releases to ensure applications and services are delivered on time, and that they exceed expectations. This includes a deep understanding of our business needs and priorities, and under what circumstances those priorities can change. Works with business leaders, product owners, IT project teams, and operations to ensure every release contains the correct features. This also includes post-deployment activities such as owning deployment reviews and leading RCA and retrospective discussions (internal and external). Candidates must be passionate about documentation and reporting. While this is not an engineering role, candidates should have a strong grasp and understanding of technology related to agile and CI/CD pipelines.
This position will be part of a great team that is developing exciting products and solutions and playing a key part in driving forward the electrification of transportation.
What you’ll do:
- Negotiate, plan, schedule and manage all release activities and coordinate release content and effort based on the enterprise roadmap.
- Create, manage and publish an enterprise release schedule for our product portfolios ensuring clear communication and alignment across partners and vendors.
- Proactively manage risks, socialize and resolve issues that may impact release scope, schedule and quality.
- Publish and maintain release notes and create trend analysis reports that provide a scorecard and key metrics about our deployments.
- Lead release readiness review meetings with Sr. leadership resulting in Go/No-Go decisions.
- Manage relationships and coordinate work between global teams and various time zones.
- Document challenges and continually work towards making improvements in the release process.
- Participate and possibly lead CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks.
What We’re Looking For:
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or 4+ years release management and/or technical project manager experience.
- 4+ years experience with planning release windows and the overall release lifecycle.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP Certification.
- Must be excellent at creating clear documentation.
- Be passionate about metrics, data, and reports.
- Must be very comfortable using technology; basic familiarity with common build and deployment tools and methodologies.
- Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills with a firm sense of accountability, ownership of the SDLC, and exceptional project management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.
- A work environment that allows you to work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in this emerging industry.
- The ability to make a difference in a world that needs our technology to help reduce carbon emissions and enable a more sustainable energy future through the use of electric-vehicle charging software, services and infrastructure.
- The freedom to learn, suggest, and implement innovative new ideas, e.g., systems, processes, programs, and technologies.
- Daily ownership of your role in a challenging, high-growth environment.
What We Offer:
- A work environment that allows you to work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in this emerging industry.
- The ability to make a difference in a world that needs our technology to help reduce carbon emissions and enable a more sustainable energy future through the use of electric vehicle charging software, services, and infrastructure.
- The freedom to learn, suggest, and implement innovative new ideas applied to our systems, processes, programs, and technologies.
- Daily ownership of your role in a challenging, high-growth environment.
- A casual work environment and culture that support work-life ‘fit’, enabling you to fit life into your work and work into your life, i.e., flexible scheduling, virtualization options, and a generous holiday package.
- Competitive pay and benefits programs designed to enable you to thrive inside and outside of work.
- Participation in Shell Recharge Solutions’ performance and rewards bonus program.
- Health benefits for employees.
- Innovative Paid Time Off Program.
- 9/80 Flex Work schedule.