Release Manager

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Role
Owns global production release coordination, master release calendars, go/no-go reviews, CAB governance, change management, audit evidence, UAT and pre-production environments, post-release verification, release notes, and deployment metrics. Partners with engineering and DevOps to improve CI/CD automation and ensure controlled, compliant releases across regions.
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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 

    Skills Required

    • 5 to 7 years of experience in release management, change management, DevOps, or a related role
    • 3+ years in an engineering-adjacent function
    • Experience establishing or maturing a release and Change Advisory Board process
    • Working knowledge of Jira and GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD tooling
    • Experience in a regulated or audited environment such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or PCI DSS
    • Strong communication skills and ability to enforce processes while partnering pragmatically with engineering
    • Availability during US business hours, with occasional deployments during India hours
    • Multi-region or global deployment experience
    • Fintech, payments, or banking technology experience
    • ITIL or equivalent framework familiarity
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    The Company
    HQ: Saratoga, California
    20 Employees

    What We Do

    The Platform for Payment Apps

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