Release Lead

Quality Professionals (Q-Pros) is a leading software quality assurance and testing company, with a strong presence across the Middle East and GCC. We are looking for a Release Lead to join our one of our clients in UAE.

Role Overview

The Release Lead will be responsible for managing and governing the end-to-end release lifecycle for Common Digital Platform (CDP) applications. The role will establish standardized release processes, coordinate releases across multiple CDP projects, drive CI/CD/CT, and ensure applications are released safely, efficiently, and with minimal business disruption.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the Release Policy, Master Release Plan, and End-to-End Release Gate process for all CDP applications.
• Own and maintain the Master Release Calendar , coordinating release schedules across projects and ensuring there are no release conflicts.
• Work closely with the Change Management team to ensure all CDP applications complete the required release governance and readiness checks before CAB approval.
• Drive CI/CD and DevOps adoption , including automated application deployments across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Establish and improve automated release practices using DevOps, BDD, containerized deployment approaches, and relevant CI/CD tools .
• Work closely with Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, and Change teams to ensure seamless and repeatable release execution .
• Define release readiness criteria, entry/exit gates, deployment checklists, rollback plans, and post-release validation processes.
• Manage release dependencies across applications, platforms, integrations, and SaaS solutions.
• Use tools such as JIRA to track release activities, dependencies, risks, issues, and readiness.
• Set up and leverage application monitoring and release monitoring tools to support deployment validation and early detection of issues.
• Establish release dashboards and KPIs , including release success rate, deployment frequency, failed releases, rollback rate, release lead time, and release-related incidents.
• Provide regular release status, performance, and success reporting to CDP leadership and relevant stakeholders.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve release automation, standardization, quality, and time-to-market .

Experience & Skills

• Proven experience as a Release Lead / Release Manager in large-scale enterprise technology environments.
• Strong understanding of application and SaaS development and release lifecycles .
• Hands-on understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated deployments, containerization, and BDD .
• Experience with JIRA and release/change management processes .
• Experience working with monitoring, deployment, and DevOps toolsets .
• Strong understanding of enterprise change governance, CAB processes, release controls, and production deployment practices .
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate multiple technology teams and concurrent projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on automation, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement .
• Experience managing releases across multiple applications, environments, integrations, and technology teams .

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