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Release Manager

PayIt - Remote - Remote - posted 2026-09-24

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Salary: USD 110,000 - 140,000 / annual

PayIt is a fast-growing GovTech company modernizing how residents interact with government services. The Release Manager will own the end-to-end release lifecycle for PayIt Outdoors, a key product line covering services like DMV, courts, property tax, utilities, and licensing. Key Responsibilities: Release Planning & Coordination: Develop and maintain the release schedule by coordinating with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, operations, QA). Work with client teams and engineering to plan and deploy hotfixes. Collaborate with database engineers and development teams to schedule and deploy releases. Release Execution: Oversee end-to-end release processes including User Acceptance Testing and Production deployment. Schedule and run release reviews, ensure required work is included in releases, track branches, and manage post-sprint merges. Communication & Documentation: Communicate release schedules, status updates, and risks to stakeholders. Maintain detailed documentation of release processes, configurations, dependencies, and issue resolutions. Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks impacting release success. Establish and enforce change control and release management processes. Incident Management: Oversee the end-to-end incident response lifecycle for PayIt Outdoors, coordinating cross-functional resources during active incidents, validating resolutions, and tracking process metrics to improve response efficiency. Jira Administration: Design and build custom Jira workflows, issue types, field configurations, and permission schemes. Create and optimize Jira Automation rules and integrations. Manage site-level project configurations, access control, user roles, and board configurations. Requirements: The posting does not explicitly state years of experience, required certifications, or formal education requirements. However, the role expects strong cross-functional coordination skills, experience with release management processes, Jira expertise, and the ability to manage complex technical deployments and incident response.

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