Senior Release Manager

Why GLS?
Purpose: Access to affordable, reliable transportation is essential to leading productive work and personal lives, caring well for oneself, one’s family, and the needs of others. Through advanced analytics and technology, we can more accurately predict credit risk and provide more people with an affordable auto financing option for their next vehicle. That’s what GLS has done for over 10 years, helping more than half a million families meet and improve their transportation needs. 
People: Join a culture of over 1,000 employees who Care Deeply and Think Boldly, driving innovation in an adaptive and positive culture that celebrates successes. We empower and reward individuals and teams who make direct, positive impacts to the business and each other, who take pride in their work and are ever-raising the bar. 
Growth: Recognized by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Join GLS to grow with us!
Benefits: GLS offers the below great benefits for your amazing work!o   Competitive base pay and performance bonuses, dependent on roleo   Medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, supplemental insurance benefits, long-term and short-term disabilityo   401K with employer match and 100% immediate vestingo   Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays to help you balance work and personal lifeo   Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO) Annuallyo   Tuition Reimbursement o   Parental Leave o   Business casual work environment
What does it mean to be a Senior Release Manager at GLS?The Release Manager plays a critical role in managing the software development lifecycle, ensuring seamless integration and deployment of software releases. The position involves close collaboration with development and operations teams to maintain source code integrity, manage release schedules, and optimize the release process.

How will you drive value within the organization as a Senior Release Manager?

• Release Management
• Plan, schedule, and manage software releases, including coordination of release activities across multiple teams.
• Oversee the deployment process, ensuring that all software releases are delivered on time and within scope
• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality.
• Ensure proper documentation and communication of release processes, policies, and procedures.


• Source Code Administration
• Administer source code repositories (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps), ensuring proper version control and access management.
• Collaborate with development teams to enforce coding standards, branching strategies, and merge processes.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of source code management tools.
• Automate and streamline code build, testing, and deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines.              


• Collaboration and Development
• Build software solutions in an agile, fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Serve as a liaison between development and operations teams to ensure smooth release cycles.
• Communicate release timelines, issues, and updates to stakeholders and management.
• Provide training and support to development teams on best practices for source code management and release processes.


• Continuous Improvement
• Continuously improve the release management and source code administration processes to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
• Implement and maintain tools for monitoring, alerting, and reporting on release and source code management activities.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, technologies, and best practices and train the teams on their use and implementation.

What should you already know to be successful as a Senior Release Manager?

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related field required
• Minimum of four (4) years’ experience in a related role required
• Intrinsically motivated with demonstrated ability to take initiative, identify needs, make recommendations for improvement, see recommendations through implementation, and evaluate improvements for effectiveness 
• Excellent interpersonal skills: friendly and tactful with the ability to influence others, effectively manage conflict, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage highly sensitive and confidential information, interact at all levels within the organization, and build cross-functional partnerships across the business
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Team player that can adapt in a fast pace and changing environment 
• Strong experience with source code management tools (e.g., G