QA Release Manager

Oivan

WHAT WE NEED We are looking for a DevSecOps Release Manager to lead and govern the release lifecycle. The Release Manager will act as the single owner for release progress, ensuring that every release follows a controlled, evidence-based process with clear quality, security, operational readiness, approval, and rollback check points to have a safer and faster releases with measurable engineering KPIs. WHAT YOU'LL DO Key Responsibilities  * Maintain and coordinate the end-to-end release calendar, release scope, dependencies, priorities, and readiness tracking. * Coordinate release activities across Product, Development, QA, Security, DevOps, Operations, and Support teams. * Prepare and maintain release evidence packs, including test evidence, security scan results, operational readiness, approval status, known risks, dependencies, and rollback plans. * Track completion of quality, security, artifact, and operational readiness gates before production release. * Monitor exceptions, risks, open issues, and go/no-go readiness status. * Track release quality checks such as code review, regression testing, UI checks, security scans, dependency checks, and operational readiness. * Coordinate rollback and recovery preparation with relevant technical teams. * Maintain the release dashboard and gap register. * Track release KPIs such as deployment frequency, lead time, hotfix frequency, bug escape rate, MTTR, and gate compliance. * Support continuous improvement in release predictability, quality, security, and operational readiness. WHAT YOU HAVE Required Experience * 3–5 years of experience in release management, DevOps coordination, DevSecOps, technical delivery management, quality assurance, or platform operations. * Experience supporting or coordinating production releases for digital platforms. * Experience working with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, QA, Security, DevOps, Operations, and Support. * Practical understanding of CI/CD pipelines, release gates, deployment approvals, environment promotion, and rollback planning. * Familiarity with release governance, change control, evidence-based approvals, and production readiness. * Basic to practical understanding of DevSecOps practices such as SAST, DAST, dependency checks, QA activities, monitoring, and operational readiness. * Experience with agile delivery, Jira, GitLab, dashboards, release calendars, and risk/dependency tracking. Required Skills  * Strong coordination, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. * Strong communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus. * Ability to work under pressure during production releases and incidents. * Strong documentation and reporting discipline. * Ability to balance delivery speed with production safety. * Ownership mindset and strong attention to detail. * Ability to identify incomplete readiness, highlight rollback gaps, and escalate risks clearly. Success Measures  * Improved release predictability and readiness. * Reduction in production surprises and emergency fixes. * Clear visibility of release decisions, risks, and escalations. * Increased gate compliance across quality, security, and operations. * Improved visibility through release dashboards and evidence packs. * Reduced hotfix frequency and bug escape rate. * Improved rollback and recovery readiness. Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Engagement: Full-time / onsite or hybrid based on account needs  Reporting To: Service Delivery Manager / Account Leadership  Nationality Requirement: Saudi national only

Arrowhead Game Studios AB

If you’re looking to make the best co-op games in the world, you’ve come to the right place. We're proud to have some of the best game makers and collaborators in the industry working with us. What's more, we're a fun bunch of game developers, who love to indulge in our passion for video games together. Our games are not for everyone. Are they for you? We're looking for a Senior release manager  We’re expanding our Release Management team and looking for a Senior Release Manager with an interest in build systems and platform processes. In this role, you’ll own and drive the release management pipeline by coordinating releases across platforms, refining processes, and ensuring submission requirements are met across projects. Your mission is to ensure updates are delivered on time, meet quality standards and remain compliant across all supported platforms, while continuously improving how we operate and scale release workflows. You will be Owning the release management cycle across multiple platforms and projects, ensuring timely and compliant submissions. Driving release timelines by aligning production, QA, engineering, marketing and publishing teams around deliverables, milestones and submission requirements. Leading preparation of builds and documentation for platform submissions Partnering closely with engineering to improve build pipelines, branch strategies and delivery systems to ensure stability, automation and compliance. Running cross-functional release readiness meetings to ensure alignment, transparency and clear decision-making. Proactively identifying risks, blockers and dependencies early - implementing solutions to keep releases on track. Staying ahead of platform compliance and certification requirements across supported platforms and territories. Contributing to the evolution of release standards, documentation and best practices to support scalable and efficient workflows. Mentoring junior release managers or supporting the growth of team members when applicable. Who You Are To be successful in this role: You have 4–7+ years of experience in release management, build engineering or related technical operations roles within game development. You have strong knowledge of platform submission pipelines and requirements across console and PC platforms (Sony, Microsoft, Steam). You have hands-on experience with version control systems, build automation and branching strategies. You have shipped multiple titles or supported live service releases across platforms. You are highly structured and capable of managing complex, multi-track release plans. You are proactive and solution-oriented - able to anticipate issues before they become blockers. You are a confident communicator who can lead meetings, align cross-functional stakeholders and represent release towards external partners. Bonus merit if you have GaaS experience, have driven DLC or major content releases or are familiar with Steam admin tools and backend configuration. How to apply If you think that this position matches your background and skills, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV in English as soon as possible. We ask that your application always include relevant work samples or a link to your portfolio. We interview candidates continuously and hire when we find a good fit. Practical Information Scope: Full-time: 40 hours per week with initial 6 month probation period. Location: Office first and eligibility to work in Sweden is required. We are a pet friendly office! You can expect to find dogs and occasionally some cats around. What we offer Arrowhead Game Studios is a growing team of about 140+ people, best known for our co-op titles. Despite our size, we remain a friendly and down to earth bunch, who love to indulge in our passion for video games together. Located in the heart of Södermalm, in Fatburen in the middle of the Game Dev scene we enjoy everything Stockholm has to offer. The is a a lot of different types of activities immediately available on our doorstep. Our talented developers are crucial to our success, therefore we put a lot of emphasis in creating and maintaining a prosperous culture. We’re committed to open and transparent communication. Your ideas are welcomed, valued, appreciated - the ceiling for creative discussions is high. We also have numerous work benefits for all our employees. You can read about them here!

TradingHub

Compensation: Competitive (Financial Services) About TradingHub Founded in 2010, TradingHub delivers uniquely intelligent trade surveillance software to world leading financial institutions. Developed by market professionals, our solutions use sophisticated modelling techniques to detect single and cross-product market manipulation. With a team of over 150 experts worldwide, TradingHub combines global reach with deep markets expertise to help our customers mitigate financial, regulatory, and reputational risk. The Role We are seeking a Release Manager to own the end-to-end release process and serve as the central point of accountability for how changes move from development into production. Sitting within our Product function, you will be the custodian of release quality, cadence and governance across a platform that underpins our clients' regulatory and compliance obligations. This is a senior, process-driven role with responsibility for coordinating fortnightly releases across distributed engineering teams and driving continuous improvement in release discipline. Responsibilities * Own and refine the end-to-end release process across teams and regions. * Coordinate releases, ensuring testing, QA and sign-off are completed ahead of deployment. * Enforce release governance, change-control standards and deployment procedures. * Lead incident response and post-mortems, driving continuous improvement. * Track release metrics and improve release tooling, automation and processes. * Communicate release status, risks and outcomes to stakeholders across the business. Requirements * Proven experience as a Release Manager within software, fintech or other technology-led environments. * Track record of owning end-to-end release processes for complex, business-critical systems. * Experience coordinating testing, deployment and change management across multiple teams. * Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD and automated testing. * Experience leading incident response and driving improvements to release quality and delivery. * Strong working knowledge of Jira, Confluence and Agile delivery methodologies. Benefits Life at TradingHub is a rewarding journey within a fast-growing company that thrives on innovation and collaboration. By combining the best of technology and global markets, we’re able to solve complex problems together and deliver meaningful results to our customers. Everybody has value to bring, and we welcome individuality as a key driving force behind our collective success. Rooted in everything that we do are our core values: Accountability, Ambition, Partnership and Trust. These values provide the foundation for a sustainable workplace culture that empowers you to grow, contribute, and become your best self. Employee Benefits: * Annual discretionary performance bonus (permanent employees only) * Hybrid working policy * Office lunches twice a week * Private medical insurance + dental cover * Extended parental leave (up to 6 months of fully paid maternity leave) * 25 days annual leave + bank holidays * Enhanced company pension plan * 5 days study leave towards professional qualifications * Salary sacrifice schemes * Death in service coverage Don’t tick every single requirement? Research shows that candidates from under-represented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, so if this role excites you, please don't let our specification hold you back. Get in touch! TradingHub is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, ethnic or national origins, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. TradingHub selects candidates for interview based solely on their skills, experience and qualifications. We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all and we encourage candidates to inform us of any required adjustments. A full copy of our diversity, equity and inclusion policy will be made available to you upon request.