Release Manager (RM)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Release Manager (RM) based in Brazil.
Join a technology-driven environment where release management, automation, and software delivery excellence are essential to business success. In this role, you will oversee the Salesforce release lifecycle for wholesale banking solutions, ensuring secure deployments, traceability, and stable environments. You will coordinate release activities across development squads, architecture, DevSecOps, infrastructure, and governance teams. By managing CI/CD pipelines, deployment schedules, and change management processes, you will help deliver reliable updates with minimal disruption. You will also identify opportunities to automate workflows, improve release efficiency, and strengthen engineering practices. This is an opportunity to take ownership of critical delivery processes while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in a dynamic, Agile environment.

Accountabilities

Release Lifecycle Management: Manage the end-to-end Salesforce release lifecycle, coordinating deployments across testing, staging, and production environments.

CI/CD Pipeline Monitoring: Monitor deployment pipelines, identify failures, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate corrective actions to maintain reliable delivery.

Deployment Validation: Validate deployment packages and ensure all release steps are executed correctly, consistently, and according to established procedures.

Version Control and Branch Management: Manage branches, merges, merge conflicts, and release schedules to ensure alignment between code versions and deployment environments.

Release Documentation: Maintain accurate release notes, technical documentation, deployment records, and traceability throughout the release process.

Change Management and Governance: Open and track RDM requests and support GMUD change management processes, ensuring compliance with governance requirements and consistency across environments.

Cross-Functional Coordination: Act as the primary point of contact between development squads, architecture, DevSecOps, infrastructure, and governance teams to coordinate release dependencies and resolve blockers.

Process Automation: Automate release notifications, improve workflows, and implement enhancements to CI/CD processes to increase efficiency and reduce manual effort.

Quality and Stability: Promote secure deployment practices, minimize release-related risks, and support continuous improvement in release reliability and environment stability.

Requirements

Salesforce Expertise: Practical experience with Salesforce development and deployment processes, including Apex, metadata, Salesforce DX (SFDX), and deployments using package.xml.

Git and Version Control: Strong knowledge of Git, branching strategies, merge squash practices, conflict resolution, and collaborative version control workflows.

CI/CD Experience: Hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions, including troubleshooting and pipeline optimization.

Release and Change Management: Familiarity with release governance, GMUD/RDM processes, and the management of Salesforce sandbox and production environments.

Automation and Collaboration Tools: Knowledge of Microsoft Teams and process automation techniques to streamline communication and release coordination.

Analytical Problem-Solving: Ability to diagnose deployment failures, investigate technical issues, assess risks, and implement effective solutions.

Organization and Time Management: Strong planning skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage release calendars, deadlines, and multiple dependencies.

Communication and Teamwork: Clear, proactive communication skills and the abil