Senior Release Manager

As a Senior Release Manager, you'll be a critical component of operating our live service game. You will partner closely with developers like design, QA, engineering, and more to ensure an organized and timely release process. You will own the live release process through its entire lifecycle, including serving as the primary point of contact for our first party partners and managing hot fixes as necessary. As the Release Management owner, you will find ways to optimize, organize, and improve the overall release experience for the studio. In this role, you will work closely with our leadership team to ensure we create the best launch experiences for our players possible. Responsibilities: Scheduling and communicating release streams based on the project's schedule. Collaborating with developers to ensure that shipping content is ready and enabling content lockdown. Own and coordinate the process required to create a shippable build, including bug tracking and triage. Creating and validating release candidate builds and compiling release notes. Own the process and organization of submitting a build for certification and publishing it to live. This includes managing the certification schedule, negotiating certification dates, rapid patching, and more. Using established processes and tools to upload the appropriate release build to all platform backends. Act as the primary point of contact for coordinating hotfixes after a build has shipped, working closely with internal developers, QA, and community managers to stay informed of player concerns.