Job Details

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Company

This company is an emerging leader in next-generation computing architecture, developing advanced silicon and systems purpose-built for large-scale AI workloads. The team has already delivered production silicon to customers and is rapidly expanding its hardware and platform capabilities. With a fast-paced, innovation-driven culture, the company combines deep technical expertise with the agility of a high-growth startup. They are now building out foundational roles to support the next phase of product execution and scale.

Job Responsibilities

• Define, build, and scale software release program management frameworks spanning planning, development, validation, release readiness, and post-release execution across multiple software trains.
• Lead end-to-end software release programs, owning release schedules, dependency management, risk mitigation, go/no-go decision processes, and executive-level status reporting.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across software engineering, firmware, QA, DevOps, product management, silicon/hardware teams, and customer enablement to ensure predictable, high-quality releases.
• Establish and own release governance models, including milestone definitions, exit criteria, change control, escalation paths, and metrics

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years in Release Program Management with demonstrated ownership of large-scale software release programs
• Deep experience managing software release cycles for complex systems, preferably in semiconductor, silicon-adjacent, infrastructure, or platform software environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in environments without established processes, building structure and execution frameworks from scratch.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence technical and executive stakeholders.