Position Title:
Release Manager

Status of Employment:
Permanent

Position Language Requirement:
English

Language Skills:
English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)

Unposting Date:
2026-07-15 11:59 PM

How you will make an impact:

You are an experienced release manager looking to apply and build your skills in:

• Planning and Coordination: coordinate with product teams, their product manager or product owner, ATL (Agile team leads) through clear communication. All teams contributing to the release have clarity about the content and schedule of releases.
• Leading the Release Process: This includes scheduling, controlling and executing the delivery process. You are responsible for the release management lifecycle, which involves managing releases across multiple platforms (web and mobile apps), and across mission teams / value streams.
• Post release monitoring and management: you design and implement monitoring processes by working with product teams and quality engineers. You help manage risks, and manage issues from releases.
• Continuous Improvement: you continually work towards improving the release process, finding and resolving gaps in automation. You speak for the quality of our practice by conducting release readiness reviews, design and execute ways to measure success of our releases.
• You will work closely with technical leaders whom you lean on for technical advice. You will also collaborate with quality engineers, devOps and infrastructure architects to integrate their products into release management. You will operate in a complex environment, where there are dependencies between code bases, libraries and products.

What you bring to our team:

• Two or more years of experience in release management.
• You have developed your career from a software development background.
• You are able to demonstrate your experience in, both hands on and management, in designing and implementing release management processes. We believe in creating that practice, we believe in automation, and we believe in continuous improvement. Therefore we are not looking for someone who just pushes buttons.
• You have experience in complex application releases and orchestrating integrated deployments. You are knowledgeable in automation, scripting, and controlling the release process.
• You have experience working with a variety of stakeholders, with a balance of firmness to push releases forward on schedule, and flexibility to allow for some exceptions, for instance when preparing for special events.
• A problem solver and excellent communicator who takes ownership of the work they do, see problems as opportunities, and share new ideas. A dynamic individual who loves to learn and connect with others. Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, with strength around tact and diplomacy.
• You have knowledge of infrastructure, development and development related concepts. You are familiar with at least one deployment platform for containerized applications (e.g. OpenShift, EKS), and at least one repository, build and deployment platform (e.g. Bamboo, GitHub).
• Possess a degree in engineering (applied science), computer science, science or related discipline, delivered by a recognized university.

Assets for this role:

• Have worked with Agile and DevOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience in the media industry.

To Apply:

At the CBC, we recognize that not everyone takes the same path when it comes to building their skills. We value diversity of thought and of experience, and we are excited to hear from you! Hands-on experience, intelligence, innovation, a passion for learning, and a team-focused approach can combine to form the best set of qualifications. If you feel you meet most of the qualifications and you are excited by the possibility of adding to the rich culture of the CBC, take a chance and express your interest by applying now!

If you're interested in reading more about the various backgrounds of the talented people that make up our teams, our exciting new projects, and what we're currently working on, check out our Digital Labs blog on Medium!

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Primary Location:
Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings:
1

Work Schedule:
Full time