Senior Manager, Software Development at Motion Industries – Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, AL, USA
Full time
R26_0000002155

Enterprise Release Manager - Job Description

SUMMARY

The Enterprise Release Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing release activities across Motion's enterprise application landscape, with a primary focus on commercial offtheshelf (COTS) systems such as Sterling DOM, Manhattan WMS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and other enterprise platforms. This role ensures that version upgrades, patches, and feature releases from multiple vendors are evaluated, thoroughly validated, and deployed consistently and safely across the enterprise. The Enterprise Release Manager acts as the central orchestrator between product vendors, domain teams, QA/testing, support teams, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth, predictable, and high quality releases.

You much be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Own and manage the enterprise release lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, coordinating, and controlling releases across all COTS and enterprise systems

• Review and assess vendor version updates-including release notes, patches, hotfixes, and major/minor upgrades-to identify technical and business impacts and ensure alignment with operational readiness

• Coordinate all release validation activities, working closely with QA/testing, domain teams, and support teams to ensure functional, integration, and regression testing is completed prior to deployment

• Facilitate release readiness, including checklists, quality gates, release validation evidence, and go/nogo meetings with technical and business stakeholders

• Oversee deployment execution, including release steps, cutover coordination, issue tracking, communications, and rollback/contingency procedures

• Manage release risks, dependencies, and crosssystem impacts, ensuring stability of integrations-particularly across systems like DOM → WMS → ERP

• Maintain comprehensive release documentation, including calendars, runbooks, summaries of vendor release notes, and lessons learned to drive continuous process improvement

• Act as the central liaison to software vendors, coordinating timelines, validating compatibility, reviewing technical updates, and escalating issues related to product releases

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

• Typically requires 10+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years focused on release management or enterprise application delivery

• Experience managing releases for complex, multivendor COTS ecosystems strongly preferred

• Prior exposure to platforms such as Sterling DOM, Manhattan WMS, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a significant plus

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong understanding of the release management lifecycle, including planning, testing, tracking, deployment, and communication

• Demonstrated experience coordinating across development, QA, support, operations, and vendor teams in a multisystem environment

• Familiarity with COTS upgrade cycles, version compatibility, and impact assessment across integrated enterprise systems

• Excellent organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple releases concurrently

• Strong problemsolving skills, with the ability to anticipate risks, manage dependencies, and support rapid issue resolution

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex release requirements and updates to technical and nontechnical stakeholders

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• None (No direct or indirect reports)

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

• Yes (as applicable for tools, environments, and vendor release activities)

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Where permitted by applicable law, successful applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to start date. COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to an approved accommodation, and proof of vaccination will be required on or prior to start date.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.See Description