Technical Release Program Manager

Optery is a profitable and rapidly growing company specializing in automated opt-out software that removes personal information from the internet. Awarded "Editors' Choice" by PCMag for four consecutive years, Optery empowers individuals and businesses to control their data privacy. This role is for a hands-on Technical Release Program Manager to lead product and platform releases across web, backend, and mobile applications, ensuring every release is planned, tested, documented, and communicated.

Must Have

• Own Optery’s release calendar and cadence across frontend, backend, and mobile.
• Participate in sprint planning and backlog grooming.
• Coordinate and manage release readiness.
• Perform detailed QA and testing of new releases.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for release execution.
• Document and distribute release notes and change communications for internal audiences.
• Track and surface release risks, blockers, and post-release issues.
• Propose and implement incremental improvements to the release process.
• 5+ years of experience in release management, software delivery, software QA and testing, and/or technical program/project management.
• Strong practical experience with work-tracking tools such as Jira and with Agile/Scrum sprint ceremonies.
• Ability to coordinate teams in multiple time zones.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable operating in a high-growth, remote, startup environment.

Good to Have

• Experience supporting mobile store releases (Apple App Store, Google Play).
• Javascript and React frontend development experience.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and git-based workflows.
• Experience working with products in privacy, security, or data domains.
• Experience supporting releases in environments aligned to SOC 2 or similar frameworks.

About Optery

Now is a great time to join Optery. Optery is profitable with $XXM annual revenue, and we 3x-ed sales last year. Our product was awarded “Editors’ Choice” by PCMag as the most outstanding in the personal data removal category for the 4th year in a row (2022 - 2025), we received the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for Attack Surface Management, Digital Footprint Management, and Employee Privacy Protection for the 2nd year in a row (2024 - 2025), we received the Top InfoSec Innovator Award and Best Service for Attack Surface Management by Cyber Defense Magazine in 2025, Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Privacy Enhancing Technologies in 2025, Fast Company awarded Optery Next Big Things in Tech for Security and Privacy, Optery was ranked the #1 most effective of all personal data removal services tested in 2024 study by Consumer Reports, Optery was named one of Business Insider’s Top 30 Future Unicorns of 2025, and we’re changing the game in the world of consumer data in a way that puts individuals in control.

Optery is automated opt out software, and we serve individuals, families and businesses. Our mission is to empower people to take control of their personal data, and we have a vision for a safer world through data privacy.

Optery is the first company to offer a free report with dozens of screenshots showing where your personal information is being posted by hundreds of data brokers online (https://app.optery.com/signup), and the first to offer IT teams a completely self-service platform for finding and removing employee personal information from the web (https://business.optery.com/signup). Optery subscription plans automatically remove customers from these sites, clearing your home address, phone number, email and other personal information from the Internet at scale. The service is used to prevent threats like phishing, social engineering, identity theft, harassment and physical violence.

Optery has completed its AICPA SOC 2, Type II security certification, and distinguishes itself with unparalleled search technology, data removal automation, visual evidence-based before-and-after reporting, data broker coverage, and API integration options.

Hundreds of thousands of people rely on Optery to prevent attacks and keep their personal information off the Internet. Optery has raised $9M+ in funding from world-class investors such as Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Flex Capital, Global Founders Capital, Goodwater Capital, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, TRAC, Tribe Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures.

Optery is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, but operates as a fully-remote global team.

About the role

Optery is seeking a hands-on Technical Release Program Manager to lead our product and platform release process across web, backend, and mobile applications. This is an execution-focused role for someone who can work closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to ensure that every release is planned, tested, documented, and communicated. The role requires strong front-end and mobile application development experience, preferably in JavaScript and React.

Key Responsibilities

• Own Optery’s release calendar and cadence across frontend, backend, and mobile, and ensure it is kept in sync with sprint plans and business priorities.
• Participate in sprint planning and backlog grooming to confirm work is properly ticketed, scoped, and sequenced for release
• Coordinate and manage release readiness: confirm all testing is complete, environments are available, dependencies are resolved, and rollback/mitigation steps are defined.
• QA and Testing: perform detailed QA and testing of new releases, provide feedback and resolve issues.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for release execution, bridging engineering, product, marketing, customer-facing, and business teams so all parties know what is shipping and when.
• Document and distribute release notes and change communications for internal audiences; ensure customer-facing teams have what they need for external communication.
• Track and surface release risks, blockers, and post-release issues; support troubleshooting with engineering and QA as needed.
• Propose and implement incremental improvements to the release process (checklists, templates, metrics) to increase predictability and reduce manual work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in release management, software delivery, software QA and testing, and/or technical program/project management in a software/SaaS environment.
• Prior exposure to one or more adjacent areas such as frontend development, mobile app development, backend/services, product management, QA, or technical troubleshooting.
• Strong practical experience with work-tracking tools such as Jira and with Agile/Scrum sprint ceremonies.
• Ability to coordinate teams in multiple time zones.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide concise status, risk, and schedule updates to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a high-growth, remote, startup environment.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting mobile store releases (Apple App Store, Google Play).
• Javascript and React frontend development experience
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and git-based workflows.
• Experience working with products in privacy, security, or data domains.
• Experience supporting releases in environments aligned to SOC 2 or similar frameworks.

Location

This is a remote-first position. Optery is a fully remote global team with worldwide headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

Compensation

• $75K - $125K

Equal Opportunity

Optery values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service, or any other non-merit factor.

Technology

• Backend: Python / Django / nodeJS
• Frontend: React
• Hosted on AWS / K8S (EKS) / Grafana / Loki