Release Manager

This role is open to candidates residing in Europe. Also note that depending on the country, we can offer either an employment contract or a freelancing consulting agreement.    

In case you would be interested, please attach your CV in English.

A Little Bit about Us

VarSome.com is the world’s leading website for professional human genetics. With more than 4 000 citations in scientific papers, 60 000 registered professional users, we are seeking to bring together all the human expertise in molecular genetics. VarSome Clinical is a comprehensive decision support software platform for genetic testing.

VarSome is created by Saphetor, a Switzerland-based precision medicine company with offices in Lausanne, Boston, and Athens, using bioinformatics to apply human genome data to improve health and lives worldwide. 

Saphetor is pioneering the use of big-data sequencing technology, such as exome and whole-genome sequencing, for clinical practice. We are involved in both clinical research and diagnostics, providing our clients with quality analysis and interpretation of next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) data. All our services are provided over the web, and our VarSome.com website is the world’s prime reference for genetic variant interpretation.

About the role

We are in search of a highly organized and detail-oriented Release Manager who will report to the Project Manager Team Lead to oversee the planning, scheduling, coordination, and deployment of software releases on our platforms. As a pivotal link between engineering, QA, and product teams, you will ensure that releases are delivered on time, meet quality standards, and align with strategic goals. to oversee the planning, scheduling, coordination, and deployment of software releases of our platforms. As a pivotal link between engineering, QA, and product teams, you will ensure that releases are delivered on time, meet quality standards, and align with strategic goals.

Role Responsibilities

• Manage releases from planning to deployment, ensuring quality and compliance 
• Monitor deliverables that are close to completion, by verifying and tracking progress.
• Coordinate with software engineering, devops, QA, product management and compliance teams to meet deadlines.
• Maintain, document and suggest improvements to SDLC processes. 
• Validate releases, and address post-deployment issues.
• Serve as the point of contact for release-related communications, providing regular updates to leadership and team members.
• Facilitate release readiness and post-release review meetings.

What you will bring:

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 
• 3+ years in Release Management, Technical Project Management or a DevOps role.
• Basic familiarity with CI/CD tools ( such as Teamcity, Jenkins etc), Git, Linux (Ubuntu) and scripting (Python/Bash).
• Experience with Jira and tracking projects and roadmaps
• Fluency in written and verbal English 

Soft Skills:

• Strong organizational, project management, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Effective communication and interpersonal abilities.

Nice to have: 

• Familiarity with regulations, such as ISO27001, GDPR, CE/IVD.
• Experience with the healthcare industry or other regulated industries.

Your career journey with us includes, among others:

• A position in a fascinating healthcare growth domain, at the cutting edge of technology and research
• A competitive compensation package
• Remote work. Our core development team is located around Greece but we have developers and devops engineers across Europe. Everybody speaks fluent English and the company is very experienced in coordinating a regionally distributed team, using an Agile work-flow.
• Endless learning opportunities, while transferring new technologies from academics to clinical practice all over the world.

Saphetor is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and our employees, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, medical condition or disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, or marital status.