Digital Release Manager AI Enabled Delivery

RaceTrac Company Overview

Job Description:

The Digital Release Manager is responsible for establishing bestinclass, AIenabled release and deployment practices that accelerate speedtomarket, improve quality, and reduce risk across RaceTracs digital channels. This role leads the evolution of release management from traditional coordination to datadriven, automated, and continuously improving delivery pipelines , while overseeing teams responsible for enhancements, maintenance, and platform reliability. This role partners closely with Product, Engineering, QA, Marketing, and Operations to ensure digital releases are predictable, scalable, and aligned to business outcomesleveraging automation and emerging AI capabilities wherever possible.

What You'll Do:

Release Leadership & AIDriven Process Improvement

• Owns the endtoend SDLC and release management strategy for a 3rdparty DevOps team and the broader DGX development ecosystem.

• Continuously evaluates and improves release and deployment processes using automation, metrics, and AIassisted insights to reduce cycle time, manual effort, and release risk.

• Establishes modern software deployment patterns that embed automated quality gates, security controls, and crossteam accountability .

• Identifies opportunities to apply AI and intelligent automation (e.g., release forecasting, risk detection, test optimization, deployment verification) to improve delivery outcomes.

CrossFunctional Delivery & Enablement

• Leads crossfunctional 3rdparty development teams delivering digital channel enhancements, loyalty capabilities, and customerfacing experiences.

• Leads teams delivering maintenance upgrades and platform improvements that ensure ongoing reliability, scalability, and business value.

• Partners with QA to define and scale bestinclass testing practices , including automation, security, performance, capacity, and release validation.

• Helps establish, mature, and sustain Agile and DevOps best practices , with a strong emphasis on continuous delivery and continuous improvement.

Business Partnership & Communication

• Acts as a trusted Business Relationship Manager for Marketing and key business stakeholders by providing release expertise, impact assessments, estimates, and delivery timelines.

• Facilitates clear, datadriven communication between business partners and Information Solutions to ensure work is delivered in the right channels, at the right time.

• Uses structured project and release management methodologies to scope initiatives, plan resources, manage dependencies, and deliver highquality outcomes.

Vendor & Ecosystem Management

• Manages 3rdparty integration partners and augmentation teams, ensuring alignment to RaceTrac standards, delivery expectations, and release cadence.

• Drives consistency in tooling, deployment practices, documentation, and operational readiness across internal and external teams.

• Performs other ad hoc duties as needed.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or a related field preferred.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in the IT function, with demonstrated success in delivery or release management.

• Minimum 3 years of experience leading teams or delivery efforts in an Agile environment.

• Minimum 3 years of experience designing or managing enterprise CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.

• Experience with modern digital platforms and architectures, including some combination of:

• API Gateways, EventDriven Architectures, Cloud Platforms, 3rdParty Loyalty or Marketing Solutions, Master Data Management, and FrontEnd Technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

• Experience with technologies such as Azure Cloud, Node.js, Java, ActiveMQ, Redis, Azure Stream Analytics preferred.

• Experience applying automation, analytics, or AIassisted tooling to improve development, testing, or release processes is strongly preferred.

• Cloud (Azure, AWS) and Agile (SAFe, ACP, etc.) certifications preferred.

Fueled by Growth, Driven by You

At RaceTrac, our people make the difference. Whether youre working in a store, at our corporate office, or on the road, youll be part of a team that brings energy, innovation, and a passion for serving others every day. We support each other, celebrate wins big and small, and create opportunities for growth at every level. With four operating divisions RaceTrac, RaceWay, Energy Dispatch, and Gulf - theres always a new challenge to take on and a new path to pursue. Join us and discover how far your career can go.

To see what #LifeatRaceTrac is like, visit our LinkedIn , Facebook , and Instagram pages.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with RaceTrac without regard to their race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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Qualifications:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with RaceTrac without regard to their race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.