{"id":1137140,"url":"https://alion.io/job/2026-industrial-alliance-insurance-and-financial-services-inc-salesforce-release-manager","title":"Salesforce Release Manager","company":{"id":1050168,"name":"iA Financial Group","domain":"ia.ca","url":"https://alion.io/company/ia-ca","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Product","role_family":"Product","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Quebec, Canada","Montreal, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":99000,"max_usd":230000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":452},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Apache Kafka","optional":false},{"name":"Apex","optional":false},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Copado","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"Gearset","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"Gitflow","optional":false},{"name":"Jenkins","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"MuleSoft","optional":false},{"name":"Salesforce CLI","optional":false},{"name":"UML","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-01T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-01","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T16:52:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":22,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":22},"description":"Job Description\nIndividual Insurance Sector | Permanent | Full-time | Quebec City / Montreal / Toronto / Vancouver | Start Date: As Soon As Possible\nBuild the Future with Us\nAre you passionate about modern technologies, DevOps, and continuous improvement? Do you want to contribute to the purpose of a company that helps its clients feel confident and secure about their future? As a Salesforce Release Manager, you will play a key role in orchestrating production releases and managing the Salesforce development and deployment ecosystem, ensuring stability, quality, and seamless delivery within a complex and constantly evolving technology environment.\nThis position offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your expertise and fully leverage your potential within a caring and trusted organization. Here, people and their development are at the heart of everything we do, creating an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.\nWhat You’ll Accomplish with Us\nAs a Salesforce Release Manager, you will be at the center of our mission. Your responsibilities will include:\nPlanning, coordinating, and executing Salesforce releases (major, minor, and hotfixes) while ensuring a stable, controlled, and secure deployment process.\nManaging Salesforce environments (sandboxes, integration, and production), deployments, version control, and change traceability.\nCollaborating closely with development teams, quality assurance specialists, business analysts, product owners, and architects to align deliveries with business priorities.\nIdentifying deployment risks, implementing mitigation strategies, and ensuring the quality and compliance of releases.\nContributing to the continuous improvement of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, release governance, and delivery processes while maintaining effective communication with stakeholders.\nWhat Will Help You Succeed in This Role\nWe are looking for someone who:\nIs recognized for their ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and effectively manage deliveries in a complex technology environment.\nDemonstrates strong attention to detail, rigor, and a structured approach to risk and quality management.\nHas an excellent ability to simplify technical concepts and communicate clearly with diverse audiences.\nIs known for their collaborative mindset, initiative, and proactive problem-solving skills.\nHas several years of experience in release management, DevOps, or a similar role within a Salesforce environment.\nRequired Qualifications and Knowledge\nCollege diploma or bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.\nStrong knowledge of the Salesforce platform, including metadata, Apex, standard objects, Salesforce APIs, and Platform Events.\nExperience with Salesforce DevOps tools such as Copado, Gearset, Jenkins, or equivalent solutions.\nStrong understanding of Git, version control, and CI/CD practices.\nFamiliarity with multi-org Salesforce environments and Governor Limits.\nKnowledge of Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-based environments.\nExperience with Visual Studio Code, Salesforce CLI (sf-cli), and Git Flow principles.\nKnowledge of architecture models, design patterns, and UML modeling.\nKnowledge of event-driven architectures (Kafka is considered an asset).\nInterest in Salesforce integrations, including Einstein Activity Capture, Content Server, and MuleSoft.\nExperience using artificial intelligence tools, including Copilot, is considered an asset.\nWhy You'll Love Working with Us\nA work environment where learning and development are combined with a collective pursuit of excellence.\nA healthy, safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.\nThe opportunity to work in a hybrid environment supported by flexibility and access to inspiring, innovative workspaces.\nCompetitive benefits, including flexible group insurance, a competitive pension plan, employee share purchase plan, vacation and wellness days, telemedicine, employee and family assistance program, ergonomic furniture program, performance bonus, discounts on iA products, and much more.\nApply Today and Take Your Career to the Next Level\nStill Hesitating to Apply?\nAt iA, we believe in potential and value diverse experiences. If this role inspires you, we encourage you to apply. Your place may be with us, and we would love to get to know you!\nLocation(s)\nQuebec / 1080, Grande Allee WestOther Possible Location(s)\nMontreal / 1981 McGill College AvenueCompany\niA Financial Group\nPosting End Date\n2026-09-25Company Overview\niA Financial Group* is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 25,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.\nWith over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.\nAt iA, we’re invested in you.\n* iA Financial group includes the following entities: iA Services financiers, iA assurance auto et habitation, iA Gestion privée de patrimoine, PPI Management, Investia, iA Gestion de placements, Prysm, iA Clarington, Michel Rhéaume et associés, Garanties Nationales, WGI Manufacturing, WGI Service Plan Division, Lubrico, iA Financement auto\nOur Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion\nAt iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. 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