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We provide advanced quantum control stacks to research labs, quantum startups, and industry leaders. As we scale our highly complex, multi-disciplinary products, we need robust operational leadership to ensure seamless delivery.\nYour Mission: Owning End-to-End Delivery We're hiring a (Senior) Release Manager, based in the PMO, to own end-to-end release coordination across FPGA, embedded software, software packages, and documentation.\nThis is a full-time, high-impact role with absolute authority over the release process and go/no-go decisions across every contributing team, regardless of their department. Seniority matters here: you need the credibility and executive presence to set and enforce rigorous release discipline with department heads on an equal footing.\nKey Responsibilities\nRelease Authority & Planning\n\nRelease Decisions: Define release-readiness criteria, run gate reviews, and make the ultimate go/no-go call. While you have full authority over the release itself, department heads will maintain full authority over their people, technical decisions, and resourcing.\n\nCalendar & Requirements: Own the release calendar, dictating what each component must deliver, in what state, and by when (leaving the internal methodology, tooling, and branching up to the teams).\n\nBoundary Definition (RACI): Co-define exact authority boundaries with the CTO, PMO, and component leads to ensure seamless operation.\n\n2. Cross-Functional Coordination & Visibility\nSingle Point of Contact: Act as the definitive point of coordination across component release managers and the integration lead.\n\nHardware Dependency Management: Track hardware revisions and availability as a critical release dependency, coordinating with the hardware team so releases are accurately planned against confirmed hardware readiness.\n\nRisk Escalation & Tradeoffs: Surface cross-component risks early and work closely with Product on scope tradeoffs when a component is not ready as planned.\n\nLive Visibility: Maintain an accurate, live view of release readiness across all components and chair cross-component readiness reviews.\n\n3. 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