Senior Technical Director, Release Management & Automation (AI)
ScopelyMobile Gaming company
Barcelona, SpainDirector
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About the role
TL;DR
Lead release management and automation strategy, driving quality and velocity with AI.
- •{"about_the_role": "Scopely is seeking a Senior Technical Director, Release Management & Automation (AI) to join their Central team in Barcelona.
- •This senior leadership role operates at the intersection of operational excellence, technical strategy, and organizational influence, aiming to drive significant improvements in release quality, delivery velocity, and operational resilience.", "key_responsibilities": ["Define and execute a roadmap for Release Management (RM) capabilities to improve game team submission times.", "Define and execute a roadmap for Automation capabilities to enhance CSO Program efficiency.", "Establish Scopely-wide standards for release readiness, risk management, and go/no-go criteria.", "Develop and lead central software solutions to address CSO needs, including AI/ML-assisted approaches.", "Build lightweight, repeatable governance to improve predictability without slowing teams down."], "requirements": ["Experience in engineering leadership roles, including managing managers or leading multi-team organizations.", "Experience building or leading release engineering, developer productivity, or automation programs at scale.", "Strong technical background in modern delivery practices and experience implementing automation and governance.", "Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving adoption across decentralized organizations.", "Experience applying AI/ML-assisted approaches in engineering workflows."]}
Required skills
Engineering ManagementStrategic PlanningCI/CDRoadmappingTechnical Leadership
Nice-to-have skills
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptProduct Management
Domain expertise
gaming
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGoBashGitLinuxJiraConfluenceCI/CDDockerKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDHelmGitLab CICircleCIAnsibleChefPuppetPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDuty