Technical Project Manager / Release Manager

Description At Umpisa Inc., our mission is to make the Philippines be known globally as a tech hub. Umpisa Inc. is a progressive technology services company that partners with select industries, clients and people to work on pioneering and industry-changing solutions via digital transformation, modern software development and venture building. We create a set of world-class and impactful products and solutions to help organizations and individuals live better lives. We offer demanding, challenging and rewarding careers in software development, product development, emerging technologies, and more for the right candidates. Essential Skills: Aligns with our values: Excellence, Integrity, Professionalism, People Success, Customer Success, Fun, Innovation and Diversity Strong communication skills Strong problem solving and analytical skills Excellent problem-solving ability Would like to work as part of a self-organizing Scrum team in a scaled agile framework Must be a self-starter and loves to collaborate with the team and client Job Summary We're a fast-moving early-stage product team shipping 2-5 PRs/day across a TypeScript monorepo (NestJS + Next.js + Electron + React Native). We need two full-time generalists who together own three workstreams: 1. Nightly release gate — review the day's code, fix issues directly, cut releases into main 2. Project coordination — keep docs, tasks, and priorities organized so the dev team stays focused on building 3. SOC 2 readiness (first 2 months) — coordinate with our deployment team to ensure security hardening and compliance deliverables land on time This role is the SOC 2 segregation-of-duties control between development and production, and the connective tissue that keeps the project from accumulating chaos. Two people ensures coverage across time zones, no single point of failure on releases, and enough bandwidth to run compliance and coordination in parallel.