Release Manager

• Define and evolve release and deployment strategies that enable safe, efficient, and frequent delivery across multiple platforms
• Lead cross-team release planning and coordination, ensuring visibility of dependencies, risks, and environment readiness
• Drive the adoption of modern release practices including automation, policy-as-code, and progressive delivery approaches such as canary and blue/green deployments
• Use data and engineering metrics such as lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and MTTR to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance
• Lead and develop a small team, building capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership of release outcomes

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• Support
• Flow

• Proven experience leading release, deployment, or service transition activities within complex technology environments
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD, DevOps, and automated release processes
• Experience coordinating releases and managing dependencies across multiple teams and stakeholders at scale
• Ability to use data and engineering metrics to improve release performance, reduce risk, and enhance delivery outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence engineering, operations, and business teams

We are a UK financial services organisation based in Yorkshire, offering a hybrid working model and a 35-hour working week in a permanent role. We work across engineering and service delivery, collaborating closely with platform owners, DevSecOps, quality engineering, and environments teams to deliver change faster, safer, and with greater confidence. We offer a large-scale, high-impact environment with flexible working options, ongoing learning and leadership exposure, and a benefits package that includes an annual discretionary bonus, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and holiday trading, up to 10% matched pension, private medical insurance, an electric car salary sacrifice scheme, colleague mortgage benefits, 3 paid volunteering days, gym discounts and wellbeing support, and inclusive employee networks.