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# Release and Quality Manager

- **Company:** London +
- **Location:** UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Automation of Tests, DevOps, Release Management, Strategies of Testing, Performance Testing
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/release-and-quality-manager/54282803

## About the Role

Strong experience in release management, quality assurance or technology delivery governance
A track record of coordinating complex releases across multiple teams and systems
Expertise in testing methodologies, quality frameworks and risk-based assurance approaches
Experience operating within Agile and DevOps environments
Strong understanding of operational readiness and production risk management
The confidence to make evidence-based decisions and challenge where quality standards aren't being met
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
A pragmatic, resilient and solutions-focused approach to leadership., You must act with integrity
You must act with due care, skill, and diligence
You must be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
You must observe proper standards of market conduct
You must act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

## Description

We're looking for a Release & Quality Manager to play a critical role in ensuring our technology changes are delivered safely, reliably and to the highest standards.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing structure, quality and assurance to software delivery. You'll work closely with Engineering, Product, Platform Engineering and Technology Services teams to ensure releases are well-governed, risks are understood and customers always remain at the heart of decision-making.

What you'll be doing

Leading release governance across products, platforms and environments
Managing release planning, readiness assessments and deployment activities
Defining and maintaining quality assurance standards and testing governance processes
Overseeing testing strategies across functional, regression, integration, UAT and non-functional testing
Managing defect processes, quality risks and release decision-making
Ensuring operational readiness, resilience and support arrangements are in place ahead of releases
Driving adoption of modern quality engineering practices, automation and continuous testing
Providing clear reporting and insights into release quality, delivery confidence and risk
Championing a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.