Release Management Lead

1 week ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom System C Full time
Job Description

The Head of Release Engineering is responsible for overseeing the entire release management function across System C, including leading a team of release train engineers. This role focuses on managing the end-to-end release process, from development through to production, ensuring that releases are delivered on time, meet quality standards, and align with business goals.

This individual plays a critical role in optimising processes, managing risks, and ensuring cross-functional alignment across product, engineering, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Release Planning & Coordination: Own the release management lifecycle, including scheduling, coordinating, and managing releases across multiple applications and projects. Collaborate with Product Management, Development, QA, and Operations teams to ensure releases are planned and delivered according to business priorities.
  • Manage release schedules: Ensure dependencies are identified, risks are mitigated, and deliverables are aligned with business timelines. Coordinate pre- and post-release activities, ensuring all teams are prepared for go-live and that rollbacks or hotfixes are handled efficiently if needed.

Process Improvement & Governance:

  • Develop efficient release management processes: Ensure they are consistently followed across all R&D teams. Promote, implement, and improve best practices for release automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery pipelines.
  • Ensure proper governance: Surround release approvals, gatekeeping, and post-release reviews, ensuring lessons learned are applied to future releases. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimise release frequency and reduce risks associated with deployments.

Risk & Issue Management:

  • Identify and manage risks: Related to release readiness, including potential delays, quality issues, or operational bottlenecks. Collaborate with stakeholders to proactively resolve conflicts in priorities, resources, or technical challenges that could impact release success.
  • Resolve release-related issues: Escalate and manage promptly, with clear communication to all stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Alignment & Communication:

  • Act as primary point of contact: Provide regular updates on release status, risks, and mitigation strategies. Work closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, QA, Operations) to ensure alignment on release goals, timelines, and responsibilities.
  • Foster collaboration and coordination: Between teams to streamline release processes and resolve conflicts.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience in release or engineering management.
  • Extensive experience in release management, with a strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies, such as SAFe, Kanban and Lean.
  • Experience managing complex, multi-platform release processes in a fast-paced, high-availability environment.
  • Strong organisational and leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple teams and manage competing priorities.
  • Proficient in release automation tools and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, etc.).
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and manage expectations.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and decision-making skills, with experience managing risks and resolving conflicts in a dynamic environment.

Estimated Salary: $120,000 - $180,000 per annum

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