Release Manager

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An excellent job opportunity has arisen for a Release Manager to join a highly established and rapidly expanding financial services organisation based in South Wales. The organisation is in an ambitious period of change and transformation, so this role offers great scope for career progression plus the opportunity to work on several interesting projects.
This position offers hybrid working and can be based at either the central Cardiff or Newport offices.

Your new role The Release Manager will take responsibility for governing, coordinating, and assuring the end‑to‑end "route to live" for all IT and business change deliveries, including infrastructure updates, development, application releases, and changes that are delivered by third parties.

This is a newly created position that requires an experienced Release Manager to bring structure, guidance and influence to a maturing release governance function. You will take ownership for the Release Management Framework, implementing consistent processes to ensure that all business, technical, and operational readiness activities are completed before deployment to ensure successful releases.

You will liaise closely with both the Business Change and IT teams to ensure successful releases, working with a range of senior stakeholders and colleagues including the Portfolio Manager, Project Managers, Architecture, Application Support, Testing, and multiple third parties.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:

A proven track record of having worked as a Release Manager
Significant experience in Release Management or Environment Management roles
Strong technical knowledge of multi‑system, multi‑vendor IT landscapes
Experience coordinating releases across multiple teams and third‑party suppliers
Understanding of SDLC, DevOps, change management, and testing processes
Proven ability to manage risk, issues, and conflict
Excellent senior stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience working as a Release Manager in a Financial Services organisation or other high regulated environment would be an advantage
If you hold an ITIL certification this would also be an advantage although not essential What you'll get in return

The organisation offers a great working environment plus a benefits package that includes:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Additional day's annual leave on birthday
Option to purchase extra annual leave (up to 5 days)
35 hour working week
Competitive pension scheme
4X life assurance
Private healthcare scheme (after one years' service)
Employee Assistance Programme
Health and wellbeing benefits including eye tests
Staff Socials
Training and development opportunities
City centre location
Hybrid/flexible workingWhat you need to do now
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