Own and manage the release calendar and cadence across multiple programmes and platforms
Plan, schedule, and orchestrate releases end-to-end, including feature releases, patches, and hotfixes
Coordinate cross-functional release activities across engineering, infrastructure, and security teams
Define and enforce release quality gates, ensuring compliance with governance, regulatory, and security requirements
Manage deployment processes across development, staging, UAT, and production environments
Monitor release performance, drive post-release reviews, and implement continuous improvement initiatives
Identify and mitigate release risks, ensuring stability and reliability across all deployments
Act as the primary point of contact for release communications, stakeholder updates, and escalation management

Proven experience in release management, DevOps, or software engineering operations within multi-team environments
Experience managing platform or shared service releases across multiple concurrent workstreams
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and release orchestration tooling
Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP) and containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience working within regulated or governance-driven environments, ensuring compliance and audit readiness
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate across technical teams without direct authority
Excellent organisational, communication, and risk management skills, with a focus on continuous improvement

Competitive base salary and performance related incentives
Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
Retirement and pension plans
Life assurance and disability coverage
Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

AI Release Manager

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