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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