Delivery Release Planner

Epson; Watford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Epson is seeking a Delivery Release Planner to own the release roadmap and govern planning across product owners, development teams, architects, and vendors in a fast‑paced environment.

You will coordinate schedules, budgets, testing cycles, and production readiness while maintaining documentation and reporting for progress and risks. This role is based in Watford, UK with a focus on timely, compliant software releases.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivery planning, release coordination, or similar IT/digital roles.
• Understanding of Agile and Scrum delivery processes.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and scheduling skills.
• Ability to interpret budget data and support financial reporting.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex information.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in planning and reporting.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams and manage cross‑stream dependencies.
• Proactive, structured, and comfortable working in dynamic delivery environments.
• Proficient with planning tools, spreadsheets, dashboards, and reporting software.
• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the release roadmap, providing clear visibility of timelines, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate planning with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development teams, Architects, vendors, and other stakeholders to align priorities and delivery expectations.
• Manage release schedules, deployment windows, testing cycles, freeze periods, and production readiness.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts, actual spend, software renewals, licences, contractual commitments, and related deliverables.
• Identify and communicate delivery risks, dependencies, roadmap changes, and issues, escalating where necessary.
• Ensure initiatives are feasible, appropriately sequenced, and aligned with business objectives and architectural direction.
• Act as the primary contact for release planning, roadmap management, delivery governance, and stakeholder reporting.
• Maintain accurate, version-controlled documentation and provide regular updates on progress, risks, dependencies, financial performance, and key decisions.
• Continuously improve planning, forecasting, reporting governance, and stakeholder communication practices.

Skills

Delivery planning

Agile Scrum

Budget interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Cross-team coordination

Fluent English

Tools

Spreadsheets

Dashboards

Reporting software

Job description

The Delivery Release Planner owns and coordinates the planning, scheduling, and governance of software and technology releases, ensuring initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with business priorities. The planner acts as a central point of coordination between Product Owners, Development teams, Architects, vendors, and business stakeholders, managing dependencies, risks, roadmaps, and release activities to support successful delivery outcomes.

What will you do:

• Own and maintain the release roadmap, providing clear visibility of timelines, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate planning with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development teams, Architects, vendors, and other stakeholders to align priorities and delivery expectations.
• Manage release schedules, deployment windows, testing cycles, freeze periods, and production readiness.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts, actual spend, software renewals, licences, contractual commitments, and related deliverables.
• Identify and communicate delivery risks, dependencies, roadmap changes, and issues, escalating where necessary.
• Ensure initiatives are feasible, appropriately sequenced, and aligned with business objectives and architectural direction.
• Act as the primary contact for release planning, roadmap management, delivery governance, and stakeholder reporting.
• Maintain accurate, version-controlled documentation and provide regular updates on progress, risks, dependencies, financial performance, and key decisions.
• Continuously improve planning, forecasting, reporting, governance, release management, and stakeholder communication practices.

What we ask for:

• Experience in delivery planning, release coordination, or similar IT/digital roles.
• Understanding of Agile and Scrum delivery processes.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and scheduling skills.
• Ability to interpret budget data and support financial reporting.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex information.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in planning and reporting.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams and manage cross ‑ stream dependencies.
• Proactive, structured, and comfortable working in dynamic delivery environments.
• Proficient with planning tools, spreadsheets, dashboards, and reporting software.
• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken.

We are keen to hear from you even if you don’t match all listed requirements, but you identify with our brand and passion for innovation.

What we offer:

We aspire to be an indispensable company, trusted throughout the world for our commitment to openness, customer satisfaction and sustainability. We respect individuality while promoting teamwork, and we are committed to delivering unique value through innovative and creative solutions.

Our commitment to the environment

We all have a role to play in building a better future. For Epson, being a sustainable company means being mindful of every aspect of our organisation – from the smallest lightbulb to the largest factory. It fuels our innovation, drives our growth, motivates our workforce and, ultimately, to contribute to society.

Our people

We believe a healthy culture, strong values, teamwork and contribution from a diverse range of individuals will help us to strive for excellence.

Our brand

Ranked by Clarivate Analytics as a Top 100 Global Innovator brand for the last seven years running.

Epson is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all protected characteristics and are committed to providing any necessary accommodations during the application and assessment process, as well as upon joining our team.

If you require additional assistance for your application or wheelchair access to our facilities, please email [e-mail] . A member of our team will be happy to assist you.