Head Of Release Management

Huxley Associates; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Head of Release Management for a contract role based in London. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in release management within a regulated industry and solid leadership skills. This position requires a presence in the London office 50% of the time. Competitive daily rate offered for an initial 6-month contract.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in release and environment management within banking or regulated industries.
• Deep experience in a senior technology leadership role within a financial services institution.
• Strategic understanding of microservices, cloud-native architectures, and DevOps principles.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Release management

Regulated industry knowledge

Software architecture understanding

CI/CD toolchains

DevOps principles

Kubernetes

Job description

An Investment Banking client is currently hiring for a Head of Release Management and a Lead Release Manager to join the Bank.

The initial contract will be for 6 months rolling paying 826pd via an Umbrella company. The position requires 50% attendance to the London based office.

Required experience:

• Extensive experience in release and environment management within banking or regulated industries managing a global, enterprise-level function and proven ability to manage complex dependencies across multiple programmes with excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Deep experience in a senior technology leadership role within a highly regulated financial services institution, demonstrating fluency with banking compliance and audit cycles.
• Strategic understanding of modern software architecture (microservices, cloud-native), CI/CD toolchains, DevOps principles, and large-scale environment virtualisation/containerisation technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).

Please share an updated CV ASAP if you'd like to be considered for the position and I'll be in touch if suitable.

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