London-Based Software Release & Delivery Lead

RLDatix; Tottenham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Group accident insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Loyalty awards for long service

Job summary

RLDatix is seeking a London-based Release Lead to join the Quality Compliance Systems team, driving end-to-end software release and delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across R&D, QA, Documentation, Localisation, Cloud Engineering and Product Management to keep releases on track.

With 5+ years in software release management and a passion for SaaS, you’ll establish readiness criteria, quality gates and governance, while communicating risks and decisions to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in software release management, technical programme delivery, or a closely related role, including 2+ years leading complex, cross-functional software releases across multiple teams.
• Proven success establishing and managing release readiness criteria and quality gates, ensuring testing, business and operational requirements are completed prior to production deployment.
• In-depth knowledge of how to develop and manage release and delivery plans, mapping milestones and dependencies while communicating changes, risks and decisions to stakeholders.
• Ability to commute to London once a week.
• Sincere interest in SaaS delivery within Agile and Scrum environments, with Kanban and hybrid delivery model experience highly desirable.
• A knack for working collaboratively within cross-functional technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate complex technical programmes and end-to-end releases across multiple teams to ensure delivery aligns with strategic objectives, agreed milestones and production timelines.
• Own and manage release plans, dependencies, risks and transitions from development completion through to production deployment.
• Coordinate activities across R&D, QA, Documentation, Localisation, Cloud Engineering, Product Management and Customer Success to ensure effective end-to-end delivery.
• Establish and maintain release readiness criteria, quality gates and required documentation to ensure testing and business requirements are completed prior to deployment.
• Establish programme governance, reporting and KPI management, using performance and operational data to drive accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Release management

Technical programme delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile Scrum

Kanban

Stakeholder management

Job description

RLDatix is seeking a London-based Release Lead to join the Quality Compliance Systems team, driving end-to-end software release and delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across R&D, QA, Documentation, Localisation, Cloud Engineering and Product Management to keep releases on track.

With 5+ years in software release management and a passion for SaaS, you’ll establish readiness criteria, quality gates and governance, while communicating risks and decisions to stakeholders.