Release and Deployment Manager

Skipton Building Society Group; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Holiday trading scheme

Pension matching up to 10%

Mortgage assistance

Salary sacrifice for hybrid/electric車

Training and development

Private medical insurance

Volunteer days

Diversity networks

Cycle to work & gym discounts

Job summary

Skipton Building Society Group is seeking a Release & Deployment Manager in Skipton. You will shape how we deliver changes, enabling teams to release faster, safer, and with greater confidence, across multiple platforms.

The role sits in a collaborative Engineering and Service Delivery community and emphasizes automation, observability, and progressive delivery. You will lead release planning, manage dependencies, and drive improvements using data, metrics, and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading release, deployment or service transition programs.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices and automation.
• Ability to coordinate multiple teams and manage dependencies at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve release and deployment strategies across platforms.
• Lead cross-team release planning and coordination with visibility of dependencies and readiness.
• Drive adoption of modern release practices (automation, policy-as-code, progressive delivery).
• Use metrics to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance; mentor a small team.

Skills

Release management

CI/CD

DevOps

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

## Release and Deployment ManagerApplylocations: Skipton, Englandtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR3912## **Hours:**35 hr per week## **Closing Date:**Sat, 25 Jul 2026We’re looking for a Release & Deployment Manager to shape how we deliver change across Skipton enabling teams to release faster, safer, and with greater confidence. If you’re passionate about modern release practices, improving flow, and removing bottlenecks at scale, this is a role where you can make a real impact.**Who Are We?**Not just another building society. Not just another job.We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.The team you will be joiningYou will be joining our Engineering and Service Delivery community, working closely with Platform Owners, DevSecOps, Quality Engineering, and Environments teams. This is a highly collaborative role that sits at the heart of how change is delivered across the organisation.Operating across multiple platforms, you’ll provide oversight and coordination of releases, ensuring teams are aligned, environments are ready, and risks are understood and managed. You’ll play a key role in evolving our release practices towards automation, observability, and progressive delivery, while enabling teams to move faster without compromising stability or compliance.**What’s In It For You?**Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.We have a range of other benefits available to you including;* Annual discretionary bonus scheme* 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days* Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days* Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)* Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)* Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car* A commitment to training and development* Private medical insurance for all our colleagues* 3 paid volunteering days per annum* Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups* We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership**What Will You Be Doing?*** Defining and evolving release and deployment strategies that enable safe, efficient, and frequent delivery across multiple platforms* Leading cross-team release planning and coordination, ensuring visibility of dependencies, risks, and environment readiness* Driving the adoption of modern release practices including automation, policy-as-code, and progressive delivery approaches such as canary and blue/green deployments* Using data and engineering metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR) to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance* Leading and developing a small team, building capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership of release outcomes**What Do We Need From You?*** Proven experience in Release, Deployment, or Service Transition leadership within complex technology environments* Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including CI/CD, DevOps, and automated release processes* Experience working with multiple teams and stakeholders to coordinate releases and manage dependencies at scale* Ability to use data and metrics to improve release performance, reduce risk, and enhance delivery outcomes* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, operations, and business teams**Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us as we continue to support our members and represent the communities we serve. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, age, family or parental status, beliefs, nationalities and religions - supporting an inclusive environment for all our colleagues to bring their true selves to Skipton.****If you have a disability, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to discuss making reasonable adjustments to our processes for you. Please contact our Talent Acquisition team at** [e-mail]**.**