Release and Deployment Manager

Skipton Building Society; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Employer pension contribution

Cycle to work

Volunteering days

Job summary

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Release & Deployment Manager to shape how we deliver change across engineering teams. You will enable faster, safer releases with greater confidence, driving automation and progressive delivery while coordinating canaries and blue/green deployments.

You will work with Platform Owners, DevSecOps, Quality Engineering, and Environments teams to optimise release practices and reduce bottlenecks using data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading release and deployment in complex tech environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery: CI/CD, DevOps, automated release pipelines.
• Experience coordinating releases across multiple teams and managing dependencies at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve release and deployment strategies for safe, efficient delivery across platforms.
• Lead cross-team release planning and coordination; manage dependencies and environment readiness.
• Drive adoption of automation, policy-as-code, and progressive delivery (canary, blue/green).
• Use metrics to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance.
• Lead and develop a small team; foster continuous improvement and shared ownership of releases.

Skills

Release management

Deployment

CI/CD

DevOps

Stakeholder management

Canary deployments

Blue/green deployments

Delivery metrics

Job description

Hours:35 hr per weekClosing Date:Sat, 25 Jul 2026

We’relooking for a Release & Deployment Manager to shape how we deliver change acrossSkiptonenabling teams to release faster, safer, and with greater confidence. Ifyou’repassionate 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'rethe fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is thatwe'rea mutualorganisation. Wedon'thave shareholders;we'reowned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton'sa great placeto work, and you could be one of them, bringing with younew ideason how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals,we'llhelp you take the next step towards a better future.

The team you will be joining

You 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 theorganisation. Operating across multiple platforms,you’llprovide oversight and coordination of releases, ensuring teams are aligned, environments are ready, and risks are understood and managed.You’llplay 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 ItForYou?

• 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 – weprovidea 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) toidentifybottlenecks and improve delivery performance
• Leading and developing a small team, buildingcapabilityand fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership of release outcomes

What Do We NeedFromYou?

• 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