Release Management Lead

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

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking an experienced Release Management Lead to oversee planning and governance of software and infrastructure releases. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in release management, particularly within financial services, and strong knowledge of ITIL and regulatory standards. This role offers a competitive rate of £739/day (Inside IR35).

Benefits

Competitive day rate

Qualifications

• Extensive release management experience in financial services.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL, change governance, and regulatory standards.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools, CI/CD pipelines, and scaled agile frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the enterprise release calendar.
• Plan and execute major, minor, and emergency releases.
• Coordinate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Infrastructure teams.
• Ensure rollback plans and communication strategies for critical releases.
• Lead release bridges and out-of-hours deployments.
• Manage post-release issue tracking and remediation.

Skills

Release management experience

ITIL knowledge

Change governance

Regulatory standards familiarity

Leadership skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

ServiceNow

CI/CD pipelines

Scaled agile frameworks

Job description

My Client leading financial institution is seeking an experienced Release Management Lead to oversee planning, coordination, and governance of software and infrastructure releases across enterprise platforms.

Release Management Lead - Financial Services

Location: London | Contract: Inside IR35 | Rate: 739/day

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the enterprise release calendar.
• Plan and execute major, minor, and emergency releases.
• Coordinate with Product, Engineering, QA, and Infrastructure teams.
• Ensure rollback plans and communication strategies for critical releases.
• Lead release bridges and out-of-hours deployments.
• Manage post-release issue tracking and remediation.

Required Skills

• Extensive release management experience in financial services.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL, change governance, and regulatory standards (DORA, SOX, GDPR).
• Familiarity with ITSM tools (ServiceNow), CI/CD pipelines, and scaled agile frameworks (SAFe).
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.

What's on Offer

• Competitive day rate: 739/day (Inside IR35).

Work with a leading financial institution in a collaborative environment.