Release Planning Lead - Delivery & Roadmap

Epson; Watford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Epson is seeking a Delivery Release Planner to own the release roadmap and govern planning across product owners, development teams, architects, and vendors in a fast‑paced environment.

You will coordinate schedules, budgets, testing cycles, and production readiness while maintaining documentation and reporting for progress and risks. This role is based in Watford, UK with a focus on timely, compliant software releases.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivery planning, release coordination, or similar IT/digital roles.
• Understanding of Agile and Scrum delivery processes.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and scheduling skills.
• Ability to interpret budget data and support financial reporting.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex information.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in planning and reporting.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams and manage cross‑stream dependencies.
• Proactive, structured, and comfortable working in dynamic delivery environments.
• Proficient with planning tools, spreadsheets, dashboards, and reporting software.
• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the release roadmap, providing clear visibility of timelines, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate planning with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development teams, Architects, vendors, and other stakeholders to align priorities and delivery expectations.
• Manage release schedules, deployment windows, testing cycles, freeze periods, and production readiness.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts, actual spend, software renewals, licences, contractual commitments, and related deliverables.
• Identify and communicate delivery risks, dependencies, roadmap changes, and issues, escalating where necessary.
• Ensure initiatives are feasible, appropriately sequenced, and aligned with business objectives and architectural direction.
• Act as the primary contact for release planning, roadmap management, delivery governance, and stakeholder reporting.
• Maintain accurate, version-controlled documentation and provide regular updates on progress, risks, dependencies, financial performance, and key decisions.
• Continuously improve planning, forecasting, reporting governance, and stakeholder communication practices.

Skills

Delivery planning

Agile Scrum

Budget interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Cross-team coordination

Fluent English

Tools

Spreadsheets

Dashboards

Reporting software

Job description

Epson is seeking a Delivery Release Planner to own the release roadmap and govern planning across product owners, development teams, architects, and vendors in a fast‑paced environment.

You will coordinate schedules, budgets, testing cycles, and production readiness while maintaining documentation and reporting for progress and risks. This role is based in Watford, UK with a focus on timely, compliant software releases.