Release Planning Lead: Roadmaps, Risks & Delivery

Epson; Watford; Híbrido; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Epson in the United Kingdom is seeking a Delivery Release Planner to own and coordinate release planning, scheduling, and governance across software and technology initiatives.

You will work with Product Owners, development teams, architects, and vendors to manage dependencies, budgets, risks, and delivery readiness, ensuring on-time outcomes.

Applicants should have 3+ years of delivery planning experience, strong organizational and communication skills, and fluent English.

Formación

• 3+ years of delivery planning, release coordination, or similar IT/digital role.
• 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.
• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken.

Responsabilidades

• 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, release management, and stakeholder communication practices.

Conocimientos

Agile & Scrum knowledge

Release planning

Cross-team coordination

Budget interpretation

Communication

Attention to detail

English fluency

Herramientas

Planning tools

Spreadsheets

Dashboards

Reporting software

Descripción del empleo

Epson in the United Kingdom is seeking a Delivery Release Planner to own and coordinate release planning, scheduling, and governance across software and technology initiatives.

You will work with Product Owners, development teams, architects, and vendors to manage dependencies, budgets, risks, and delivery readiness, ensuring on-time outcomes.

Applicants should have 3+ years of delivery planning experience, strong organizational and communication skills, and fluent English.