Salesforce Release Lead: Governance & Deployments

Sopra Steria; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (London)

Job summary

Sopra Steria in London is seeking a Salesforce Release Manager to own end-to-end release and code management across several Salesforce programmes. You will define release strategies, manage deployment pipelines and govern change activities to protect service stability while enabling predictable delivery.

The ideal candidate has proven experience in enterprise Salesforce deployments, governance and KPI reporting, with the ability to engage suppliers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing Salesforce releases, deployments and code promotion activities in enterprise environments.
• Experience defining and operating release governance, controls and deployment pipelines across multiple workstreams.
• Knowledge of Change Management, Configuration Management and Service Transition processes.
• Experience engaging and influencing suppliers, delivery teams and senior stakeholders.
• Eligibility to obtain Security Clearance (SC).

Responsibilities

• Owning end-to-end Release and Code Management processes across Salesforce programmes and deliveries.
• Defining and managing release strategies, schedules, deployment pipelines and release cadences.
• Chairing Release Control Boards and overseeing release approval and authorisation processes.
• Ensuring compliance with Release and Code Management standards, policies and governance requirements across internal and supplier teams.
• Collaborating with Change, Configuration and Service Transition teams to minimise risk and maintain platform stability.
• Driving continuous improvement through KPI management, reporting, supplier engagement and release performance monitoring.

Skills

Salesforce releases

Release governance

Stakeholder engagement

Security clearance

KPI reporting

Tools

Salesforce DevOps tooling

Job description

Sopra Steria in London is seeking a Salesforce Release Manager to own end-to-end release and code management across several Salesforce programmes. You will define release strategies, manage deployment pipelines and govern change activities to protect service stability while enabling predictable delivery.

The ideal candidate has proven experience in enterprise Salesforce deployments, governance and KPI reporting, with the ability to engage suppliers and stakeholders.