Senior Software Release Lead - CI/CD & Deployment

SPECTRUM IT; Poole; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SPECTRUM IT is seeking an experienced Software Release Manager to join an established team in Poole, Dorset. You will own and coordinate end-to-end release lifecycle across multiple applications and environments, ensuring safe, efficient deployments with minimal business disruption.

Working across Engineering, Product, QA, Infrastructure and Support, you will manage release readiness, risk, communication, and continuous improvement, driving deployment automation and reliability while engaging

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software release management or a similar software delivery role.
• Experience coordinating releases across multiple applications, teams and environments.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, CI/CD, DevOps, release governance and change management.
• Excellent planning, organisation and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the software release calendar and deployment schedule.
• Coordinate releases across production, staging, UAT, and other environments.
• Manage release readiness reviews, approvals, quality gates, and Go-Live activities.
• Identify and manage release risks, dependencies, blockers, rollback plans, and recovery activities.
• Maintain release documentation, change approvals, deployment records, and audit trails.
• Coordinate technical teams during complex or high-risk deployments.
• Work with Engineering and DevOps teams to improve CI/CD, deployment automation, and release reliability.
• Communicate release schedules, risks, impacts, and outcomes to technical and business stakeholders.
• Monitor release performance and drive continuous improvement across release processes and tooling.

Skills

Software Release Management

Deployment Management

CI/CD

DevOps

Release governance

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

SPECTRUM IT is seeking an experienced Software Release Manager to join an established team in Poole, Dorset. You will own and coordinate end-to-end release lifecycle across multiple applications and environments, ensuring safe, efficient deployments with minimal business disruption.

Working across Engineering, Product, QA, Infrastructure and Support, you will manage release readiness, risk, communication, and continuous improvement, driving deployment automation and reliability while engaging