Strategic Release & Deployment Lead

SBS Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Holiday allowance

Pension matching

Private medical insurance

Volunteer days

Cycle to work

Training & development

Job summary

SBS Skipton Building Society is seeking a Release & Deployment Manager to shape how we deliver change across our engineering teams. You will oversee release planning, coordinate dependencies, and drive faster, safer deployments with increasing confidence.

You'll lead modern release practices, leverage data to remove bottlenecks, and develop a small team dedicated to continuous improvement and high delivery standards across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Release, Deployment, or Service Transition leadership within complex technology environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including CI/CD, DevOps, and automated release processes.
• Experience working with multiple teams and stakeholders to coordinate releases and manage dependencies at scale.
• Ability to use data and metrics to improve release performance, reduce risk, and enhance delivery outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, operations, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Defining and evolving release and deployment strategies that enable safe, efficient, and frequent delivery across multiple platforms
• Leading cross-team release planning and coordination, ensuring visibility of dependencies, risks, and environment readiness
• Driving the adoption of modern release practices including automation, policy-as-code, and progressive delivery approaches such as canary and blue/green deployments
• Using data and engineering metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR) to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance
• Leading and developing a small team, building capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership of release outcomes

Job description

SBS Skipton Building Society is seeking a Release & Deployment Manager to shape how we deliver change across our engineering teams. You will oversee release planning, coordinate dependencies, and drive faster, safer deployments with increasing confidence.

You'll lead modern release practices, leverage data to remove bottlenecks, and develop a small team dedicated to continuous improvement and high delivery standards across multiple platforms.