Release Manager

emagine Polska; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking an experienced Release Manager in Warsaw or Gdańsk/Gdynia to oversee release processes for critical banking applications. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of IT project management experience, a strong background in Release Management, and excellent communication skills. The role includes coordinating release roadmaps, managing parallel releases, and improving efficiency through automation. Flexibility in work hours may be required during releases.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT project management and release planning experience.
• Background in Release/Deployment Management, ideally within the banking or financial sector.
• Strong command of Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, plan and maintain release roadmaps for applications.
• Plan and manage multiple parallel releases.
• Lead release decision meetings and secure milestone approvals.

Skills

IT project management

Release planning

Incident Management

Problem Management

Change Management

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Scrum

SAFe

English Communication

Job description

Contract type: B2B Rate: up to 175 PLN/h net + VAT Location: Warsaw or Gdańsk/Gdynia (minimum 2 days/week onsite) Industry: Banking / Financial Services

We are looking for an experienced Release Manager to join the Execution & Delivery area for a leading client in the banking sector. The team is responsible for enabling efficient, scalable and repeatable release management processes across a wide range of IT initiatives.

In this role, you will ensure that releases for critical payment-related platforms and applications are planned and executed with high quality, operational stability and full compliance with internal standards. You will work closely with Release Managers, Test Managers, Product Owners, Execution Leads, Scrum Masters, and both Development and Operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, plan and maintain release roadmaps for one or more applications.
• Plan and manage multiple parallel releases.
• Organise go-live activities and post-go-live follow-up.
• Plan, coordinate and track all change-related activities throughout the release lifecycle.
• Lead release decision meetings and secure milestone approvals.
• Facilitate handover sessions from development teams to operations teams.
• Improve release quality and efficiency by introducing automation, new tooling and DevOps practices into release orchestration.

Requirements

Must-have experience

• 7+ years of IT project management and release planning experience.
• Background in Release/Deployment Management, ideally within the banking or financial sector.
• Experience with Incident, Problem and Change Management processes under ITIL.
• Strong command of Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working with CI/CD environments and at the intersection of IT and business.
• Basic understanding of DevOps concepts.
• Ability to create, review and validate deployment runbooks with technical teams.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum and SAFe methodologies.
• Excellent English communication skills.

Soft skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• High attention to detail with the ability to keep a holistic overview.
• Accountability, ownership and proactivity.
• Ability to adapt quickly and work under pressure.
• Flexibility to work during evenings/weekends when releases require it.