Release Manager (SAS)

Summary: The Release Manager will oversee the end-to-end release process for an industry-leading brand in Wolverhampton, ensuring high-quality releases through collaboration with development, testing, and operations teams. This role involves enforcing configuration management standards and supporting migration initiatives using CI/CD practices. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and is focused on long-term engagement. Candidates should be open to travel within the West Midlands region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end release process across all environments.
• Coordinate with development, testing, and operations teams to deliver high-quality releases on time.
• Enforce configuration management standards using manifest files and structured release artefacts.
• Oversee packaging and deployment of SAS DI code (SPKs) and Oracle artefacts.
• Support migration initiatives, including SAS 9.4 to SAS Viya 4, using CI/CD practices.
• Lead release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives.
• Ensure full traceability and audibility of release components and decisions.

Key Skills:

• SAS Enterprise Guide (EG): Job orchestration and user migration support.
• SAS Data Integration (DI): Packaging and deployment of DI jobs using manifest structures.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Wolverhampton

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Release Manager to join an industry leading brand in Wolverhampton.

Hybrid working, excellent rates & long term engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end release process across all environments.
• Coordinate with development, testing, and operations teams to deliver high-quality releases on time.
• Enforce configuration management standards using manifest files and structured release artefacts.
• Oversee packaging and deployment of SAS DI code (SPKs) and Oracle artefacts.
• Support migration initiatives, including SAS 9.4 to SAS Viya 4, using CI/CD practices.
• Lead release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives.
• Ensure full traceability and audibility of release components and decisions.

Required Skills & Experience

• SAS Enterprise Guide (EG): Job orchestration and user migration support.
• SAS Data Integration (DI): Packaging and deployment of DI jobs using manifest structures.

Open to candidates who can travel to Wolverhampton, Telford & Birmingham.