Release Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end coordination of live releases across 16-20 delivery teams, ensuring smooth, low-risk deployment into production
• Manage complex release schedules with a planning window of 12-15 months, balancing competing priorities across multiple workstreams
• Lead release planning and execution across external-facing interfaces, including UI components, ensuring consistency and quality at the point of release
• Drive the full release management lifecycle from planning and risk assessment through to go-live and post-release review
• Act as the key point of contact between technical delivery teams and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment and clear communication throughout each release cycle
• Manage stakeholder expectations across technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring all parties are informed, aligned and satisfied with release outcomes
• Own and maintain accurate, high-quality technical release notes and documentation to support governance and audit requirements
• Identify and mitigate release-related risks, escalating and resolving blockers to maintain delivery momentum
• Contribute to continuous improvement of release processes across a large-scale, multi-team public sector programme

What We're Looking For

• Active SC Clearance
• Proven track record managing multiple concurrent releases within a large, complex delivery environment
• Strong understanding of GDS (Government Digital Service) standards and ways of working
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work confidently across technical and business functions

Security Clearance

Active SC Clearance is required for this role; candidates must hold current SC. Non SC wont consider this.