Release Manager
Contract
**Outside IR35**
Manchester (2 days per week on-site)
6-months+
£500.00 - £525.00 per day
ASAP Start
Overview
We are supporting a key client with an urgent requirement for an experienced Release Manager to join a large-scale transformation programme. This is a newly created, high-impact role where you will take ownership of establishing and leading release management processes across a complex delivery environment.
The client has recently experienced challenges with external vendors, so they are looking for a confident and reliable release leader who can bring structure, visibility, and control to their delivery function.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing release schedules and dependencies across multiple workstreams
- Running stage gate reviews and consolidating SIT and UAT test outputs
- Overseeing Test Data Management and Data Migration ETL planning, Tracking Defects, and producing release notes and coordinating go/no-go events
- Lead and coordinate end-to-end release management across multiple projects and environments
- Establish and embed release management processes and governance from the ground up
- Manage multiple concurrent releases, ensuring alignment across technical teams, vendors, and stakeholders
- Act as the central point of coordination for all release activities
- Work closely with delivery teams across Salesforce, MuleSoft, and migration programmes
- Oversee vendor contributions and ensure accountability across third parties
- Provide clear and consistent communication to senior stakeholders, particularly in a high-pressure environment
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with release activities
Key Requirements
- Experience coordinating multi-vendor releases across multiple platforms like Salesforce, MuleSoft, and Dynamics 365 within large-scale digital transformation programmes
- Confident working across boundaries with third-party vendors
- Comfortable with Azure DevOps (including CI/CD pipelines) and ServiceNow, and able to bring structure and clarity to a complex delivery environment
- Extensive Release Management experience
- Proven track record managing releases in large, complex programmes
- Strong experience working with:-
- Large-scale data or system migrations
- Demonstrated ability to set up and mature release processes within organisations
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience managing multiple vendors and delivery streams
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
Additional Information
Preference for candidates based in or not too far from Manchester due to on-site requirements
The client is looking for someone who can bring structure, confidence, and leadership to their release function
Release Manager