Release Manager

Position: Release Manager (Permanent)
Job Title:

Release Manager

Location:

Remote
Salary: £80-£90k + 10% bonus
Type:
Permanent
Sponsorship:
Not available

Who We Are

We are the UK's #1 construction-specific software provider, delivering market-leading end-to-end solutions across the entire construction lifecycle. Our products are used globally, with teams across the UK, Europe, and India.

We're entering a major 3-year roadmap focused on large-scale digital transformation, product innovation, and continued growth. We value diversity, equality, and inclusion - creating an environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work.

The Role

We're hiring a proactive, strategic Release Manager to drive smooth, predictable, high-quality software and product releases. This role aligns cross-functional teams from capacity planning through execution and enablement.

You'll report to the VP Product - Applications and coordinate planning, execution, communication, governance, and continuous improvement across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Capacity & Roadmap Planning

Partner with Product, Engineering, and Delivery to define quarterly and annual capacity plans

Align capacity with product roadmaps and business priorities

Use historical data and velocity trends to forecast delivery and highlight constraints

Scalable Release Planning

Support release planning across multiple scrum teams and feature sets

Build release calendars, dependency maps, and milestone plans

Align technical delivery with business readiness and enablement timelines

Data-Driven Delivery Monitoring

Create real-time dashboards tracking epics, features, sprints, and releases

Monitor KPIs: burndown, defect leakage, test pass rates, deployment success

Coordination & Communication

Facilitate scrums of scrums and cross-team dependency syncs

Provide structured reporting on timelines, scope changes, risks, and release health

Readiness & Release Enablement

Work with GTM, Sales, and Support on training, FAQs, and enablement materials

Lead Release Readiness Reviews and Go/No-Go decisions

Coordinate beta programs and early access to reduce launch risk

Drive post-release reviews and retrospectives

Continuous Improvement & Governance

Own and evolve release governance, frameworks, templates, and best practices

Gather feedback to improve cadence, tooling, and efficiency

Manage executive reporting, C-suite dashboards, and risk briefings

Bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders

Key Skills & Experience

Proven experience as a Release Manager or similar PMO/project leadership role

Track record delivering complex, cross-functional software releases

Strong knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Git, Aha, and release tooling

Solid understanding of SDLC/PDLC and agile delivery

Strong risk management and problem-solving ability

Excellent stakeholder communication and influencing skills

Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives

Why Join Us?

We're an award-winning organisation driven by curiosity, positivity, and ambition. Well-being and work-life balance are as important as performance, with hybrid working and modern collaborative offices.

Our Values

United - Better together

Agile - Be the change

Trusted - Do the right thing

Driven - Make it happen

Benefits

25 days holiday + public holidays (increases with service)

4% matched pension

Income protection & life assurance

Private medical insurance

Employee benefits platform

24/7 EAP

£100 fitness allowance

Dell discounts

Paid study leave & volunteering days

Car scheme