Release and Deployment Manager

Working Hours:

35 hr per week | Closing Date:
Sat, 25 Jul 2026

Skipton is the fourth biggest building society in the UK, a mutual organisation owned by its members rather than shareholders. It offers a supportive environment that values work/life balance, hybrid and flexible working and a range of wellbeing and development initiatives.

Release & Deployment Manager responsible for shaping how change is delivered across Skipton, enabling teams to release faster, safer, and with greater confidence. This highly collaborative role works with Platform Owners, Dev Sec Ops , Quality Engineering and Environments teams to provide oversight and coordination of releases across multiple platforms.

• Define and evolve release and deployment strategies that enable safe, efficient, and frequent delivery across multiple platforms.
• Lead cross‑team release planning and coordination, ensuring visibility of dependencies, risks and environment readiness.
• Drive adoption of modern release practices including automation, policy‑as‑code and progressive delivery approaches such as canary and blue/green deployments.
• Use data and engineering metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR) to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance.
• Lead and develop a small team, building capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership of release outcomes.

• Proven experience in Release, Deployment or Service Transition leadership within complex technology environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including CI/CD, Dev Ops and automated release processes.
• Experience working with multiple teams and stakeholders to coordinate releases and manage dependencies at scale.
• Ability to use data and metrics to improve release performance, reduce risk and enhance delivery outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, operations and business teams.

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
• Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
• Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
• Commitment to training and development
• Private medical insurance for all colleagues
• Three paid volunteering days per annum
• Diverse and inclusive colleague networks (Carers and Pride Alliance)
• Cycle‑to‑work initiative and discounted gym membership

We care about sustainability and look to the long‑term for both colleagues and customers. When we build better futures as individuals, we build better futures as a business.