Head of Release Management (IT) / Contractor

An Investment Banking client is currently hiring for a Head of Release Management and a Lead Release Manager to join the Bank.

The initial contract will be for 6 months rolling paying £826pd via an Umbrella company. The position requires 50% attendance to the London based office.

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience in release and environment management within banking or regulated industries managing a global, enterprise-level function and proven ability to manage complex dependencies across multiple programmes with excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Deep experience in a senior technology leadership role within a highly regulated financial services institution, demonstrating fluency with banking compliance and audit cycles.
• Strategic understanding of modern software architecture (microservices, cloud-native), CI/CD toolchains, DevOps principles, and large-scale environment virtualisation/containerisation technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).

Please share an updated CV ASAP if you'd like to be considered for the position and I'll be in touch if suitable.

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Candidate Profile:

An Investment Banking client is currently hiring for a Head of Release Management and a Lead Release Manager to join the Bank.

The initial contract will be for 6 months rolling paying £826pd via an Umbrella company. The position requires 50% attendance to the London based office.

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience in release and environment management within banking or regulated industries managing a global, enterprise-level function and proven ability to manage complex dependencies across multiple programmes with excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Deep experience in a senior technology leadership role within a highly regulated financial services institution, demonstrating fluency with banking compliance and audit cycles.
• Strategic understanding of modern software architecture (microservices, cloud-native), CI/CD toolchains, DevOps principles, and large-scale environment virtualisation/containerisation technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).

Please share an updated CV ASAP if you'd like to be considered for the position and I'll be in touch if suitable.