Software Release Manager

Poole, Dorset

£55000 - £60000/annum

Main Purpose of the role

The Software Release Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, governing, and delivering software releases across multiple applications and environments. The role ensures that software deployments are delivered safely, efficiently, and with minimal business disruption whilst maintaining quality, compliance, and operational stability.

Working closely with Engineering, Product, QA, Infrastructure, and Support teams, the Software Release Manager owns the release life cycle from planning through deployment, post-release validation, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities:

Release Planning and coordination
Release Governance
Deployment Management
Risk and issue management
CI/CD & DevOps Collaboration
Stakeholder Communication
Post Release Activities
Continuous Improvement

Person specification:

Strong release planning and organisational skills
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Strong understanding of (SDLC) software delivery life cycle
Managing complex multi-team software releases
Experience in Agile/Scrum delivery environments
Managing production deployments and hot fixes
Experience with CI/CD pipelines
Working with change management processes
Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira or similar tooling, Octopus Deploy, Git/Bitbucket, Azure Cloud Services, SQL Server,
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related discipline
ITIL Foundation Certification
Agile/Scrum Certification
Project Management qualification (PRINCE2/PMP)