Release Manager

The Quality Engineering CoE are looking for a Release Manager to join the team and provide IT software delivery and implementation through the Release calendar to support the Aviva business. The area manages the controlled, reliable, and predictable delivery of change within the complex and shifting environment across multiple platforms and teams.

A Release Manager plays a crucial role in the software development lifecycle, ensuring that software products are delivered smoothly and safely. Here are some key responsibilities and duties of a Release Manager:

• Planning and Coordination: Plan the release of project deliverables and release-related activities, coordinating with various teams such as project management, software development, quality engineering, and operations where applicable.
• Managing the Release Process: This includes scheduling, planning, and controlling the delivery process. They oversee the release management lifecycle, which involves managing releases across multiple applications and portfolios.
• Execution and Monitoring: They lead and coordinate Go-Live activities working with Release engineers to include the execution of deployment plans and checklists. They also monitor progress, manage risks, and resolve conflicts to ensure successful product releases and protecting service for Aviva's customers.
• Continuous Improvement: Release Managers continually work towards improving the release process, conducting release readiness reviews, milestone reviews, and business go/no-go reviews.
• Documentation and Communication: Work with Release Engineers and Platform teams to produce deployment run books and implementation plans, manage key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, etc.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience: Extensive experience in release management or a related role.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and experience with release management tools and methodologies.
• Project Management: Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Communication: Strong communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate with various teams and stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Proactive and strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Agile and DevOps: Experience with Agile and DevOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Starting Salary: between £50,000 - £55,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

Aviva is for everyone: We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part-time and job shares. We flex locations, hours, and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Sahra Abdulla a call on 07775 042 835 or send an email to.