Hours:
35 hr per week
Closing Date:
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
We’relooking for a Release & Deployment Manager to shape how we deliver change acrossSkiptonenabling teams to release faster, safer, and with greater confidence. Ifyou’repassionate about modern release practices, improving flow, and removing bottlenecks at scale, this is a role where you can make a real impact.
Who Are We?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
We'rethe fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is thatwe'rea mutualorganisation. Wedon'thave shareholders;we'reowned by our members.
Our colleagues say Skipton'sa great placeto work, and you could be one of them, bringing with younew ideason how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.
Whatever your background, and whatever your goals,we'llhelp you take the next step towards a better future.
The team you will be joining
You will be joining our Engineering and Service Delivery community, working closely with Platform Owners,DevSecOps, Quality Engineering, and Environments teams. This is a highly collaborative role that sits at the heart of how change is delivered across theorganisation.
Operating across multiple platforms,you’llprovide oversight and coordination of releases, ensuring teams are aligned, environments are ready, and risks are understood and managed.You’llplay a key role in evolving our release practices towards automation, observability, and progressive delivery, while enabling teams to move faster without compromising stability or compliance.
What’s In ItForYou?
Skipton values work/lifebalanceand we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including;
1. Annual discretionary bonus scheme
2. 25 daysstandard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of30 days
3. Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and selladditionalannual leave days
4. Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
5. Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
6. Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
7. A commitment to training and development
8. Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
9. 3 paid volunteering days per annum
10. Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
11. We care about your health and wellbeing – weprovidea range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
What Will You Be Doing?
12. Defining and evolving release and deployment strategies that enable safe, efficient, and frequent delivery across multiple platforms
13. Leading cross-team release planning and coordination, ensuring visibility of dependencies, risks, and environment readiness
14. Driving the adoption of modern release practices including automation, policy-as-code, and progressive delivery approaches such as canary and blue/green deployments
15. Using data and engineering metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR) toidentifybottlenecks and improve delivery performance
16. Leading and developing a small team, buildingcapabilityand fostering a culture of continuous improvement and shared ownership of release outcomes
What Do We NeedFromYou?
17. Proven experience in Release, Deployment, or Service Transition leadership within complex technology environments
18. Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including CI/CD, DevOps, and automated release processes
19. Experience working with multiple teams and stakeholders to coordinate releases and manage dependencies at scale
20. Ability to use data and metrics to improve release performance, reduce risk, and enhance delivery outcomes
21. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, operations, and business teams