Description
It's an exciting time to join the team here at AXA, with significant investment planned in all UK&I businesses to transform and deliver new digital services to our customers and streamline and automate our business processes. As part of this, we're looking for a talented Release Manager to lead the technical delivery of our products and achieve a seamless flow of software releases throughout the development lifecycle, through to production and early life support.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
What you'll be doing:
• Accountability for the overall coordination and implementation planning of releases through to the production estate ensuring releases are delivered smoothly and to schedule through matrix managing a team of specialists using agile techniques
• Liaising with Delivery and Engineering teams to establish and manage overall functional and technical release scope, ensuring releases deliver significant benefit and monetary value to the organisation
• Responsibility for overall release reporting, presenting clear visibility of risks, KPI's and RAG status updates to business and IT stakeholders
• Accountability for the overall release quality, prior to implementation ensuring we remain compliant with our security and governance controls and that necessary evidence is present and acceptable
• Providing early life support post release and ensure unforeseen issues are triaged and managed accordingly, upon service stability lobby support from operational and business stakeholders to exit warranty
• Responsibility for defining, documenting and communicating the release process to the release stakeholders
• Continuously challenging and evolving our ways of operating, through leveraging latest technology, methodologies and market trends to spot and implement new and efficient ways of working
• Providing subject matter expertise in the field of release engineering, including strong tools knowledge and understanding of environment management & branching strategies, through the use of Microsoft Azure DevOps
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.
What you'll bring:
• Previous experience with proven track record of project/release management in large projects / programmes / releases following an Agile delivery approach
• Developed stakeholder management skills and experience
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Flexible attitude to work, be able to work unsociable hours when required
• Ability to work on multiple simultaneous tasks and able to work in a team or on your own
• Proven decision-making ability
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
What we offer:
At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:
• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private health cover
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts
To apply, click on the 'apply for this job' button, you'll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don't discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to lauren.standen@axa-insurance.co.uk.
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Who we are:
AXA UK Support Functions power AXA's three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you've got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you're just starting out, we'll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.
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