Release Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: Release Manager (Senior)

• Work model: Hybrid (average 1 day/week in the office; no 100% remote)

• Locations: Warsaw, Łódź, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Poznań, Kraków, Lublin, Szczecin (teams not permanently assigned)

• Contracting: Only B2B

• Rate: Up to 150 PLN/h net B2B

• Start: ASAP (long-term project)

Description

Join a key digital transformation program as a Release Manager responsible for planning and orchestrating software releases in a large, complex environment. Your goal is to ensure smooth deployments, minimize operational risk, and make sure every production release meets high quality standards and strict banking procedures. You will coordinate across multiple teams and vendors working on web, mobile, and backend services.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute Release Calendar schedules for multiple teams and vendors

• Manage change using ITIL standards: prepare RFCs, run/participate in CAB meetings, and make go/no-go decisions

• Identify and manage cross-system dependencies across web, mobile, and backend

• Coordinate pre-deployment testing with QA (regression) and with business teams (UAT)

• Ensure strict compliance with internal and bank release/implementation procedures

• Facilitate effective communication between development, operations/infrastructure, and business

• Monitor, report, and mitigate deployment risks

• Run post-implementation reviews to drive continuous improvement

Requirements

• 7–8+ years of commercial IT experience, including at least 3 years as a Release Manager or Release Coordinator

• Practical experience in the finance/banking sector (mandatory)

• Proven experience coordinating releases in a complex, multi-team environment with multiple vendor streams

• Strong knowledge and practical use of ITIL change management processes (RFC, CAB)

• Solid understanding of CI/CD processes (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps) and environment lifecycle (DEV/TEST/UAT/PROD)

• Experience organizing regression testing and UAT before production

• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development organizations

• English proficiency for effective communication and reading documentation (min. strong A2/B1)

Benefits

• Long-term digital transformation project

• Opportunity to work in a large, multi-stream program across web, mobile, and backend

• Flexible project matching within B2B engagements and potential reassignment within the group

• Transparent cooperation rules and compensation

• Development opportunities through work on innovative initiatives