11+ years of IT experience, with 5-7+ years in Technical Release / Environment / Delivery Governance roles, operating at programme or portfolio scale.
Proven experience leading complex, multi-team release landscapes , ideally supporting Lending or regulated customer products in the UK.
Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, and SAFe-style delivery models, with the ability to integrate release management seamlessly into modern product delivery.
Good to have - Hands-on experience with cloud-native release management, preferably on Microsoft Azure (Azure DevOps/Pipelines, AKS, Helm, Key Vault, APM), JiraConfluence.
Deep knowledge of deployment strategies such as blue-green, canary, feature toggles, and rollback patterns in high-availability environments.
Strong dependency and risk management skills across application, infrastructure, data, security, and third-party integrations.
Ability to operate confidently at Lead level, influencing senior stakeholders, resolving delivery conflicts, and enabling decision-making across labs and domains.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical release risks into business and regulatory impact.
Experience defining and tracking release KPIs and DORA-style metrics to drive continuous improvement.
Strong governance mindset with practical experience supporting audit, compliance, and regulatory change without slowing delivery.
Comfortable working across UK-India delivery models, coordinating time zones, and enabling consistent delivery outcomes.
