Release Manager

About the role

The Release Manager will oversee and manage the entire release lifecycle for Capital Markets applications, including Front Office, Risk, Finance, Regulatory, and Operations systems. They will plan, schedule, and coordinate releases across various technology stacks while ensuring alignment with governance standards and minimizing business impact.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the end-to-end release lifecycle across Capital Markets applications.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate regular and ad-hoc releases across multiple technology stacks.
• Ensure alignment with ITIL Change Management, CAB processes, and bank governance standards.
• Maintain release calendars and dependency mapping across programs and vendors.
• Act as the central point of contact between development, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, security, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Front Office trading desks, Risk, Finance, and Operations teams to minimize business impact.
• Ensure releases meet regulatory, audit, and risk control requirements.
• Oversee deployments across DEV, SIT, UAT, Pre-Prod, and Production environments.
• Track and report release KPIs, such as success rate, rollback incidents, and release frequency.
• Drive continuous improvement in release automation, DevOps practices, and tooling.

Requirements

• Experience in Release Management within Banking or Capital Markets environments.
• A solid understanding of Capital Markets systems, including trading platforms, risk engines, settlement, and regulatory reporting.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, or GitLab.
• Knowledge of ITIL, Change Management, and SDLC methodologies.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• ITIL Certification is preferred.
• Experience in regulated financial institutions is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
• Experience with regulatory compliance and risk management.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans. Additionally, there is an ESPP (employee stock purchase program), a 401K program with a company match, and a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan). Other benefits include a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program, and other discounts. Professional development opportunities include an on-demand training program, certification prep, and access to technical and leadership courses/books/seminars.