Release Manager

Release and Quality Manager

• Location: Remote - Occasional travel to office may be required on an adhoc basis
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Position Type: Full Time

The Vacancy
Deliver quality with confidence
We're looking for a Release & Quality Manager to play a critical role in ensuring our technology changes are delivered safely, reliably and to the highest standards.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing structure, quality and assurance to software delivery. You'll work closely with Engineering, Product, Platform Engineering and Technology Services teams to ensure releases are well-governed, risks are understood and customers always remain at the heart of decision-making.
What you'll be doing

• Leading release governance across products, platforms and environments
• Managing release planning, readiness assessments and deployment activities
• Defining and maintaining quality assurance standards and testing governance processes
• Overseeing testing strategies across functional, regression, integration, UAT and non-functional testing
• Managing defect processes, quality risks and release decision-making
• Ensuring operational readiness, resilience and support arrangements are in place ahead of releases
• Driving adoption of modern quality engineering practices, automation and continuous testing
• Providing clear reporting and insights into release quality, delivery confidence and risk
• Championing a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.

What you'll bring

• Strong experience in release management, quality assurance or technology delivery governance
• A track record of coordinating complex releases across multiple teams and systems
• Expertise in testing methodologies, quality frameworks and risk-based assurance approaches
• Experience operating within Agile and DevOps environments
• Strong understanding of operational readiness and production risk management
• The confidence to make evidence-based decisions and challenge where quality standards aren't being met
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• A pragmatic, resilient and solutions-focused approach to leadership.

Why join us?
We're investing in the future of technology at L&C, building the platforms, products and capabilities that will support the next phase of our growth. While we're proud to be the UK's No.1 online mortgage broker, we're even more excited about what's next.
Technology is at the heart of that journey, and we're creating an environment where talented people can make a genuine impact. We care deeply about our customers, but it's our colleagues who make everything possible. That's why we're committed to creating a culture built on respect, collaboration and opportunity, alongside a great range of benefits that support you both professionally and personally.

• 25 days starting annual leave, plus your birthday & bank holidays off non inclusive of your holiday allowance
• Electric Car Scheme
• Perkbox benefits hub (comprehensive discounts, perks & wellbeing support)
• Purchase Holiday scheme (up to 3 additional days leave per year)
• Tripfiniti Package Holiday Discount Platform – New to 2026
• Comprehensive employee assistance & wellbeing programmes (Virtual 24/7 GP, personal and dependant Mental Health Support, physiotherapy services and much more)
• Annual company wide Summer & Winter parties and team led social events

…and much more benefits and perks to boot!
You'll have the opportunity to influence how quality is embedded across the organisation, helping teams deliver at pace without compromising reliability. It's a role where your expertise will directly contribute to better customer experiences, stronger engineering practices and more confident technology delivery.
PLEASE NOTE: We're expecting a high volume of applications and want to make sure every candidate is given the same opportunity and consideration.To keep the process fair for everyone, reaching out directly to hiring managers or L&C employees will not speed up or influence your application. We are also managing these vacancies directly and are not engaging recruitment agencies.
Good luck, and we look forward to learning more about you!
At London & Country Mortgages, we are committed to fostering a recruitment and selection process that is inherently diverse and inclusive. We believe in the strength that comes from a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively seek to create an environment where individuals from all walks of life feel welcome and valued. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is not just a goal; it is a fundamental part of our organisational culture, driving us to continuously enhance our practices to ensure that every candidate has an equal opportunity to contribute and thrive within our community.