Release Manager - Europe

This is a remote role based anywhere within the UK or one of our European countries of operation. You must be a permanent resident of that country and have the right to work there.

Our Company

Autovista Group, part of J.D. Power, provides trusted pricing and specification insights for Europe’s automotive decision makers. We have a presence in over 20 countries across Europe and Australia. We focus on the provision of automotive data, insight and intelligence to the automotive sector, offering products and solutions for every stage of a vehicles lifecycle. Deploying our experts’ skills, our depth in data, analytical precision and geographical reach, we are shaping the future of global mobility together with our clients.

The Department

Technical Development area comprises of Software & Data Development teams, Group Data Production teams, the Technical Delivery teams, Contractors and 3rd Party Development and is part of a wider IT Operations team that provides a variety of IT services to the Autovista Group business, including; desktop support, storage, networking, server virtualisation, monitoring, Windows and Linux operating systems, databases, applications and projects. Software & Data Development area provides applications support and development for existing applications, new development, products and services, including tools and data production (activities include developing and maintaining all data import, processing, generating, encrypting and delivering data to internal and external Customers and editorial tools) in the Autovista Group. The area is also responsible for managing and improving operational processes from source data through to output, as well as producing quality internal analytics to assist the wider business in decision-making and policy creation.

The Role

The key requirement of the role is responsible for managing and coordinating all programmatic Changes and Release to all Autovista platforms (From UAT, Staging and Live). Implementing the Release Management process and governance framework. Integrating and coordinating the work of all stakeholders and participants involved in any Change or Release and related scheduling. Assuring the quality of supplier Release Management documentation and delivery of services.

Leading and Governing the Release processes. Working with the Senior Release Manager, DevOps, Developers and Testers to implement automated month releases. The Release Manager will work with Senior Release Manager, TPM’s, PM and the development managers to determine the contents and timings of each Release.

The Candidate

As a Release Manager you will work on multiple projects in an enterprise environment where you will plan and organise release management activities in alignment with the platform timeline.  You will manage the release schedule, working closely with both third-party suppliers and development, infrastructure, DBA and operations teams.  You will define and communicate the releases and produce release documentation and identify dependencies.  You will oversee the scope for the delivery of global digital solutions and ensure these are of the highest quality and within the programme timeframes.  You will have knowledge and have worked in a team that has implemented automated releases using CI/CD process.

You will be able to work well in a team in a remote environment. Good time management skills are very valuable to help ensure deadlines are met. Knowledge of the automotive industry is a big advantage, if not an ability to pick up new information quickly is a must.

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The Benefits

We have a range of excellent group wide benefits like our fully flexible working policy, a wellbeing allowance aimed at alleviating some of the additional expenditure when working from home, reimbursements for your home workstation, a group bonus scheme, mental and physical wellbeing support including anything from eye care vouchers to online guidance on sleep, fitness, nutrition, stress awareness and more. We also want to see you develop and grow in your career and our learning and development tea, run year round courses to support this.

Autovista Group is a Fully Flexible organisation. Our goal is for our people to feel free to work where, when and how they choose, within their country of employment, to enable colleagues to balance their personal interests with their work commitments and deliverables, to support a happier and healthier way of life. Performance will be judged on output and colleagues will be trusted to manage their working time effectively to meet work deadlines and goals whilst ensuring their wellbeing is prioritised.