Release & Environment Lead

BELONG – There’s no place like Principality

At Principality, belonging isn’t just a value — it’s how we work. When you join us, you’re welcomed into a supportive, inclusive community where your home life, wellbeing, and individuality are genuinely respected. From flexible ways of working to benefits designed around you, we’re committed to helping you feel comfortable, valued, and able to thrive.

We believe great work happens when people feel connected — to each other, to our purpose, and to the communities we serve. That’s why we encourage balance, invest in wellbeing, and focus on growing and improving together.

Why join us?

There are plenty of reasons to build your career with Principality:

• Flexible hybrid working – Our award-winning approach gives you the flexibility to work from home and from the office. Collaboration matters to us, so you’ll spend at least 8 days per month based in our Cardiff office.
• A truly inclusive workplace – Proudly named in the 2025 Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List, ranked 27th, recognising our ongoing commitment to inclusion and belonging.
• Customer excellence you can be proud of – Winners of Double Gold Awards for Customer Satisfaction at the Fairer Finance Awards 2025 for both Savings and Mortgages.
• Engaged, supported colleagues – Our colleague engagement scores consistently exceed 85%, reflecting a positive and supportive culture.
• Wellbeing at the heart of what we do – Our Belong benefits package is designed to put our people first, supporting your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

These achievements reflect more than awards — they represent our long-term commitment to creating a workplace where colleagues feel supported and customers feel cared for.

When it comes to belonging, there truly is no place like Principality.

Are you passionate about delivering seamless technology releases and ensuring stable, high-performing environments? Do you thrive on collaboration, continuous improvement and making complex processes run smoothly? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re looking for a Release & Environment Lead to play a key role in delivering reliable, high-quality technology changes across our organisation.  You’ll help shape how we manage releases and environments, ensuring our teams can innovate with confidence.

🔧What you’ll be doing:

• Leading end-to-end release process, ensuring changes are deployed safely and effectively
• Managing and optimising non-production and production environments
• Collaborating with cross-functional team to plan release schedules and resolve dependencies
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, tooling and automation
• Monitoring releases and environments to ensure stability, performance and resilience
• Supporting incident resolution and driving continuous improvement

💡What we’re looking for:

• Experience in release management, environment management, or IT delivery
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities
• Knowledge of software delivery lifecycles (Agile, DevOps, or similar)
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, deployment tools, or cloud platforms
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams

🎯 Why join us?

• The opportunity to shape and improve critical delivery processes
• Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment
• Be part of a team that values innovation, trust, and continuous learning
• Develop your skills and grow your career

If you’re ready to make an impact and help deliver reliable, high-quality technology at scale, we’d love to hear from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications.

If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at -recruitment@principality.co.uk

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