Release Manager

Job Description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

The Release Manager is responsible for ensuring structured, predictable, and high-quality software releases across multiple systems and teams. The role focuses on release governance, environment coordination, and delivery alignment, while promoting the adoption of modern DevOps and CI/CD practices across the organization. The Release Manager acts as a trusted partner to engineering, QA, and DevOps teams, ensuring that releases are well-planned, risks are managed, and deployments are executed smoothly.

More specifically you will:

• Own end-to-end release management across applications; define policies, standards, and Go/No-Go governance
• Lead release planning, manage dependencies, risks, and cross-team coordination
• Develop and maintain release calendars; align business priorities with technical delivery
• Provide clear visibility into release status, timelines, and risks
• Govern environment usage (Dev, Test, UAT, Prod) and ensure consistency and stability
• Coordinate environment synchronization and reduce environment-related release issues
• Drive CI/CD and DevOps best practices with engineering and DevOps teams
• Ensure release quality and readiness (test results, rollback plans, deployment procedures)
• Monitor release performance, incidents, and improve key delivery metrics through post-release reviews
• Act as central coordination point across Engineering, QA, DevOps, Product, and Operations, building strong stakeholder alignment

Who you are

• Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant background
• 5+ years of experience in Release Management, DevOps, or Software Delivery
• Strong understanding of release management processes, governance, and lifecycle
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience coordinating complex, cross-team and multi-application releases
• Solid understanding of environments (Dev, Test, UAT, Production) and deployment flows
• Strong knowledge of risk, issue, and change management practices
• Experience with monitoring, reporting, and release performance metrics
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
• Experience in agile environments; strong English communication (written & verbal); self-motivated and well-organized
• Fulfilled military services (for male candidates)

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Award-winning work environment - certified #1 Top Employer in Greece
• Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package
• Private Health & Medical Insurance
• Hybrid way of working: a blend of remote and office-based working, including the option to work from abroad
• Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings
• Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service
• Spirit of Vodafone Day: one day each quarter dedicated to your personal development
• Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day
• Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking
• Special employee offers and discounts

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.