Lead of Release Management (BARCELONA, B, ES, 08005)

Allianz
Barcelona
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Cross-organisational leadership","Stakeholder management","Facilitation","Coaching","Collaboration"]

Own and continuously improve end-to-end release management for Allianz Technology’s Sales Digital Workstation programme at scale. Lead release governance, planning, readiness, go/no-go decisions, and post-release reviews across products, platforms, and Operating Entities. Strengthen CI/CD pipelines with automation and quality/security checks, partner with SRE for observability and incident learning, and lead a Barcelona-based developer team while harmonizing processes with global delivery locations.

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Lead of Release Management (BARCELONA, B, ES, 08005)

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Job Summary

Own and continuously improve end-to-end release management for Allianz Technology’s Sales Digital Workstation programme at scale. Lead release governance, planning, readiness, go/no-go decisions, and post-release reviews across products, platforms, and Operating Entities. Strengthen CI/CD pipelines with automation and quality/security checks, partner with SRE for observability and incident learning, and lead a Barcelona-based developer team while harmonizing processes with global delivery locations.
Location: Barcelona
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the integrated SDW release calendar, release policy, governance model, and end-to-end release lifecycle across products, platforms, and OEs.
  • •Coordinate release scope, dependencies, risks, readiness, go/no-go decisions, deployment windows, hypercare, and post-release reviews across 200+ FTEs.
  • •Drive transformation toward a harmonised, scalable release model by aligning local and global processes around standards, controls, and RACI models.
  • •Work hands-on with engineering teams to strengthen CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, environment promotion, and release orchestration.
  • •Embed automated quality, security, vulnerability, regression, and compliance checks into release pipelines; partner with SRE on observability, release health, incident learning, business continuity, and hypercare.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:PensionEquityHealth InsuranceParental LeaveAnnual Bonus

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience as a Release Manager, Senior Release Manager, DevOps Lead, or comparable technical delivery leadership in a large enterprise environment.
  • •Proven ability coordinating releases across a tribe or delivery organization of 200+ FTEs.
  • •Experience harmonising release processes across business units, countries, Operating Entities, or other federated structures.
  • •Experience leading or functionally managing software developers, ideally in a distributed international setup.
  • •Strong stakeholder management to lead go/no-go decisions, manage risks, and drive escalations.
Experience:EnterpriseRelease managementDevOpsCI/CD
Skills:Cross-organisational leadershipStakeholder managementFacilitationCoachingCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CI/CDDeployment pipelineDeployment automationRelease orchestrationObservabilityGo/no-go

Company Brief

Allianz
Global insurance and financial services group offering property-casualty insurance, life and health insurance, asset management, and corporate risk solutions to individuals, businesses, and institutions across more than 70 countries.
Industry: Insurance
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Founded: 1890
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