Head of Release Management

We are seeking an experienced Head of Release Management to lead release planning, readiness and execution across a large-scale enterprise transformation within financial services.

This is a highly visible leadership role, providing end-to-end oversight across multiple Release Trains (RTEs) and ensuring teams, technology, business operations and stakeholders are aligned and ready for major releases and migration events.

Permanent opportunity - Sydney CBD office - with 4-5 days office attendance The Role

- Lead the overall release management and readiness function across multiple Release Trains and workstreams.
- Provide an integrated view of release planning, dependencies, risks and readiness across the programme.
- Lead and coordinate RTEs to ensure consistent release planning, governance and execution.
- Establish and embed enterprise release governance, reporting and readiness frameworks.
- Oversee major release events, including planning, readiness assessments, implementation, hypercare and lessons learned.
- Provide executive-level reporting, insights and recommendations to support key release decisions.
- Drive alignment across Business, Technology and Transformation teams and proactively manage cross-functional dependencies.




- Partner closely with senior executives and programme leadership to ensure successful release and migration outcomes.

About You
- Proven experience leading release management / release readiness across large-scale technology transformation programmes within banking
- Strong experience working across multiple Release Trains / RTEs in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong programme integration, dependency management and enterprise planning capability.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex releases, migrations or technology transformations.
- Comfortable operating strategically while remaining close to delivery and execution.
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Highly organised, pragmatic and resilient, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities and high-pressure delivery environments.

This is an opportunity to lead a critical release management function within a significant enterprise transformation, with high-level exposure and the prospect to influence major technology and customer outcomes. Due to volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

📌 Head of Release Management (Sydney)
🏢 Talenza
📍 Sydney