CDSClear Release Manager

About Us:
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It's how we've contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.

Proud to share LSEG in Romania is Great Place to Work certified (Sept '24 – Sept '25). Learn more about life and purpose of our company directly from the Romanian colleagues' video: Bucharest, Romania | Where We Work | LSEG

Role Description:
Do you have a passion for technology? Do you want to learn and make a difference in financial markets infrastructure? We're building a new engineering team, and we're looking for passionate, hands-on technologists to help us lead the way.

CDSClear IT
is the team behind the technology powering CDSClear – a critical clearing service within the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive
Release Manager
to lead and coordinate the end-to-end delivery of software releases related to our clearing service. This role is pivotal in ensuring that releases are delivered on time, with minimal disruption, and meet the highest standards of quality and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage the full release lifecycle—from planning and scheduling to deployment and post-release support.
• Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, and business teams to ensure smooth and timely delivery of software releases.
• Define and maintain release processes, standards, and documentation, including Release Notes and Deployment Runbooks.
• Hand over release execution to IT Support. (Releases are out of business hours. Candidate may be required to be online occasionally.)
• Monitor release performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work within a regulated financial environment, with a strong focus on cybersecurity and production controls.

Candidate Profile / Key Skills:

• Proven experience in release management within a complex software development environment.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (GitLab), and deployment automation tools (Ansible).
• Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow.
• Solid understanding of blue-green deployment strategies and their application in production environments.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple releases and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with ITIL, Agile, and DevOps practices.

It would help us if you have:

• Experience in deploying Java applications into Linux based Cloud environment, enabling deeper technical understanding and collaboration with IT Development and Support teams.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and deployment automation.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a global mission with real impact in the financial markets.
• Help influence the shape of a new team and culture in Bucharest from the ground up.
• Work with innovative technologies in a modern cloud environment.
• Enjoy a flexible, hybrid work model and a supportive, inclusive culture.
• Access to career development, training, and international opportunities within LSEG.

Benefits
:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career

We maximise each employee's potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days' holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events
• All LSEG colleagues with at least one year's continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks' paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company's policy and guidelines

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of
Integrity, Partnership
,
Excellence
and
Change
underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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