Release Lead

About Us

At ANZ, we're applying new ways technology and data can be harnessed as we work towards a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About the Role

As a Release Lead in our Banker Digital Experience (BDX) Tech Area you’ll play a key role in helping to delivering Releases, Our tech are is focused on enabling our Bankers to deliver great service to customers to enhance their financial wellbeing, through intelligent, integrated tools and processes. We are the driving force behind the technological advancements that enhance the digital banking experience for bankers and customers As a Release Lead, you’ll champion Agile ways of working across multiple squads, and will be working with Product Owners, Analysts and Delivery Leads across Tribes to convert business initiatives into cross-platform releases of new technology features or enhancements.

Role Type: Permanent 
Role Location: Manyata Tech Park, Bengaluru
Work Hours: Regular (7 AM to 4 PM) with Hybrid work model

What will your day look like?

As a Release Lead, you will:

• Provide Release Management as a service to the Tribe, working closely with Squad Product Owners, Engineers and Technical leads to coach, plan and manage successful implementation across multiple teams.
• Adopt and Leverage the Agile Release Train where required, to enable a cadenced delivery regime for the tribe to use.
• Plan, Promote and Communicate Releases for the CSP(Customer Service Platform) to present the best outcome for the customer and ANZ, based on the Tribe
• Develop and embed release engineering practices to influence the optimisation and flow of value through the releases, to ensure alignment of priorities and timeframes.
• Track and resolve impediments for the release as well as post release, Drive continuous improvement of the release management framework.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Experience in delivering cross-Tribe releases working collaboratively with variety of stakeholders through Agile ways of Working.
• In depth knowledge of Delivery Framework and ANZ Change Management Process, with the understanding of Agile Methodologies and its application for delivering releases.
• Ability to create and maintain high-level release plan that outlines Delivery timelines factoring in for dependencies, uncertainties and risks.
• Dev-ops understanding (CI/CD Pipeline). Experience in common tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo.
• Knowledge and experience with cross-platform/cross tribe integration testing and ability to coordinate end to end delivery.
• Knowledge in using Project Management Tools such as MS Project, Visio and be able to provide Work Break down structure and Process mapping.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

ANZ is a place where big things happen as we work together to provide banking and financial services across more than 30 markets. With more than 7,500 people, our Bengaluru team is the bank's largest technology, data and operations centre outside Australia. In operation for over 33 years, the centre is critical in delivering the bank's strategy and making an impact for our millions of customers around the world. Our Bengaluru team not only drives the transformation initiatives of the bank, it also drives a culture that makes ANZ a great place to be. We're proud that people feel they can be themselves at ANZ and 90 percent of our people feel they belong. 

We know our people need different things to be great in their role, so we offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid work (where the role allows it). Our people also enjoy a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services.

We want to continue building a diverse workplace and welcome applications from everyone. Please talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirements, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.com/careers/. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 120650.

Job Posting End Date

02/08/2026, 11.59pm, (IST)