Randstad is a global leader in the HR services industry, specializing in recruitment, staffing, and outsourcing solutions across 39 countries. As one of the world's largest HR providers, the company operates at a massive scale, connecting millions of candidates with opportunities in sectors ranging from technology and engineering to healthcare and logistics.

In Spain, Randstad maintains one of the most extensive professional networks in the country, with a presence in nearly every major city. For international professionals, Randstad serves as a primary entry point into the Spanish labor market, offering specialized recruitment services through divisions like Randstad Technologies and Randstad Professionals, which frequently handle roles for multinational clients requiring English or other foreign languages.

Founded in 1960 by Frits Goldschmeding in the Netherlands, Randstad has grown from a small local operation into the world's largest HR service provider. The company expanded into Spain in the 1990s and has since solidified its position through major acquisitions like Vedior.

For international professionals

Operates a vast network of over 200 offices across Spain, providing local support in almost every province.
Features specialized divisions for IT, Engineering, and Life Sciences that are highly relevant for skilled international workers.
Acts as a primary recruiter for many Fortune 500 companies established in Spain.
Provides a wide variety of contract types, including permanent placements and long-term outsourcing projects.

Release Manager

Randstad España

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

Release calendar planning: Define, maintain, and communicate the company's global release calendar, coordinating deliveries from different development teams and ensuring there are no conflicts.
Risk and dependency management: Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and conflicts between code branches or applications before each deployment, establishing contingency and rollback plans.
Governance and quality control: Ensure that all code moving to production strictly complies with acceptance criteria, quality assurance (QA) tests, security policies, and internal company approvals.
Deployment coordination (Go-Live): Lead and coordinate deployment committees, supervising the technical execution of production uploads (often outside of business hours) and acting as the key decision point in the event of unforeseen issues.
Continuous improvement of the delivery process: Collaborate closely with DevOps and SRE teams to automate deployment pipelines, transitioning toward continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) models.
Communication and reporting: Keep business, product, and support stakeholders informed about the scope of each release, technical maintenance windows, and release notes.

Demonstrable experience as a Release Manager, Release Coordinator, or in DevOps/SRE roles with a strong focus on delivery management.
Deep knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and both agile (Scrum, Kanban) and traditional methodologies.
Solid experience in version control management and branching using Git (GitFlow, Trunk-based development).
Advanced familiarity with automation tools and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
Experience using project management and ticketing tools (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow) for task tracking and change approvals (Change Management).
Valuable: Knowledge of container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure environments (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

Our goal: To grow and drive digital leadership together as a team to innovate and make a difference based on technological social responsibility, connecting people and technology.
Your role: If your professional background is oriented toward Java application development and you have solid professional experience, we want to meet you!

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Planificación del calendario de lanzamientos: Definir, mantener y comunicar el calendario de releases global de la compañía, coordinando las entregas de los diferentes equipos de desarrollo y asegurando que no existan conflictos.
Gestión de riesgos y dependencias: Identificar de forma proactiva riesgos, dependencias y conflictos entre ramas de código o aplicaciones antes de cada despliegue, estableciendo planes de contingencia y rollback.
Gobernanza y control de calidad: Asegurar que todo código que pase a producción cumpla estrictamente con los criterios de aceptación, pruebas de calidad (QA), políticas de seguridad y aprobaciones internas de la empresa.
Coordinación de despliegues (Go-Live): Liderar y coordinar los comités de despliegue, supervisando la ejecución técnica de las subidas a producción (a menudo fuera del horario comercial) y actuando como el punto de decisión clave ante imprevistos.
Mejora continua del proceso de entrega: Colaborar estrechamente con los equipos de DevOps y SRE para automatizar los pipelines de despliegue, transicionando hacia modelos de integración y entrega continua (CI/CD).
Comunicación y reporting: Mantener informados a los stakeholders de negocio, producto y soporte sobre el alcance de cada lanzamiento, las ventanas de mantenimiento técnico y las notas de la versión (release notes).