About the role
Studio Overview
Lighthouse Games is a new AAA studio in Leamington Spa. Defined by a pedigree of talent and ambition to build a new best-in-class game, the studio offers a collaborative environment where employees can create the best work of their career and work alongside the future greats of the gaming industry.
Role Summary
As a Release Manager, you will play a pivotal role within the QA department, taking ownership of the end-to-end release process across all target platforms. You will coordinate build cadence, milestone readiness, platform certification submissions and go-live logistics, working closely with the QA Lead on test coverage, exit criteria and release-gate decisions. This is a high-visibility, cross-functional role that requires close collaboration with Production, Engineering, Build Engineering, Art, Design, Audio and QA.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate build packaging, patch scheduling, and hotfix deployment processes.
- Maintain the branching and build-promotion strategy in partnership with Build Engineering.
- Own the build release schedule, ensuring builds are packaged, promoted and distributed in line with agreed milestones and release timelines.
- Coordinate build handovers between Engineering, Build Engineering, QA and Production, ensuring all teams have clear visibility.
- Ensure release builds meet agreed readiness criteria before promotion to QA, certification or production environments.
- Track build stability and identify potential risks or blockers.
- Manage build versioning and ensure consistent naming, labelling and tracking across platforms and environments.
- Coordinate patch and hotfix timelines, ensuring appropriate testing, approvals and deployment windows are agreed with relevant teams.
- Work closely with Build Engineering to identify and resolve build pipeline, packaging or deployment issues that could impact delivery.
- Communicate build status, deployment timelines, blockers and changes to relevant stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
Desirable Experience
- Previous experience working as a Release Manager.
- Experience managing complex releases across multiple platforms.
- Familiarity with platform certification processes and requirements.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, build pipelines, branching strategies and deployment processes.
- Experience working closely with Build Engineering, DevOps or technical teams to manage build promotion and release pipelines.
- Knowledge of QA methodologies, test coverage, release criteria and quality gates.
- Experience using source control and build management systems in a production environment.
- Experience working within Agile development environments and coordinating multiple teams against fixed milestones.
- Experience producing release dashboards, status reports, risk registers and executive-level reporting.
- Strong understanding of release risk management, including technical, content, certification and schedule risks.
- Experience working with external stakeholders, platform holders or third-party partners.
- A strong understanding of game development workflows and the relationship between Production, Engineering, Art, Design, Audio and QA.
Benefits
- 25 Days Holiday, plus 1 day for your birthday
- Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year
- Discretionary Bonus Scheme
- Private Pension Scheme
- Private Healthcare
- Health and Well-Being Benefits
- Dental Care
- Optical Treatments
- Mental Health Support
- Hybrid Working Model