Change and Release Manager – Interactive

The interactive division of Inspired is seeking a Change and Release Manager to establish structure, consistency, and control for managing changes and releases across the business. This role is crucial for ensuring smooth, secure, and accountable delivery of content, configuration, and platform updates. Responsibilities include leading a remote team of Release Engineers, owning change management processes, coordinating releases, ensuring audit and compliance, overseeing configuration, and driving process improvements. The role requires collaboration with various teams and regular reporting to leadership.

Must Have

• Line management of a small team of Release Engineers in Kochi, India
• Own and evolve change management processes across all interactive markets
• Provide final sign off for all changes
• Plan, schedule, and oversee releases across platforms and services
• Lead audits related to change and release processes, ensuring compliance
• Manage configuration changes and ensure robust controls
• Continuously refine change and release processes
• Collaborate with product, content, technology, and market teams
• Maintain clear documentation of changes, releases, and approvals
• Provide regular reporting to leadership
• Digital Gaming experience
• Strong writing and verbal skills
• Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to build relationships at all levels
• Diligent with a high level of integrity
• Organisational skills
• Motivated self-starter
• Genuine
• Available for travel to the UK office location as required

Good to Have

• Proven track record in similar role 2+ years
• Some evidence of achieving and exceeding targets
• Knowledge of RNG products
• Knowledge of Sports Betting products
• Prepared to work unsociable hours on occasion

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salaries and annual review
• Extra recognition rewards
• Minimum of 25 days’ statutory holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Excellent Defined Contribution pension plan
• Life Assurance coverage from day one
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans (discounted or enhanced)
• Salary Sacrifice schemes (cycle-to-work, pension contributions)
• Private healthcare savings scheme with BHSF
• Employee Assistance program for personal problems
• Social committee organizing company-funded events and activities
• Flexible & Hybrid Working (where applicable)
• Birthday Leave (one day off during birthday month)
• Annual Leave Buy and Sell (up to five days each year)
• Employee discounts on attractions, theme parks, shopping, gifts, holidays
• Corporate Perks discounts on travel, electronics, utilities, fashion
• Discounts on Warner Leisure Group hotels

The interactive division has seen rapid growth over the last 5 years and we’re looking for a Change and Release Manager to bring structure, consistency, and control to how we manage changes and releases across the interactive business. This role is pivotal in ensuring that updates-whether content, configuration, or platform-are delivered smoothly, securely, and with full accountability.

Responsibilities

• Remote Team Management: Line management of a small team of Release Engineers in our Kochi, India office. Responsibilities include performance oversight, process adherence, day to day leadership, and fostering collaboration. Occasional travel to Kochi required.
• Change Management Leadership: Own and evolve the change management processes across all interactive markets. Provide final sign off for all changes.
• Release Coordination: Plan, schedule, and oversee releases across platforms and services, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum transparency.
• Audit & Compliance: Lead audits related to change and release processes, ensuring compliance with internal controls and external standards.
• Configuration Oversight: Manage configuration changes and ensure robust controls are in place to prevent errors and maintain system integrity.
• Process Improvement: Continuously refine change and release processes to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and support business growth. Recommending actions to Senior Management where needed.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with product, content, technology, and market teams to ensure alignment and readiness for changes and releases.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain clear documentation of changes, releases, and associated approvals. Provide regular reporting to leadership.

Skills required

Work experience

Essential:

– Digital Gaming experience

Desirable:

– Proven track record in similar role 2+ years

– Some evidence of achieving and exceeding targets

Skills/Abilities

Essential:

– Strong writing and verbal skills.

– Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint

– The ability to build relationships at all levels

Desirable:

– Knowledge of RNG products

– Knowledge of Sports Betting products

Personal details

Essential:

– Diligent with a high level of integrity

– Organisational skills

– Motivated self-starter

– Genuine

Other Attributes/Circumstances

Essential:

– Available for travel to the UK office location as required

Desirable:

– Prepared to work unsociable hours on occasion

At Inspired we feel it’s vital that our people be well rewarded. We regularly check our salaries against other companies to make sure we’re competitive and keeping up with changes in the market. We’ll also review your basic pay every year, plus we offer extra recognition rewards.

So, when you say yes to Inspired, we’ll give you access to our reward package.

We’re constantly reviewing the details of the package to make sure it has everything our people want in a benefits scheme, but the things you’ll be able to enjoy currently include:

• Holidays – You are entitled to a minimum of 25 days’ statutory holiday per year plus bank holidays. Obviously, if you work part-time this will be pro-rated.
• Pension – Nowadays, we’re all aware of how important it is to save for our retirement. At Inspired, we want to help you along the way. This is why we offer an excellent Defined Contribution pension plan, that meets and exceeds auto-enrolment requirements.
• Life Assurance – From day one, you’ll receive life assurance coverage.
• Shares – From time to time we are able to offer discounted or enhanced Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
• Salary Sacrifice – Join one of our Salary Sacrifice schemes, cycle-to-work or pension contributions, and you could save money on tax and National Insurance.
• Health & Well-being – At Inspired, your well-being is a big priority; we want you to be the best you can be. That is why we’ll offer you a private healthcare savings scheme with BHSF and an Employee Assistance program intended to help you, your partner or your children deal with any personal problems that might adversely impact work performance, health, and wellbeing. As a caring company, we try hard to accommodate family life and personal commitments and believe that goodwill is essential to a happy and productive employee.
• Social – Each office has a social committee that organizes company-funded events and other activities such as charity days, tuck shops and inter-team competitions. It is important to us that you feel part of the Inspired family.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working – Where we can offer a flexible approach to working, we do. Not all of our roles can accommodate this, but we understand and value the benefits of work-life balance.
• Birthday Leave – To celebrate your birthday, you’ll be able to take a day off work anytime during the calendar month of your birthday.
• Annual Leave Buy and Sell – You are entitled to buy and sell up to five days of holiday each year.
• Employee discounts – You’ll get access to the Benefits Website, which offers a range of discounts including entry to attractions, theme parks, shopping, gifts and holidays discounts, Corporate Perks which offers further discounts: on travel, holidays, electronics, utilities and fashion and discounts on the Warner Leisure Group of hotels.