Practicus Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Environment & Release Manager
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Base pay range
Play a key role in the digital transformation of a FTSE 250 business that’s on an exciting journey of growth and innovation. The IT team within this organisation is modernizing core business systems and the role of Environment and Release Manager is an important position within that team.
The Role
* As Environment and Release Manager, you will be an integral part of the IT team, ensuring high-quality project deliveries, working on transformation programmes which form the basis of the organisation’s technical strategy, in cloud and data centre environments. The role will expand to oversee releases across all business systems.
* The role is about driving consistency and quality in system deliveries, managing the end-to-end release cycle, and collaborating with all parties to ensure successful implementations.
Responsibilities
Release Planning and Coordination
* Develop/maintain a detailed release plan, outlining key milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
* Coordinate release schedules, ensuring alignment with project timelines and business priorities.
* Collaborate with project managers, development teams, and business analysts to identify and mitigate risks and issues that may impact releases.
* Facilitate release planning meetings, ensuring clear communication and understanding of release scope and objectives.
* Manage the planning for and impact assessment of vendor upgrades of key business systems.
* Oversee the execution of vendor upgrade testing and release.
* Plan and coordinate the refresh cycles of Softcat’s integrated non-production environments to support the needs of key transformation programmes and continuous improvement.
Release Execution and Management
* Oversee the end-to-end release lifecycle, from development and testing to deployment and post-release support.
* Ensure thorough testing and quality assurance are conducted for all releases, adhering to established standards and best practices.
* Coordinate with IT operations and infrastructure teams to manage release deployment activities, including environment setup, configuration, and monitoring.
* Monitor and track release progress, providing regular status updates to stakeholders and senior management.
* Manage release documentation, including release notes, deployment guides, and rollback procedures.
Stakeholder Management and Process Improvement are key components of this role.
What we’re looking for
* A record of managing environments and releases, grounded in proven experience as an Application Environment Engineer or in a similar role, preferably within CRM transformation programmes or large-scale IT projects.
* Strong understanding of managing release management processes, methodologies, and tools involving multiple stakeholders.
* Demonstrable experience of Application Lifecycle Management.
* Proficiency in using release management and project management tools.
* Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
* Experience with SaaS (D365 NetSuite ServiceNow) solutions and related technology.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business with a great culture and be part of shaping its technological future. If you’ve got the above skills we’d love to hear from you.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
* Industries
* IT Services and IT Consulting
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