Environment & Release Lead

emagine is looking for an experienced Environment & Release Lead to take ownership of the full environment lifecycle across a major European transformation programme delivering Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and a number of linked enterprise platforms.

• Strong track record in environment management on large, multi-workstream transformation programmes.
• Hands-on experience across complex environment landscapes involving Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and linked enterprise platforms.
• Strong release planning and release management experience across shared environments and cross-system dependencies.
• Solid experience of production readiness, cutover, first-live deployment and early life support.
• Good understanding of supporting infrastructure — identity, connectivity, certificates, middleware, scheduling and monitoring.
• Experience of test data management and environment refresh cycles.
• Experience setting up steady-state support and service transition for live environments.
• Strong stakeholder management across business, technology, suppliers and integrators.

Nice to have:

• Experience across Oracle Fusion ERP and HCM.
• Experience across Microsoft Dynamics 365 and related Microsoft platform services.
• Experience with CPQ, reporting platforms and shared integration services.
• Experience of Azure DevOps or similar release and work-tracking tooling.
• ITIL or similar service management framework experience.
• Experience of pan-European programme delivery.

• Own the end-to-end environment strategy across dev, test, SIT, UAT, training, pre-prod and production.
• Maintain the environment inventory and calendar across Oracle, Dynamics and all linked systems.
• Coordinate environment setup with infrastructure, cloud, network, security and supplier teams.
• Own the integrated release plan and release calendar across the platform landscape.
• Lead release readiness reviews, deployment sequencing, rollback and post-release reviews.
• Control promotion of code and configuration across environments, including production.
• Own the approach for test data, environment refreshes and baseline data setup.
• Maintain operational oversight of integrations, batch jobs, APIs and interfaces across environments.
• Coordinate dress rehearsals, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Define and embed the ongoing service management model for live and non-production environments.
• Own environment access governance and ensure audit, security and compliance requirements are met.
• Provide a single view of environment status, release status and production readiness.

This is a critical role requiring proactive engagement and meticulous attention to detail for the successful execution of a complex transformation programme. Candidates must demonstrate a robust understanding of the entire environment lifecycle.