Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Programme Release Manager (Cloud) will oversee the environment and release management strategy for a leading brand in Manchester, ensuring compliance and stability across multiple workstreams. This role involves establishing governance standards and driving automation in release processes while collaborating with various teams. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and is part of a long-term engagement. Candidates from surrounding areas are encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and govern the environment and release management strategy, ensuring environments are compliant, stable, and aligned with delivery needs.
- Manage environment lifecycle, calendars, and readiness across multiple workstreams.
- Establish governance standards including tooling, branching strategies, naming conventions, and documentation.
- Gate releases to ensure SDLC, security, and resilience compliance.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement in release and testing processes.
- Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and delivery teams to ensure consistent environment standards and operational integrity.
Key Skills:
- Strong background in environment management for large-scale programmes.
- Solid understanding of SDLC, DevOps practices, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure or GCP).
- Proven stakeholder management and governance experience.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Programme Release Manager (Cloud) required to join a leading brand in Manchester. Hybrid working, long term engagement & excellent rates
Key Responsibilities
- Define and govern the environment and release management strategy, ensuring environments are compliant, stable, and aligned with delivery needs.
- Manage environment lifecycle, calendars, and readiness across multiple workstreams.
- Establish governance standards including tooling, branching strategies, naming conventions, and documentation.
- Gate releases to ensure SDLC, security, and resilience compliance.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement in release and testing processes.
- Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and delivery teams to ensure consistent environment standards and operational integrity.
Experience
- Strong background in environment management for large-scale programmes.
- Solid understanding of SDLC, DevOps practices, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Proven stakeholder management and governance experience.
Open to candidates across the county of Lancashire, Cheshire, Chester, Manchester, Liverpool & other neighbouring towns/cities.