Job Description
MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS CLEARANCE
Role Title: Programme Environment Manager
Location: London or Brighton - 60% onsite - 40%home
Duration: to 30/09/2026
MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA
Role Description:
* 14+ years of experience as an Environment Manager with a strong understanding of SDLC, DevOps, and cloud-based environments, with proven expertise in environment management for large-scale programmes.
* Define, implement, and govern the environment and release strategy for the programme, ensuring all environments are fit-for-purpose, compliant, and aligned with organisational standards to support successful delivery.
* Establish governance processes for the full environment life cycle management; maintain a central repository for governance documentation, tooling standards, branching strategies, and naming conventions.
* Manage environment calendars and readiness across all workstreams, proactively maintaining risk logs and resolving environment conflicts to ensure seamless coordination.
* Gate releases to ensure compliance with SDLC, security, and resilience standards; drive automation in release and test processes to continuously improve efficiency and reliability.
* Implement access control models, FinOps guidance, and security governance templates; monitor and mitigate environment-related risks to maintain compliance and operational integrity.
* Partner with cloud architects, infrastructure engineers, and delivery leads; secure stakeholder buy-in for standards and processes through excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Define and enforce best practices across release management, tooling, and environment standards to ensure consistency, repeatability, and quality across the programme.