Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?
Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?
Join our Business Systems Team!
The Business Systems Team is responsible for designing, delivering, and managing these critical applications, ensuring they support operational excellence and empower our people. We maintain a secure, stable technology infrastructure and create seamless digital experiences that help the organisation operate efficiently and serve customers exceptionally. Collaboration is key to achieving this, and we work closely with vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders to provide the right tools, access, and support, ensuring technology remains a strategic enabler for Softcat's future success.
Success. The Softcat Way.
There is a uniqueness to Softcat – what we do, how we do it and why we do it.
At the heart of our operations are our core values: Passion, Intelligence, Fun, Responsible and Community. These values are the pillars that Softcat and guide our every action.
As an Environment and Release Manager, you will be an integral part of the IT team, ensuring high-quality project deliveries. Softcat are embarking on a CRM replacement programme to Microsoft Dynamics 365. The focus for this role will be on managing releases for the Dynamics 365 and related upstream and downstream systems. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving consistency and quality in system deliveries, managing the end-to-end release cycle, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure successful implementations.
As Environment & Release Manager, you'll be responsible for:
* Develop and maintain a detailed release plan, outlining key milestones, dependencies, and deliverables
* Managing the planning for and impact assessment of vendor upgrades of key business systems
* Oversee the end-to-end release lifecycle, from development and testing to deployment and post-release support.
* Serve as the primary point of contact for all release-related communications, ensuring transparency and alignment with business and technical stakeholders.
* Continuously evaluate and enhance release management processes, tools, and methodologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
We'd love you to have:
* At least ten years in a technology related leadership position
* Demonstrable experience leading fast-paced, complex business transformation programmes from a release and environment management perspective
* Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), version control systems, and CI/CD pipelines
* Familiarity with automation tools and deployment strategies.
* Proficiency in tools such as Jira, Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and containerisation platforms like Docker and Kubernetes.
* Experience with Azure cloud is a must
* Ability to plan, schedule, and track releases across multiple teams and environments.
* Skilled in methodologies like Agile and Scrum for managing iterative delivery
* Acts as a bridge between development, QA, operations, and business stakeholders
We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
* Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
* Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
* Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.
Join us
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.