Environment & Release Lead

Remote in Romania Introduction & Summary We are seeking an experienced Environment & Release Lead to take ownership of the full environment lifecycle across a major European ERP and Dynamics Transformation Programme. The ideal candidate will possess a strong track record in environment management and hands-on experience with complex environments involving Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics. Main Responsibilities • Own the end-to-end environment strategy across development, testing, SIT, UAT, training, pre-production, 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 the 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. Key Requirements • 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. Other Details The role is primarily focused on overseeing the successful transition and service management for a European transformation programme within the ERP and Dynamics landscape. Join this challenging opportunity to lead substantial projects and ensure operational readiness across live and non-production environments.