The Europe ERP Environment & Release Manager will be part of Sysco Europe technology team supporting our ERP Platform.This role will report into the D365 Platform Owner. There will be a D365/AX Platform Lead reporting into this role.
Europe ERP Environment & Release Manager will own the environment strategy & it’s implementation, environment maintenance, governance and the end-to-end release management process. This role will work closely with functional, development, data and integrations teams. They will create environment roadmaps based on multiple project requirements, set environment guidelines, along with the provision and management of environments (release, refreshes) through the application lifecycle through to release while coordinating Database and environment refreshes (including obfuscation where required) for testing and operational use.
The Environment & Release Manager’s responsibilities include create environment roadmaps based on multiple project requirements, working with global teams to set environment guidelines, along with the provision and management of environments (release, refreshes) through the application lifecycle through to release while driving database and environment refreshes ensuring environment readiness for testing and operational use.
Dimensions and Role context
The role will work closely with the Europe Technology Team, European Infrastructure and Service Team, Global Cloud Platform team and Identity and Access Management Team, all of which are working across multiple time zones and within a matrix organisation. The role will communicate at Executive level (CxO) on a regular basis. The role will be integral to ensuring the delivery of our ERP transformation program as part of the D365 Platform team.
Principal accountabilities
Define, agree and implement the D365 environment strategy, ensuring best practices, global environment and security related policies are followed.
Conduct environment build preparation followed by deployment with azure pipelines.
Work with global teams to ensure guidance and processes relating to security roles and user management are followed.
Acts as the gatekeeper of non-prod/production environment, ensuring conformance to policies (e.g. Change Management) and operational processes/procedures, release integration testing and production validation.
Govern release program activities (for example, cross-functional release integration testing and performance testing) designed to provide key stakeholders with pertinent information, such as summary data, key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics.
Works closely with change managers, the program management office, project managers and the Change Advisory Board to plan releases and manage the release schedule, taking into consideration associated business and technical risks.
Key relationships
Additional Information
Can sit anywhere in the existing European footprint; able to travel as required (~25-30%). A high standard of the English Language is essential.
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