Programme Environment Manager

Job Title: Programme Environment Manager
Location: Brighton OR London (Hybrid from either location)
Salary/Rate: Up to £493 per day
Start Date: March / April 2026
Job Type: 6-month contract (Inside IR35)

Company Introduction:
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Programme Environment Manager to join our global client in the insurance sector to help define, implement and govern the environment and release strategy for their Vertere programme.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives:

Key Responsibilities

• Environment Strategy & Governance
• Develop and maintain the environment and release strategy for Vertere.
• Establish governance processes for environment lifecycle management.
• Environment Readiness & Coordination
• Manage environment calendars and readiness across all workstreams.
• Maintain risk logs and resolve environment conflicts proactively.
• Release Management
• Gate releases to ensure compliance with SDLC, security, and resilience standards.
• Drive automation in release and test processes to improve efficiency.
• Standards & Best Practices
• Define and enforce standards for tooling, branching, naming conventions, and release management.
• Maintain a central repository for governance documentation.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
• Partner with cloud architects, infra engineers, and delivery leads.
• Secure stakeholder buy-in for standards and processes.
• Risk & Compliance
• Implement access control models, FinOps guidance, and security governance templates.
• Monitor and mitigate environment-related risks.

Required Skills/Experience

• Strong understanding of SDLC, DevOps, and cloud-based environments.
• Experience in environment management for large-scale programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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