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Environment Release and Cutover Manager
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Environment, Release & Cutover Manager – SRS Transformation
Rate: £550–£600 per day
Contract: 6 months
IR35: Outside IR35
Location: London (1 day per week onsite)
Overview
We're looking for an Environment, Release & Cutover Manager to join a major Student Records System transformation programme.
This is a pivotal delivery role combining environment management, release planning and end-to-end cutover delivery within a complex, vendor-managed SaaS environment. You'll be responsible for coordinating multiple workstreams, managing dependencies, and ensuring successful testing, releases and go-live activities.
We're looking for someone who has delivered large-scale transformation programmes involving multiple systems, suppliers and stakeholders—not someone who has only worked on a single application or platform. The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing complexity, competing priorities and multiple moving parts.
Key Responsibilities
- Own environment, release and cutover planning across the programme
- Coordinate test, UAT and production environments, including refreshes and scheduling
- Develop and manage end-to-end release and cutover plans
- Lead cutover rehearsals and drive continuous improvements
- Coordinate data migration, business readiness and deployment activities
- Manage dependencies across multiple systems, integrations and third-party suppliers
- Work closely with the SaaS vendor to align releases, deployments and environment availability
- Ensure environments are ready for testing, training and go-live
- Manage risks, issues and conflicts throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Define runbooks, go/no-go criteria and readiness checkpoints
- Provide clear reporting to programme leadership and governance forums
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What We're Looking For
- Proven experience delivering large-scale transformation programmes
- Experience combining environment management, release management and cutover delivery
- Strong background working within vendor-managed SaaS environments
- Experience coordinating complex releases across multiple systems and suppliers
- Strong understanding of integrations, APIs and cross-system dependencies
- Experience leading cutover planning, rehearsals and go-live activities
- Strong stakeholder management across technical and business teams
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Highly Desirable
- Higher Education or similar complex environments
- Student Records / Student Information Systems
- Ellucian Banner (preferred) or Tribal SITS
- ERP or enterprise SaaS transformation experience
Profile
- Calm and structured under pressure
- Highly organised with excellent planning skills
- Strong communicator who can bring multiple teams together
- Pragmatic, collaborative and low ego
- Comfortable managing complexity, competing priorities and multiple moving parts
Success Looks Like
- Well-managed environments supporting testing and deployment
- Controlled, successful releases and go-live activities
- Clear visibility of risks, dependencies and programme readiness
- Effective coordination across vendors, technical teams and business stakeholders
- Smooth transition into live service with minimal disruption
This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-profile transformation programme where you'll play a central role in coordinating environments, releases and cutover across a complex enterprise SaaS implementation.
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