Environments and Release Lead

• Health and well-being benefits, including a virtual GP service and Employee Assistance Programme helpline, which includes free counselling sessions
• Access to fantastic discounts at cinemas, major retail brands, restaurants and coffee chains - simple and easy to access, making it possible to save hundreds of pounds a year
• Recognition schemes, including Support Centre Heroes and service awards

Your future, your role

As an Environments and Release Lead, you'll be:

• Responsible for coordinating and controlling IT environments and release activity across cloud and on-premise services
• Ensuring systems are ready, stable, secure, and available to support testing, deployment, and business change
• Leading release planning, environment readiness, governance, and go-live coordination so that change is introduced in a controlled, repeatable, and low-risk way across the organisation
• Combining operational leadership, stakeholder management, and hands-on oversight of release and environment processes
• Working with Product Owners, Service Managers, Project Managers, technical teams, and suppliers to agree on release scope, entry criteria, and deployment approach
• Reviewing and validating implementation plans, building completeness, test strategies, test evidence, and readiness criteria before release approval
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks relating to environments, deployment, release scheduling, service continuity, and operational readiness

Do you have experience in Software deployment?, * Proven experience in change management, release management, environment management, or service transition

• Experience coordinating releases across cloud and on-premise environments
• A strong understanding of change, release, and service management principles
• Experience working with stakeholders, service teams, technical teams, and third-party suppliers
• Strong planning, coordination, and communication skills
• The ability to identify and manage risk, dependencies, and operational readiness concerns
• Experience supporting CAB, go-live, and deployment planning activities
• A service-focused approach with strong ownership and initiative

Enjoy being part of a team that's passionate about supporting our practices and ultimately helping the nation smile.

Pulled from the full job description

• Employee discount
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking
• On-site parking

 

Full job description

Your future, as an Environments and Release Lead at mydentist

• The role is initially an 18-month fixed-term contract to support tech transformation projects
• The role can be a flexible hybrid role with our Support Centre based in Kearsley, M26 1GG
• You will benefit from free onsite parking, and Kearsley train station is just a short walk away
• With an on-site mini market shop and casual seating space inside and outside (for the sunnier days)

Working at mydentist means you'll be part of the UK's leading dental network. Here, you'll be trusted to do your best work, balancing your career around your life. We're ambitious, focusing on the big picture and transforming how we deliver dentistry. Supported by a talented and driven team, everyone is free to be themselves, where respect is a given, and we're always there for one another.