Release & Environments Manager - Salesforce

Release & Environments Manager - Salesforce

I'm currently working with a large, globally operating organisation that is in the middle of a significant Salesforce transformation programme, and they're looking to bring in an experienced Release & Environments Manager to support the delivery.

This role will sit at the centre of the programme, focusing on release governance, environment coordination, and supplier management. It's not a hands-on technical role - the focus is on ensuring structure, control, and clear communication across multiple suppliers and parallel workstreams so releases can be delivered safely and predictably.

Key Responsibilities

Release Management & Governance

• Oversee the end-to-end release management process across the Salesforce platform and connected systems.
• Lead release readiness meetings, making sure runbooks, deployment steps, rollback plans, and testing sign-offs are all in place before releases go ahead.
• Ensure suppliers are following the correct release processes and governance frameworks.
• Coordinate release activities across multiple teams and suppliers.

Environment Management

• Manage the environment booking calendar and resolve contention across development and testing teams.
• Coordinate usage of environments across SIT, UAT, regression testing, and other project activities.
• Ensure environments are stable, correctly configured, and available when required.
• Manage environment refresh cycles and maintenance windows.

Supplier & SI Management

• Work closely with Systems Integrators and third-party suppliers, holding them accountable for environment setup, deployments, and DevOps processes.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple suppliers and workstreams.
• Challenge suppliers where needed and ensure delivery standards are being met.

Data & Integration Coordination

• Make sure environments contain appropriate and aligned data for testing and integration activities.
• Work closely with data and testing teams to address data quality and data alignment challenges.
• Ensure integration dependencies between Salesforce and other systems are understood and managed.
• Oversee readiness of integrations ahead of releases.

Requirements:

• Experience in release management, environment management, or delivery governance, ideally within Salesforce or another complex platform environment.
• A strong background working with Systems Integrators and multi-supplier delivery models.
• Good understanding of Salesforce environments, integrations, and DevOps concepts (from a governance perspective rather than hands-on).
• Experience coordinating SIT, UAT, and regression testing environments.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities at the same time.
• Comfortable leading governance forums and working with senior stakeholders.
• Experience dealing with data quality or data alignment challenges within large programmes would be beneficial.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys sitting at the centre of a programme and bringing structure, control, and clarity.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.