Environment Manager - Risk Management & GCO

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

EY GDS Poland is seeking an Environment Manager to lead the end-to-end lifecycle of environments for Risk Management and GCO applications. Based in Wrocław, the role blends 2 days in the office with 3 days remote work, ensuring environments are ready to support development, testing and production activities.

You will partner with product owners, development, production support, and business stakeholders to enable seamless delivery and alignment with release schedules, governance, and cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience managing large-scale enterprise environments.
• 5+ years in environment planning and lifecycle management.
• 5+ years supporting release and change management processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with system implementations or migrations.
• Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.
• Strong project management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, plan, and manage environment-related activities.
• Define environment strategy for availability, utilization, and capacity planning.
• Align environment schedules with release and deployment timelines to ensure readiness.
• Partner with Service Delivery and Operations to ensure coordinated delivery and operational readiness.
• Establish and enforce governance standards including environment controls, access, and data integrity.
• Drive issue resolution related to environment conflicts or instability.
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to support teams.
• Ensure clear communication across business, development, QA, and operations teams.
• Identify and implement operational improvements to reduce cost and increase quality.
• Support Agile/SAFe planning and execution across multiple products.
• Track and communicate environment metrics and readiness status.
• Contribute to budget planning and resource strategy.

Skills

Environment management

Agile/SAFe

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Cloud familiarity

Regulatory/compliance understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

GitHub

ServiceNow

CI/CD tools

Job description

Location: Wrocław - 2 days in office / 3 days remote

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland – a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY.

Enterprise Technology provides reliable, secure, and resilient technology services to support global business functions. Within this landscape, Risk Management & GCO requires robust environment strategy, governance, and operational excellence to support critical regulatory and control platforms.

The Environment Manager is responsible for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of all environments supporting Risk Management and GCO applications, including planning, provisioning, governance, and coordination with release and change management processes. This role requires strong leadership, operational discipline, and the ability to align technical environments with business and regulatory requirements.

The opportunity

The Environment Manager will lead environment strategy and execution across Risk Management and GCO platforms, ensuring environments are aligned with business priorities, release schedules, and control requirements. This role is accountable for environment availability, stability, and readiness to support development, testing, and production activities.

You will partner with product owners, development, production support, and business stakeholders to enable seamless delivery and operational continuity.

Your key responsibilities

• Coordinate, plan, and manage all environment-related activities including provisioning, refresh, and lifecycle management.
• Define environment strategy covering availability, utilization, and capacity planning.
• Align environment schedules with release and deployment timelines to ensure readiness.
• Partner with Service Delivery and Operations to ensure coordinated delivery and operational readiness.
• Establish and enforce governance standards including environment controls, access, and data integrity.
• Drive issue resolution related to environment conflicts or instability.
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to support teams.
• Ensure clear communication across business, development, QA, and operations teams.
• Identify and implement operational improvements to reduce cost and increase quality.
• Support Agile/SAFe planning and execution across multiple products.
• Track and communicate environment metrics and readiness status.
• Contribute to budget planning and resource strategy.

Analytical / Decision-Making Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively with Risk Management, GCO leadership, and Enterprise Technology stakeholders.
• Influence prioritization and allocation of environments across competing initiatives.
• Balance delivery demands with operational stability and compliance requirements.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to enable aligned decision-making.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong understanding of enterprise environment management practices.
• Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into environment strategies.
• Experience in Agile/SAFe delivery models.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with tools such as GitHub, ServiceNow, or similar platforms.
• Ability to develop long-term environment roadmaps aligned to product strategy.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience managing large-scale enterprise environments or platforms.
• 5+ years of experience in environment planning and lifecycle management.
• 5+ years supporting release and change management processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience supporting system implementations or migrations.
• Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.
• Strong project management capabilities and ability to manage competing priorities.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance-driven environments.
• SAFe or Agile certifications.
• Experience with cloud-based enterprise environments.

What we look for

• A self-starter with strong ownership and accountability.
• Ability to work across complex, multi-team environments.
• Strong focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations – Argentina, Hungary, India, the Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture:You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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