Environment Manager - Risk Management & GCO

EY; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning

Global EY network

Job summary

EY GDS Poland is seeking an Environment Manager to oversee end-to-end lifecycle management of environments for Risk Management and GCO platforms. You will drive strategy, governance, and coordination with release/change processes, ensuring availability, stability, and regulatory alignment.

You will partner with product owners, development, and operations to enable seamless delivery while coaching teams and driving operational improvements.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of environment management practices in enterprise settings.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical environment strategies.
• Experience delivering in Agile/SAFe delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate provisioning, refresh, and lifecycle management of environments.
• Define availability, utilization, and capacity planning for environments.
• Align environment schedules with release and deployment timelines.
• Lead governance, access controls, and data integrity for environments.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure readiness and operational continuity.

Skills

Environment strategy

Agile/SAFe delivery

Stakeholder management

Leadership & coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

GitHub

ServiceNow

Job description

Environment Manager – Risk Management & GCO

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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