Release & Change Control Manager

Description:

Release & Change Control Manager

Location: Nottingham

Benefits: Private Healthcare, Pension, 25 days holiday rising to 30 over 5 years, Group Life Insurance, Income Protection, Gym Discounts, Free Fuel Fridays, Employee of the Quarter, Employee Referral program and many more

XMA are looking for an experienced D365 Test, Release & Change Control Manager to oversee the Microsoft Dynamics 365 estate, covering both Customer Engagement (CE) and Finance & Supply Chain Management (F&SCM). The role will be responsible for release governance, testing coordination, and change control across critical business systems, ensuring all system changes are properly tested, documented, and deployed smoothly with minimal business disruption. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with experience in release management, testing, or change governance within enterprise environments.

Join XMA - a leading UK technology solutions company partnering with the biggest names in the industry. Established in the 80’s, XMA has grown to become one of the top ten largest value-added resellers in the UK. Today, we’re an independent UK company with full geographic coverage – and our skilled workforce serves a diverse customer base across the public and private sector. We win awards for our ability to help organisations and users achieve more with technology. We specialise in realising individual ambitions to transform and evolve. We consult, define, adapt and deliver on real-life outcomes. We collaborate closely to bring that positive impact home.

The Role: D365 Test, Release & Change Control Manager

You’ll be responsible for managing the end-to-end release lifecycle across the Microsoft Dynamics 365 estate, covering both Customer Engagement (CE) and Finance & Supply Chain Management (F&SCM).

Key responsibilities will include: D365 Test, Release & Change Control Manager

• Owning and managing the D365 release calendar and deployment schedules
• Coordinating testing activities including SIT, UAT, regression, and smoke testing
• Managing change control processes, approvals, and release readiness
• Supporting go/no-go decision making for releases and deployments
• Coordinating releases across multiple environments including Dev, Test, UAT, Pre-Prod, and Production
• Managing defects, risks, dependencies, and post-release validation activities
• Producing and maintaining release documentation including test plans, release notes, RAID logs, and cutover plans
• Working closely with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure smooth delivery
• Driving continuous improvement across release and change processes

What We’re Looking For: D365 Test, Release & Change Control Manager

We’re looking for someone with strong coordination, governance, and stakeholder management experience within enterprise systems environments.

Experience required:

• Experience managing releases, testing, or change control within enterprise applications
• Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments (CE and/or F&SCM)
• Strong understanding of release governance and testing lifecycles
• Experience coordinating stakeholders across technical and business teams
• Experience managing defects, risks, dependencies, and release readiness
• Comfortable working within Agile and/or ITIL environments
• Strong organisational and communication skills

Desirable experience:

• ERP/CRM transformation programmes
• Test automation exposure