Environments Manager

Uniphar are embarking on an ambitious, multi-year transformation program and are seeking a Environments manager to support our teams across our transformation initiatives. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Environments Manager to join our team, responsible for overseeing solutions and cloud environments within our organization. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in managing complex IT environments, with a focus on solutions architecture and cloud infrastructure. The Environments Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring the stability, scalability, and security of our systems as we continue to grow and innovate.

Uniphar Background

Uniphar group is a rapidly expanding global healthcare services business with a proud heritage in Ireland. Since IPO in 2019, the group has grown both organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continues to strengthen Uniphar's international reach. With a workforce of over 3000 spreads across Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Nordics and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world's best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions; Supply Chain & Retail, Commercial & Clinical Med Tech / Pharma; and Product Access.

Culture at Uniphar

We pride ourselves in being truly entrepreneurial, innovative, collaborative, with a strong problem-solving ethos. We have built working relationships which span decades with many of the world's largest pharma and medtech companies. We believe that this is because we know how to build a relationship of trust with our partners - we put our customers and their patients at the heart of what we do and treat them with integrity and respect. Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people. As we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This rich diversity fuels our business and enriches our culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Solutions Architecture:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain scalable and efficient solutions architectures.
• Conduct thorough assessments of existing solutions and propose improvements to enhance performance and reliability.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry best practices to continuously improve solutions architecture.

Cloud Management:

• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Implement and enforce security best practices for cloud environments.
• Work with cloud service providers to stay updated on new features, services, and cost models.

Environment Design and Planning:

• Lead the design and planning of development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Collaborate with project teams to define environment requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Implement best practices for environment design to support efficient development and testing processes.
• Foster an environment of innovation and continuous improvement in line with organizational goals.

Configuration Management:

• Establish and maintain configuration management processes for all environments.
• Implement version control and change management for configuration items.
• Ensure consistency and reliability across environments through effective configuration management.

Vendor Management:

• Engage with vendors to evaluate and select solutions that align with business requirements.
• Monitor vendor performance and manage relationships to ensure service level agreements are met.
• Collaborate with procurement to negotiate contracts and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Conduct regular vendor reviews to assess their alignment with evolving business needs.

Demand Management:

• Work closely with project managers to understand upcoming project demands on environments.
• Develop and implement strategies for scaling environments to meet demand effectively.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize and schedule environment resources.
• Monitor and forecast resource utilization to proactively address potential bottlenecks.

Access Governance:

• Implement and enforce access controls and governance policies for environments.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with security and access policies.
• Collaborate with security teams to address any access-related vulnerabilities.
• Develop and maintain documentation for access governance processes.

Project Management:

• Working within the guidelines and to the objectives defined by any project or program currently running
• Report task updates and status reports to any relevant project streams
• Prioritize work items and tasks based on project or program guidance.

Key Skills, Experiences & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms preferably Azure.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Git for Enterprise, Azure Devops).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with SAP RISE is a bonus.
• Good working experience with SaaS solutions and integrations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to analyse complex technical issues and provide effective solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in a cloud and solutions architecture context.
• Experience managing projects related to environment design and cloud implementations.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and tools.
• In-depth understanding of security best practices for cloud environments.
• Experience implementing access controls and governance policies.
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
• Ability to evaluate vendor performance and make data-driven decisions.
• Proven leadership skills with a focus on fostering innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ability to inspire and lead teams toward achieving strategic goals.