SAP COE Centre of Excellence – Release and Deployment Manager

The Release & Deployment Manager is responsible for the end-to-end orchestration of changes within the SAP S/4HANA landscape. Operating in a collaboration with our strategic IT partners you will ensure that all functional and technical enhancements are deployed into production with zero business disruption maintaining the integrity of our Sustain Operations. Overall responsible to manage all change & release management activities of SAP applications.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end SAP release & change management activities across sophisticated SAP S/4HANA implementations
• Defining maintaining and governing release deployment frameworks aligned with program release plans
• Coordinating release deployments and cutovers across projects increments and process teams
• Handling business and IT change activities ensuring alignment and smooth transition of changes & transports within SAP systems using SOLMAN CHARM & ServiceNow tools
• Driving risk identification and contingency strategies for environments and releases
• Collaborating closely with Release Management Test Management Data Migration and Product Business partners
• Planning and delivering change readiness checkpoints to ensure on-time PROD movements.
• Facilitating release stand-ups tracking execution and ensuring timely delivery of increments
• Providing cockpit-based reporting and clear progress updates to participants
• Building and leading a strong network of change representatives across Agile projects
• Continuously improving change and release processes by implementing standard methodologies and efficiency improvements

Secondary Skills

• Coordinate with FME ITS & Business teams to identify release-wise requirement
• Segregate existing & new requirement to decide validation scope of the release in collaboration with validation team.
• Manage testing & cutover activities as required by the program.

Qualifications

1) Required training and education:

• ISTQB Foundation Agile or any other Advanced Level certification
• SAP SOLMAN Certifications preferred

2) Required professional experience (in years):

• 8 years of experience in software change and release management with 5 years of experience in SAP implementation / upgrade / support related change & release management
• Strong hands-on experience in SAP SOLMAN CHARM & transport management Atlassian Jira ServiceNow Tricentis test & Vera is a must.
• Have experience in Pharma industry GXP/ CSV processes & regulated / validated release methodologies
• Shown expertise in planning scheduling and coordinating software releases in sophisticated environments
• Shown knowledge of SDLC Agile methodologies and ITIL processes
• Validated ability to balance multiple initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced multifaceted environment
• Good experience working with offshore and global teams
• Excellent partner management communication and partnership skills
• Strong analytical problem-solving and interpersonal abilities
• Certifications in Agile Release Trains ITIL PMP or similar are helpful
• Proficiency with SAP Signavio for business process modelling is preferred
• A continuous learner approach with willingness to adapt to new tools technologies and delivery models

IT skills

• SAP SOLMAN
• Tricentis Qtest & Vera
• Jira
• ServieNow