SAP Release Manager - Job Title SAP Release Manager Experience 8-15 Years Location : Hyderabad Job Summary We are seeking an experienced SAP Release Manager to oversee and manage SAP application releases across multiple landscapes and business units. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, governing, and executing SAP releases while ensuring minimal disruption to business operations. This role requires strong expertise in SAP Change & Release Management processes, transport management, deployment planning, stakeholder communication, and coordination with functional, technical, testing, and infrastructure teams.

Key Responsibilities Release Planning & Governance

Define and manage SAP release schedules, deployment calendars, and release roadmaps.

Coordinate major, minor, emergency, and maintenance releases across SAP environments.

Establish and enforce release governance, processes, policies, and best practices.

Ensure compliance with ITIL-based Change and Release Management frameworks.

SAP Change & Transport Management

Manage SAP transport requests across Development, QA, UAT, Pre-Production, and Production environments.

Oversee transport sequencing, dependency analysis, and deployment approvals.

Monitor and control SAP ChaRM (Change Request Management) and release cycles.

Validate release readiness and ensure all approval gates are completed.

Stakeholder Coordination

Collaborate with SAP Functional Consultants, Technical Teams, Basis Administrators, Security Teams, Infrastructure Teams, and Business Stakeholders.

Conduct release planning meetings, CAB (Change Advisory Board) reviews, and deployment readiness assessments.

Communicate release scope, schedules, risks, and deployment status to leadership and stakeholders.

Risk & Quality Management

Identify release risks, dependencies, conflicts, and potential business impacts.

Develop rollback and contingency plans for critical releases.

Ensure all testing phases including SIT, UAT,



Regression, and Performance Testing are completed successfully before production deployment.

Monitor release KPIs and continuous improvement initiatives.

Setting & Deployment Management

Coordinate deployment activities and production cutovers.

Work closely with SAP Basis teams for system refreshes, upgrades, and migrations.

Ensure environment stability and availability during release activities.

Manage post-deployment validation and hyper-care support.

Documentation & Reporting

Maintain release documentation, deployment plans, release notes, and audit records.

Track release metrics including success rates, incidents, change effectiveness, and deployment performance.

Prepare management dashboards and executive reports.

Required Skills SAP Skills

SAP Release Management

SAP ChaRM (Solution Manager)

SAP Transport Management System (TMS)

SAP Basis Concepts

SAP Change Management

SAP S/4HANA Landscape Management

SAP Upgrade & Migration Projects

SAP Deployment and Cutover Planning

Tools & Technologies

SAP Solution Manager

SAP Cloud ALM

ServiceNow

Jira

Azure DevOps

HP ALM

Jenkins (preferred)

Git (preferred)

Process Knowledge

ITIL Change & Release Management

Incident & Problem Management

SDLC Methodologies

Agile & Waterfall Delivery Models

Risk & Compliance Management

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.

8+ years of IT experience with 3+ years in SAP Release Management.

Experience managing enterprise-wide SAP releases involving multiple modules.

Strong understanding of SAP landscapes and transport mechanisms.

Experience in SAP S/4HANA implementation, transformation, or support environments.

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

ITIL Foundation/Intermediate Certification.

SAP Solution Manager or SAP Cloud ALM certification.

Experience in SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.

Experience working in global delivery environments.

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