Job highlights

- 8+ years IT experience with 3+ years in SAP Release Management, expertise in SAP ChaRM, SAP Transport Management, SAP S/4HANA Landscape Management
- Plan and manage SAP release schedules, coordinate releases and transports, conduct readiness assessments, manage deployments and post-deployment validation, support upgrades and migrations

Must-Have 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 & Cutover Planning

SAP Solution Manager

SAP Cloud ALM

ServiceNow

Jira

Azure DevOps

HP ALM

ITIL Change & Release Management

Incident & Problem Management

SDLC Methodologies

Agile & Waterfall Delivery Models

Risk & Compliance Management

Preferred: Jenkins, Git

Key Responsibilities

Plan and manage SAP release schedules, deployment calendars and release roadmaps

Coordinate major, minor, emergency and maintenance releases

Manage SAP transports across DEV, QA, UAT, Pre-Production and Production

Oversee transport sequencing, dependencies and deployment approvals

Manage SAP ChaRM release cycles and readiness gates

Coordinate with SAP Functional, Technical, Basis, Security, Infrastructure and Business teams

Conduct release planning meetings, CAB reviews and deployment readiness assessments





Identify release risks, dependencies, conflicts and business impacts

Develop rollback and contingency plans for critical releases

Ensure SIT, UAT, Regression and Performance Testing completion before production deployment

Coordinate production deployments, cutovers and post-deployment validation

Support SAP system refreshes, upgrades and migrations

Manage hyper-care activities and ensure environment stability

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

Track release KPIs, success rates, incidents and change effectiveness

Prepare management dashboards and executive reports

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 across multiple modules

Strong understanding of SAP landscapes and transport mechanisms

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

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Good to Have

- ITIL Foundation/Intermediate Certification SAP Solution Manager SAP Cloud ALM Certification SAP S/4HANA Transformation Program experience Global Delivery Workplace experience

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