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.
1) Main tasks:
Tasks performed regularly which form the essential characteristics of the position.
- 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
2) Secondary tasks:
- 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.
