Specialist - SAP Release Orchestrator

Job Description

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of the company IT operating model, Tech centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each tech center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview:

The SAP Release Orchestrator will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of global releases for key company initiatives, ensuring strict adherence to change management processes—particularly on SAP platforms. This role requires a technical background, familiarity with project management tools, and the ability to work independently on high-profile tasks. The ideal candidate will also bring excellent communication and conflict resolution skills, thrive in agile and DevOps environments.

What will you do in this role:

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate solutions through the SDLC process.
• Communicate change management, release schedules, and provide guidance on current target pathways to Production.
• Plan and facilitate the application of annual support packs as well as infrastructure upgrades to SAP systems and patching during maintenance windows using cloud approaches for downtime minimization.
• Support all testing efforts for release solutions.
• Create build plans that encompass the release scope, timeline, and resources.
• Monitor and track release progress, identifying and addressing any issues or delays.
• Ensure that all release documentation is complete and accurate.
• Conduct release readiness reviews and post-release evaluations.
• Continuously improve release processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Change Approval Boards (CAB) and stakeholders to finalize release scope. 

What Should you have:

Education Level:

• BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline or relevant experience

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of IT business solutions deployment experience.
• Understanding of modern project management methodologies
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Confluence).
• Understanding of SAP ecosystems including Basis, Solution Manager, ECC, HANA, and cloud integrations.
• Effective in time management, task prioritization and adhering to target dates.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Life Sciences industry experience.
• SaFe Agile and PMP certifications.
• Experience with SAP solutioning (i.e. Migrations, S/4 HANA, SAP RISE, Charm, etc.)
• Experience with global releases within SAP landscapes.
• Familiarity with zero downtime maintenance and high-availability cloud infrastructure.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation. 

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Required Skills:

Measurement Analysis, Portfolio, Programme, and Project Support, Program Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

07/1/2026

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