SAP Release Manager

Hace 1 día

Madrid, España Randstad Jornada completa

About the role & responsibilities:

The SAP Release Manager is responsible for planning, managing, coordinating, and continuously optimizing all SAP-related release activities within a group-wide digitalization and transformation program and productive solutions. The focus is on a heterogeneous SAP landscape comprising more than 10 SAP and SAP S/4HANA systems.

This role ensures that changes, transports, releases, hotfixes, and milestone rollouts are implemented in the production environments in a controlled,transparent, auditable, and low-risk manner. To this end, the position holder works closely with SAP Basis, SAP Solution Manager/ChaRM experts, ChangeManagement, Release Management, Test Management, Program Management, and the respective system and product owners.

Planning, execution, and monitoring of release cycles across multiple SAP and S/4HANA systems (including end-to-end management of releases, rollouts,and hotfixes)

Responsibilities:

  • Regular coordination, creation, and maintenance of an integrated release roadmap (including transport planning)
  • Collaboration in cutover-, test-, deployment- and go-live phases
  • Monitoring release readiness based on defined quality and approval criteria
  • Technical management and responsibility for compliance with SAP change and release processes
  • Management and monitoring of transport landscapes (sequences, dependencies, resolution of transport conflicts)
  • Preparing SAP topics and providing technical support to the Change Advisory Board (CAB)
  • Supporting program and management committees in release decisions
  • Escalation management for risks, schedule deviations, or quality issues
  • Transparent communication with various program and service roles (including management communication, status reports, and decision-makingdocumentation)
  • Optimizing existing SAP change and release processes (including the relevant toolchains, such as Jira and Solman)
  • Supporting the further development of the future ALM strategy

Expertise:

  • Several years of experience in SAP Release Management or SAP Change Management
  • Good knowledge of SAP Solution Manager "ChaRM"
  • Good knowledge of SAP S/4HANA landscapes
  • Basic knowledge of SAP Transport Management (CTS/STMS)
  • Experience operating complex multi-system landscapes
  • Experience with CAB, approval, and governance processes
  • Good knowledge of ITIL Change and Release Management

Soft skills:

  • Strong communication skills, as well as the ability to assert oneself and facilitate discussions
  • Conflict and escalation management
  • A structured and analytical approach to work
  • Ability to handle pressure during critical go-live and cutover phases
  • Confident demeanor at the management level
  • Experience working with internationally distributed teams

Nice to have:

  • Experience working on large-scale transformation or implementation programs
  • Knowledge of SAP Cloud ALM
  • Knowledge of Jira and Confluence
  • Experience in manufacturing companies
  • Knowledge of SAP Basis processes