Sap Release Manager

SAP Release Manager
The Release Manager role is proposed to reinforce programme IT Team, and within the programme Operation Team, be in charge of the global release management for the whole SAP Program.
This role will be N-3 to the Program IT Lead and directly reporting to the IT Service Delivery Manager.
Job Responsibilities:
- Accountable for the programme Release management (Core Model, RollOut & RUN) :
- Schedule releases & associate delivery
- Define day-to-day environment usage
- Drumbeat release lifecycle
- Organize Change Authority board
- Ensure consistency across all cutover plans (Core-Model, RollOut & RUN)
- Prepares and delivers release communications
- Confirms release readiness for deployment
- Monitor execution of cutover plans
- Ensure the right balance between environment securization (esp. PROD) & project/RUN requests
- Contribute to activities led by the Technical Release Manager
- Landscape management (SAP environments usage, client strategy, …)
- Transport management for core SAP components (Solman/ChaRM configuration & usage, monitoring execution of Transport Requests, …)
- Refresh management
- Contribute to Income Management - Define & monitor adequate documents & checklist
- Work with the client & SAP teams to leverage the supporting tools
Position requirements
- Significant experience in Service Delivery Management of a SAP application or in SAP Project management
- Good knowledge of SAP release management (SAP SolMan, Charm & Cloud ALM functionalities, transport management, …)
- Understanding the management of a composite SAP landscape (S/4 Hana, SAP Ariba, Satellites).
- Experiencing the overall activities part of SAP landscape functional lifecycle maintenance
- Fluent English (oral/written)
- Leadership, experience in transverse management and large team cross coordination
- Experience of working in project management mode
- The ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team is essential
- Team spirit
- The client expect the consultant to be able to travel 2-3 days per week to his main offices in la Defense, Paris