SAP Release Manager

Socket.dev; Quebec; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Canada is seeking a SAP Release Manager to own end-to-end planning, governance, and operational control of SAP environments (DEV, QA, UAT, PRE-PROD, PROD). The role coordinates across projects, AMS, release management, Basis, testing teams, and business stakeholders.

You will champion environment strategy, enforce usage rules, manage build/test cycles, schedule deployments, and maintain an integrated calendar.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of SAP Release Management experience.
• Basis/BTP experience is required.
• English is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Owns the overall SAP environment strategy and governance across all landscapes.
• Defines and enforces environment usage rules, refresh policies, access standards, and naming conventions aligned with SAP and enterprise governance.
• Ensures environments are used appropriately for their intended purpose (build, test, training, cutover, production).
• They plan, schedule and control the build, test and deployment of releases, and to deliver new functionality required by the business while protecting the integrity of the existing services
• Plans, schedules, and controls environment usage across: Projects; AMS enhancements and defect fixes; Regression testing cycles; Maintenance and technical upgrades.
• Manages who is using which environment, when, proactively resolving conflicts between concurrent initiatives.
• Bundling of releases, minor and major; major monthly releases are regression tested as one bundle.
• Maintains a single integrated environment calendar covering releases, testing windows, refreshes, freezes, and maintenance periods.
• Ensure smooth transition from the BUILD phases to the RUN phase; inform stakeholders of upcoming releases and ensure deployable elements are delivered and traceable.
• Proactively manages S/4HANA system performance (CPU/memory, background jobs, SAP short dumps).
• Implements SAP BASIS best practices (kernel updates, HANA tuning, job scheduling) to improve month-end close speeds and system health.
• Enforce proper preventive maintenance regimes and monitor SAP Notes and updates.
• Own regular environment health checks and drive related enhancement initiatives.
• 3 days in office is required.

Skills

SAP Release Management

Basis/BTP

English language

Job description

Accenture’s SAP practice, and we bring the New to life using design thinking, agile development methodologies, and the latest smart tech like IoT, automation, and AI. We even builtmyConcerto, a mix of SAP and Accenture that helps lead our clients to big wins. Ready to learn as much as you can? We train our people on "new" SAP like SAP Leonardo, S/4HANA and Cloud, and we offer classes and support through our 50,000+ member community.It’salso nice to know our hard workdoesn’tgo unrecognized.We’vegot over 70 SAP awards—more than any other partner—andwe’rethe leading business partner for SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, SAP Hybris, SAPFieldGlass, SAP Concur, and more. Visit us here to find out more about Accenture's SAP practice.

We are:

A SAP Release Manager is accountable for the end‑to‑end planning, governance, and operational control of all SAP environments (e.g., DEV, QA, UAT, PRE‑PROD, PROD) to ensure that projects, enhancements, testing cycles, and production operations can proceed predictably, safely, and without conflict. The role owns the environment strategy and day‑to‑day orchestration across the SAP landscape, acting as the single point of coordination between projects, AMS, release management, Basis, testing teams, and business stakeholders.

The work:

• Owns the overall SAP environment strategy and governance across all landscapes.
• Defines and enforces environment usage rules, refresh policies, access standards, and naming conventions aligned with SAP and enterprise governance.
• Ensures environments are used appropriately for their intended purpose (build, test, training, cutover, production).
• They plan, schedule and control the build, test and deployment of releases, and to deliver new functionality required by the business while protecting the integrity of the existing services
• Plans, schedules, and controls environment usage across:
  • Projects
  • AMS enhancements and defect fixes
  • Regression testing cycles
  • Maintenance and technical upgrades
• Manages who is using which environment, when, proactively resolving conflicts between concurrent initiatives. Bundling of releases, minor and major. For example, a major monthly release may include a small project and a bundle of AMS enhancements. The major release will then be regression tested all together as one bundle which means all components have to be ready in UAT at a certain time.
• Maintains a single integrated environment calendar covering releases, testing windows, refreshes, freezes, and maintenance periods.
• Ensure smooth transition from the BUILD phases to the RUN phase. They ensure that all involved stakeholders are informed of upcoming releases and that all elements required to deploy and operate the services and products are delivered, controlled and traceable resulting in improved operational efficiency.
• Proactively manages S/4HANA system performance (monitoring CPU/memory, background jobs, SAP short dumps, etc.)
• Implements SAP BASIS best practices (e.g. regular kernel updates, HANA tuning, job scheduling review) to improve month-end close speeds and overall system health.
• enforce proper preventive maintenance regimes, such as monitoring SAP Notes and applying updates promptly.
• Own Regular environment health checks and drive related enhancement initiatives
• 3 days in office is required.

Here's what you need:

• 10-12 years of SAP Release Management experience.
• Basis/BTP experience is required.
• English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Bonus points:

• English is must, French is bonus.

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role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Information on benefits is here:

Role Location Annual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $82,600 to $132,600

About Accenture

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