Release Delivery Lead

Opella; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Opella seeks an experienced Release Delivery Lead to ensure SAP system robustness, security, and alignment with business goals. You will manage CAB processes, coordinate release windows, and oversee the release calendar across landscapes, governing transports and risk mitigation.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in ERP release management, strong SAP S/4HANA knowledge, and proficiency with Jira, Solution Manager, Confluence, and ServiceNow in a global, multi-geography environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years work experience as ERP Release Manager in complex landscape.
• Solid experience in SAP release management with SAP S4HANA architecture knowledge.
• Familiar with SAP activate methodology and supporting tools such as Jira, Solution Manager, Confluence, Service-now.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP Change Advisory Boards (CAB) and Cross-Digital CAB to ensure change controls adherence.
• Coordinate release windows and calendar with business units, IT teams, and infrastructure teams.
• Define, maintain and communicate SAP release calendar across landscape; manage transports.

Skills

SAP release management

SDLC & Agile practices

Project management

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Multi-geography teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Engineering

Tools

Jira

Solution Manager

Confluence

ServiceNow

SAP Activate methodology

Job description

Job Description:

About the job: We are seeking to construct a best in class digital organization, where the ERP will be a solid, adaptive backbone of our systems and our supporting functions applications are innovation technology solutions that give our business the (digital) wings to fly everyday! Interested to know more? Contact us! We are looking for Release Delivery Lead profile who ensures that the SAP system remains robust, secure, and aligned with business objectives while facilitating smooth system evolutions with releases and minimizing disruptions during changes. Main responsibilities: Lead SAP Change Advisory Boards (CAB) and Cross-Digital CAB ensuring change controls adherence and improvement of the release framework. Coordinate release windows and annual calendar with business units, IT teams, and infrastructure teams to minimize operational disruption. Define, maintain and communicate SAP release calendar across landscape. Manage transport requests and ensure proper sequencing across SAP system landscapes. Act as Release Delivery Manager to bring package of functionalities from scoping to delivery communicating with stakeholders, identifying risks and addressing them until resolution. Continuous improvement of Release management ways of working from ideation to adoption, end to end without disruptions in the operation, and in cooperation with AMS, SAP experts and other stakeholders. Ensure the sustain, evolution and governance of Release supporting toolset such as Solution Manager, JIRA, Confluence with strong emphasis in innovation and adoption of emerging technologies such AI and automation. Establish and maintain the right level of governance, leading the Global Release meeting, conducting quality gates, milestone reviews and Business Go/No-Go reviews. Proactively report any releases risks and come with necessary mitigation plans. Communicate with stakeholders to identify any issues or risks that may affect the release schedule or quality of the ERP platform. Ensure the release notes are always set up and communicated with digital and business stakeholders as a part of release management process. Perform post-release analysis to identify any issues that occurred during the release process and develop plans to prevent similar problems in future releases. Organize recurrent alignment with major rollouts and live country projects (sharing changes to methodology, outages, etc..). About applicant: 8+ years work experience as ERP Release Manager in complex landscape, preferably in a FMCG and/or FMCH context. Solid experience in SAP release management, with a deep understanding of SAP S4HANA architecture and its modules, integrated systems and with technical knowledge to handle technical dependencies and conflicts. Good understanding of S4HANA upgrade process and supporting toolset such SAP Readiness Check with at least one contribution to the delivery of a Major release with upgraded systems in scope. Contributed in the design and adoption of retrofit, freeze and downtime strategies. Hands on in related supporting tools such Jira, Solution Manager, Confluence, Service-now to support application lifecycle activities. Experience in Focused Build or SAP Cloud ALM is a plus. Familiar with SAP activate methodology is a plus. Solid understanding of project management methodologies, software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies and agile practices. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders. At ease with Microsoft Office tools, and in general with IS tools. Experience with multi-geography, multi-tier service design and management. Conceptual and analytical thinking – ability to extract, analyse, and document complex business and technical requirements or strategies. Soft skills: Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills Demonstrated conflict resolution & problem-solving skills in a global environment Strong appetite to learn and discover, entrepreneur mindset Adaptable and open to change Team player, service-oriented Analytical and synthetic, able to formalize solutions, good writing skills Strong oral and written communication skills With leadership attitude, autonomy and results driven Role model our 4 values: teamwork, integrity, respect, courage Education: Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) or equivalent in Information Technology or Engineering Languages: Fluent spoken and written English

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