Release Delivery Lead

(1351) Opella Healthcare IN P.Ltd; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Opella seeks an experienced Release Delivery Lead to ensure SAP stays robust, secure, and aligned with business goals while guiding releases with minimal disruption. You will lead CABs, coordinate calendars, and govern release tools across landscapes.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years as an ERP Release Manager in FMCG/FMCH contexts, deep SAP S4HANA knowledge, and hands-on with Jira, Solution Manager, Confluence, and ServiceNow. Global scope with strong communication skills expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years ERP Release Manager experience in FMCG/FMCH contexts.
• Strong SAP release management with deep SAP S4HANA knowledge.
• Hands-on with Jira, Solution Manager, Confluence, ServiceNow; knowledge of retrofit, downtime strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP CABs and cross-digital CABs ensuring change controls adherence.
• Coordinate release windows and calendar across units to minimize disruption.
• Manage transport requests and sequencing across SAP landscapes.
• Act as Release Delivery Manager from scoping to delivery with stakeholder communication.
• Governance of Release tools (Solution Manager, Jira, Confluence) and adoption of new tech.
• Report risks with mitigations and perform post-release analysis to prevent issues.
• Align with major rollouts and live country projects, communicating changes.

Skills

SAP release management

Project management

SDLC methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or Engineering

Tools

Jira

Solution Manager

Confluence

ServiceNow

SAP Activate

Focused Build

SAP Cloud ALM

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! 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 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

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally. Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting. At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan. B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.