S/4 HANA Release Manager

Global Business Ser 4u; North and Middle Andaman; Remote; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Business Ser. 4u Inc. is seeking an experienced SAP S/4 HANA Release Manager to oversee end-to-end release management for a global rollout.

The role requires coordinating calendars, risks, and dependencies across project teams and IT operations, ensuring timely go-lives including April 2025 and other go-lives. The ideal candidate will manage environment readiness, data handling, and deployment coordination while communicating release performance trends and KPI insights to leadership and

Qualifications

• Prior experience as an SAP S/4 HANA Release Manager.
• In depth experience in environment management, including system refreshes, data management, and deployment coordination.
• Understanding of SAP technical architecture and landscapes, including S/4 HANA and other SAP solutions.
• Experience in supporting or administrating release management platforms.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and practices.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in managing budgets, timelines, and resource planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and maintain the release calendar, ensuring alignment with project plans, business cycles, and operational needs, across various project, business, and IT stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers and workstream leads to identify release conflicts, risks, and scheduling challenges and to ensure cohesive delivery.
• Facilitate regular release planning meetings with stakeholders to synchronize timelines and manage dependencies.
• Coordination with other release planning and dependencies such as operations and technical / maintenance changes.
• Ensure release processes, workflows, approval checkpoints, and reporting are accurately implemented and maintained within the platform.
• Drive the creation and delivery of release management reporting, dashboards, and performance insights for leadership, project teams, and other stakeholders.
• Communicate release performance trends, risks, and improvement opportunities based on KPI data to leadership and stakeholder groups.

Skills

Release management

Environment management

SAP knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Budget & timeline management

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem-solving

Tools

Release management platforms

Job description

Role

S/4 HANA Release Manager

Location

Offshore

Start Date

August, 2025

End Date

May, 2026, possible extensions

Remote

Timings

3-12am IST

Description

We are seeking an experienced SAP release manager to manage the end to end release management process for our client s global S/4 HANA rollout. April 2025 with additional go-lives.

Tasks include

• Develop, own, and maintain the release calendar, ensuring alignment with project plans, business cycles, and operational needs, across various project, business, and IT stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers and workstream leads to identify release conflicts, risks, and scheduling challenges and to ensure cohesive delivery.
• Facilitate regular release planning meetings with stakeholders to synchronize timelines and manage dependencies.
• Coordination with other release planning and dependencies such as operations and technical / maintenance changes.
• Ensure release processes, workflows, approval checkpoints, and reporting are accurately implemented and maintained within the platform.
• Drive the creation and delivery of release management reporting, dashboards, and performance insights for leadership, project teams, and other stakeholders.
• Communicate release performance trends, risks, and improvement opportunities based on KPI data to leadership and stakeholder groups.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as an SAP S/4 HANA Release Manager.
• In depth experience in environment management, including system refreshes, data management, and deployment coordination.
• An understanding of SAP technical architecture and landscapes, including S/4 HANA and other SAP solutions.
• Experience in supporting or administrating release management platforms.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and practices.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in managing budgets, timelines, and resource planning.

Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, global team