Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Release Manager
Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)
Employment Type: W2 Contract, 12+ Months
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Release Manager to lead and coordinate release planning, code deployment, and communication across Agile Release Trains (ARTs) for a large-scale S/4HANA transformation. This role is critical in managing release governance across both N+1 project landscapes and the S/4HANA support landscape, ensuring smooth delivery and stability across environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee end-to-end SAP S/4HANA release cycles across both project (N+1) and support landscapes.
- Coordinate code deployments across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and ensure alignment across project and support workstreams.
- Maintain a unified release calendar for the N+1 and support environments, ensuring conflict-free transport sequencing and deployment windows.
- Collaborate with BASIS, QA, Development, and Functional teams to plan and validate cutovers, code freezes, and dual-track deployments.
- Drive consistency and quality across DEV, QA, Pre-PRD, PRD, and sandbox environments.
- Lead release readiness reviews, manage defect triage and rollback plans, and provide end-to-end transparency to leadership.
- Utilize tools such as SAP Solution Manager, ChaRM, JIRA, and other ITSM tools to manage and report on release progress and issues.
- Act as the central point of communication for all release activities, including status updates, go/no-go decisions, and escalation resolution.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of SAP release management experience, with at least 2 full-cycle SAP S/4HANA program deployments.
- Strong understanding of SAP landscape strategy, including parallel landscapes (N+1 project and support environments).
- Experience with SAP TMS, cutover planning, transport path governance, and managing dual-stream (project + support) code deployments.
- Familiarity with Agile/SAFe delivery models, and coordination across multiple scrum teams and ARTs.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Solution Manager (ChaRM), JIRA, and other ALM tools.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills to interact with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAFe certification (e.g., RTE, SAFe Agilist) or experience coordinating Agile Release Trains.
- Exposure to SAP BTP, cloud-based integrations, and middleware release planning.
- Experience managing support releases alongside active project code cycles in a large-scale SAP program.
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