Technical Release Manager

Role Overview

You will act as the technical authority for SAP release validation , working closely with AMS teams, Technical Architecture, Basis, Developers, Functional Leads, and Project teams across EMEA, APAC, and AMER .

Key Responsibilities

Release Validation & Governance

• Perform technical assessments on transports, dependencies, retrofit needs, and cross-domain impacts

• Ensure compliance with architecture standards, integration constraints, security requirements, and Basis prerequisites

• Validate release readiness through structured governance and quality checklists

Retrofit & Landscape Synchronisation

• Support and maintain SAP Retrofit processes across project and maintenance landscapes

• Identify object conflicts and coordinate resolution with development and AMS domain leads

Cross-Domain Technical Coordination

• Collaborate with SAP leads across Finance, Retail, Supply Chain, MDM, BI, Security, and Basis

• Act as the technical liaison between project teams and RUN operations to ensure smooth transitions and landscape stability

Risk, Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor release risks, defects, and mitigation plans

• Lead post-release reviews and root cause analysis

• Maintain release documentation, transport logs, and governance reporting

Required Expertise

• Strong experience with SAP Transport Management (CTS+, ChaRM; CALM advantageous)

• Solid understanding of SAP landscape architecture and multi-system environments

• SAP ABAP knowledge with awareness of integration, security, and Basis impacts

• Experience with dual landscape retrofit processes and SAP release governance

Skills

• Strong coordination and stakeholder management across global teams

• Analytical mindset with strong technical rigour

• Clear communicator with structured documentation practices

• Ability to operate during time-critical release windows

• Fluent English required

Nice to have: experience with automation tools for transports, non-regression testing, or release orchestration.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a global SAP CoE environment where governance, stability, and technical excellence are key to large-scale SAP operations.