SAP Release & Change Manager

Tasks

Planned Operational Activities

• Communicate planned releases to stakeholders

• Register releases in the SAP-internal Release Management application

• Create test plans in Solution Manager

• Check release health and run consistency checks (TEAP); follow up on any findings

• Review test status and coordinate with development teams on findings prior to deployment

• Initiate deployments

• Organize and conduct post-deployment spot checks in production

• Release monitoring, traceability, rollback, and recovery procedures.

• Manage release dependencies, environment configurations, and access controls.

• Ensure automated testing, security scanning, and deployment validation.

Unplanned Operational Activities

• Troubleshoot release and change management-related issues

• Support development teams in shipping bugfix releases

Requirements

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of development processes and transport management on ABAP systems

• Familiarity with ABAP Test Cockpit and code consistency checks (TEAP)

• Familiarity with the ABAP Transport Management System (transaction SE03)

• Experience with Solution Manager is an advantage

• ABAP development knowledge is an advantage

• Manage automated deployments and transports using SAP Cloud Transport Management (cTMS).

• Establish GitHub branching strategies, pull request workflows, code reviews, and version control.

• Define and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, SAP CI/CD, or Jenkins.
  Manage end-to-end SAP BTP release planning, coordination, and execution across environments.

Functional Skills

• Experience with IT project management

• Strong technical writing skills for maintaining process documentation

• Ability to organize and prioritize critical tasks during deployments

• Experience managing emergency situations such as hotfix deployments