Project Planning & Coordination:
Manage the SAP Roadmap project/release calendar, ensuring integration with other project managers at AFKL for a smooth and coordinated schedule.
Facilitate’s planning sessions with stakeholders to define project milestones, identify the sequencing of release packages, identify (release)risks early, and supports the planning of technical releases.
Document and communicate all changes clearly, keeping stakeholders informed and aligned throughout the process.
Determine and enforce freeze periods to guarantee stability in production environments during critical phases.
Project Quality & Compliance:
Ensure that all IT teams and project stakeholders meet the established (release) acceptance criteria.
Set and manage release management standards
Ensure proper delivery and documentation of cutover runbooks to lay the groundwork for future project success.
Project Execution:
Oversee the deployment of transports into Acceptance, Pre-Production, and Production environments, ensuring smooth execution of major, minor, and emergency releases.
Work closely with project leads and scrum masters to ensure milestones are met and criteria are consistently applied, while managing dependencies between parallel deployments.
Proactively monitor all phases of the project, resolving issues and keeping stakeholders updated on the status before, during, and after deployment.
Manage emergency response efforts, guiding incidents from identification to resolution with minimal disruption to production environments.
Collaborate with stakeholders to coordinate data refreshes for testing and pre-production environments.