SAP Futures Environments Manager

Requirements

1. Environment baseline and landscape map

? Build one current-state map of every SAP Futures environment: ECC, PO, Gateway, SuccessFactors instances, Concur, BTP and Integration Suite tenants, IAS/IPS and Content Server.

? Record for each environment: purpose, system and client, version, owner, users, connected systems, data currency and current usage (programme, BAU or both).

? Identify gaps, conflicts and single points of failure, including environments shared between programme and BAU.

2. SAP Futures Environment Strategy & Roadmap

? Define the target environment landscape across DEV, SIT, UAT, training, regression and production for each product.

? Set out how environments connect: integration and connectivity paths, identity and authentication (IAS/IPS, SSO), and which non-production systems talk to each other.

? Define ownership, BAU versus programme usage, provisioning lead times and the Concur Phase 2 environment needs.

? Plan the transition-state landscape for the future S/4HANA conversion, including which ECC and PO environments must stay until then.

? Take the strategy through the Technical Review Board for sign-off.

3. Environment operating model

? Set up an environment booking and scheduling process so test phases, training and BAU fixes do not clash.

? Define the data refresh and test data approach for each environment, covering refresh frequency, anonymisation and GDPR requirements.

? Agree transport and release management rules across ECC, SuccessFactors, Concur and Integration Suite, aligned with CAB.

? Define environment entry and exit criteria for each test phase.

4. Environment readiness for delivery

? Produce and maintain an environment plan aligned with the programme plan, showing when each environment is needed, by whom, and in what state.

? Coordinate builds, refreshes and configuration changes with Basis, NTT DATA and SAP so environments are ready before each test phase and training event.

? Run environment readiness checks before SIT, UAT, regression and training, and track defects caused by environment issues.

Ongoing responsibilities

? Act as environments lead at Technical Review Board, CAB and design authority sessions.

? Keep environment risks, issues and dependencies current in the programme RAID log, and report progress weekly to the SAP Technical Programme Manager.

? Maintain the environment register, booking calendar and refresh schedule.

? Manage environment access requests and periodic access reviews with Security and Basis.

Key deliverables

? A current-state environment register covering every SAP Futures system, with an owner and purpose for each environment.

? A signed-off SAP Futures Environment Strategy & Roadmap, including the S/4HANA transition-state landscape.

? An agreed environment operating model: booking and scheduling, data refresh and test data, transport and release management, and entry and exit criteria.

? An environment plan aligned with the programme plan, with readiness confirmed before each test phase and training event.

? A handover pack so D&T can run the environments in BAU after the programme.

Role boundaries

The Environments Manager owns the environment strategy, plan and operating model. These stay elsewhere:

? System builds, client copies and Basis configuration - SAP Basis team. This role sets requirements and schedules the work.

? SuccessFactors build and tenant configuration under the SoW - NTT DATA. This role assures environment readiness rather than building it.

? Integration design and the integration catalogue - SAP Futures Integration Lead. This role makes sure environments are connected to match that design.

? Identity, SSO and Concur ICS add-on decisions - SAP Technical Programme Manager.

? Test strategy, test scripts and test data content - programme test lead. This role provides the environments and refresh approach that testing depends on.

Essential experience

? Proven SAP environment management experience on a major transformation programme.

? Hands-on knowledge of SAP landscapes across ECC and cloud products, including SuccessFactors and BTP.

? Track record of writing environment strategies and roadmaps covering DEV, SIT, UAT, training, regression and production.

? Experience running environment booking, data refresh and test data processes, including data anonymisation.

? Strong understanding of SAP transport and release management, and of change control through CAB.

? Confident working with Basis teams, a systems integrator (SI) and SAP, and holding them to agreed timelines.

? Clear communicator with technical teams, testers, trainers and business stakeholders.

Desirable experience

? Higher education experience.

? SAP Concur and S/4HANA environment planning, including ECC to S/4HANA conversion landscapes.

? SAP Integration Suite and PO environments and connectivity.

? Identity environments (SAP IAS/IPS or similar) and SSO across non-production systems.

? Release and transport tools such as SAP Cloud ALM, Solution Manager ChaRM or similar.

? GDPR-compliant test data management in non-production systems.