Release Manager

Job Description:
Dedicated SAP-MD Release & Change Manager responsible for release governance, change approvals, transport management, deployment readiness, and cross-functional coordination to ensure controlled and successful project and production releases.
Responsibilities:
Own and manage the SAP-MD release calendar across maintenance, enhancement, and project releases.
Facilitate release planning, release readiness, and go/no-go meetings.
Review, govern, and approve SAP-MD change requests and deployment activities.
Perform transport review and ensure compliance with release and change management processes.
Coordinate transport migrations across Development, PRT, QA, and Production environments.
Partner closely with SAP Basis, Infrastructure, Security, Validation, and Project teams to ensure deployment readiness.
Manage maintenance releases, emergency changes, and project deployment schedules.
Lead cutover planning, implementation coordination, and post-release validation activities.
Track release risks, dependencies, conflicts, and mitigation actions.
Provide release status reporting, deployment metrics, and governance updates to SAP-MD leadership.