SAP Futures Environments Manager

Project overview

This contract role owns the SAP Futures environment strategy, roadmap, operating model and delivery-readiness planning for a major SAP transformation spanning ECC and cloud products. The key requirements are SAP environment management on a transformation programme, knowledge of ECC and cloud landscapes including SuccessFactors and BTP, environment strategy across the delivery lifecycle, data refresh and anonymisation, transport and release control, and coordination with Basis, the systems integrator and SAP.

Desirable experience includes Concur, S/4HANA transition planning, Integration Suite and PO, IAS/IPS and SSO, SAP release tools, GDPR-compliant test data, and higher education. The structured experience band is 6–8 years; the role is a contract based in Leicester, while the work mode is not specified. The role sets requirements and coordinates environment delivery but does not own Basis builds, SuccessFactors configuration, integration design, identity decisions or test strategy.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• SAP environment management on a major transformation programme
• Knowledge of SAP landscapes across ECC and cloud products, including SuccessFactors and BTP
• Creating environment strategies and roadmaps covering DEV, SIT, UAT, training, regression and production
• Environment booking, data refresh and test data processes, including data anonymisation
• SAP transport and release management and change control through CAB
• Coordination with SAP Basis teams, a systems integrator and SAP to meet agreed timelines
• Communication with technical teams, testers, trainers and business stakeholders

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: onsite
• Location: United Kingdom, GB