SAP Release & Change Management Process Owner (m/f/x)

Project overview

We are currently looking for a freelance "SAP Release & Change Management Process Owner (m/f/x)" for our client in the IT- sector .

Responsibilities

Governance

Planned Operational Activities

Unplanned Operational Activities

• Create and maintain process documentation
• Initiate and manage process improvements
• Serve as the point of contact for development teams and the central change management function
• 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.
• Troubleshoot release and change management-related issues
• Support development teams in shipping bugfix releases

Requirements

Technical Skills

Functional Skills

Soft 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.
• 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
• Supportive attitude
• committed to helping team members deliver their work effectively
• Reliable
• the team depends on you to keep processes running smoothly
• Ability to communicate concisely and clearly

Project details

ASAP

End: 6 months+++

Capacity: Full time

• Start: flexible
• Location: Remote, Germany, DE