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SAP Release & Change Manager

SwissPeak Partners

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Extensive professional experience in SAP Release Management, Change Management and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
  • Strong technical understanding of SAP transport management, including STMS, transport requests, import queues, sequencing and inter-system dependencies
  • Proven experience working with dual-track SAP landscapes, managing parallel project delivery and operational maintenance
  • Excellent communication skills and a calm, structured approach when handling time-critical deployments and cutover activities

Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain release schedules, coordinate delivery teams and manage dependencies across parallel development and maintenance activities
  • Ensure that technical prerequisites, functional requirements, testing activities and release documentation are complete before each deployment
  • Coordinate transport movements across development, testing, pre-production and production systems, ensuring correct sequencing and consistency throughout the landscape
  • Prepare and facilitate release boards, Go/No-Go sessions and governance meetings, providing stakeholders with the information required to make timely decisions

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Organizational Skills
  • Analytical Skills
  • Communication

About the company

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SwissPeak Partners

Staffing & Recruiting

SwissPeak Partners is a specialized recruitment consultancy based in Zug, Switzerland. We recruit qualified professionals and executives across IT, Finance, Engineering, Management, Business, R&D and Medical for clients in Switzerland and across Europe. Our team is organized into specialized clusters, with consultants based in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Serbia. This ensures that every mandate is handled by a consultant with the relevant expertise and market knowledge. Each mandate remains with the same consultant from the initial briefing through to successful placement, without handovers between Account Management and Sourcing. Our clients include organizations across healthcare and hospitals, consulting, financial services, insurance, industry, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, as well as other highly regulated and public sector environments. Our approach is clear: quality over quantity. We would rather present three outstanding candidates than thirty average profiles. Our process adapts to the client, not the other way around. We apply the same principle to candidates: no CV is submitted without a prior conversation, and we provide honest feedback when a position is not the right fit. In addition to our core recruitment services, we offer Nearshoring solutions to help clients scale their teams internationally in a targeted and efficient way. We also support companies in optimizing and restructuring their HR processes. Our experienced and agile team develops tailored workforce strategies, connects organizations with the right talent and leverages digital tools to simplify processes and maximize results. We work closely with our clients, adapt flexibly to their way of working and create tangible value at every stage. If you would like to learn more about how SwissPeak Partners can support your organization and teams, we would be pleased to hear from you at hello@swisspeak-partners.ch.

Company details

Company typeTPE
IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size2 - 10

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Job description

Start date: January 2027

Contract: Until December 2029, with annual renewal options

Workload: 100%

Language: French

Work Model: Hybrid in Lausanne during the first three months, with remote work possible thereafter.

We are currently looking for an experienced SAP Release & Change Manager to take ownership of release planning, change coordination and deployment governance within a complex SAP environment.

In this role, you will ensure that business enhancements, technical changes and ongoing maintenance activities are delivered in a structured, reliable and controlled manner. You will coordinate multiple teams and workstreams across a dual-track landscape, balancing project delivery with operational stability.

Combining strong SAP technical expertise with excellent stakeholder management skills, you will play a key role in ensuring seamless deployments, minimising operational risks and maintaining consistency across the entire system landscape.

Responsibilities & Tasks

  • Release Strategy & Planning: Establish and maintain release schedules, coordinate delivery teams and manage dependencies across parallel development and maintenance activities.

  • Deployment Readiness: Ensure that technical prerequisites, functional requirements, testing activities and release documentation are complete before each deployment.

  • SAP Transport Governance: Coordinate transport movements across development, testing, pre-production and production systems, ensuring correct sequencing and consistency throughout the landscape.

  • Conflict Prevention & Resolution: Identify transport conflicts, assess potential downgrade risks and apply appropriate controls, including CSOL and DGP mechanisms, to safeguard system integrity.

  • Release Governance & Decision-Making: Prepare and facilitate release boards, Go/No-Go sessions and governance meetings, providing stakeholders with the information required to make timely decisions.

  • Cross-Functional Coordination: Act as the central interface between SAP technical teams, functional specialists, project stakeholders and operational teams to ensure smooth execution of release activities.

  • Cutover & Deployment Execution: Coordinate go-live activities, monitor progress, manage unexpected issues and remove blockers during critical deployment windows.

  • Post-Implementation Management: Oversee stabilisation activities, coordinate follow-up actions, monitor release KPIs and prepare status reports to support continuous improvement.

  • Lifecycle & Change Management: Maintain and support release workflows, technical changes and governance processes using SAP Solution Manager with ChaRM or SAP Cloud ALM.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Extensive professional experience in SAP Release Management, Change Management and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).

  • Strong technical understanding of SAP transport management, including STMS, transport requests, import queues, sequencing and inter-system dependencies.

  • Proven experience working with dual-track SAP landscapes, managing parallel project delivery and operational maintenance.

  • Practical knowledge of transport conflict prevention and resolution, particularly CSOL (Cross-System Object Lock) and DGP (Downgrade Protection).

  • Comprehensive knowledge of SAP Solution Manager and ChaRM or SAP Cloud ALM. Relevant certifications are considered an advantage.

  • Experience managing SAP deployments in hybrid environments involving cloud-based and on-premise systems.

  • Good understanding of SAP S/4HANA architecture, SAP standards and enterprise system landscapes.

  • Familiarity with Jira and Confluence for planning, documentation and collaboration.

  • Strong organisational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, assess risks and coordinate multiple stakeholders.

  • Excellent communication skills and a calm, structured approach when handling time-critical deployments and cutover activities.

  • Professional fluency in French is essential.

  • Willingness to work on-site at least three days per week during the first three months to support onboarding and knowledge transfer. Remote access is restricted to Switzerland and eligible French border regions.

Benefits & Culture

  • High-impact role: Take ownership of critical release processes within a sophisticated SAP environment.

  • Long-term opportunity: Join an engagement planned through December 2029, with annual renewal options.

  • Professional collaboration: Work alongside experienced SAP professionals and stakeholders across technical, functional and operational disciplines.

  • Continuous development: Deepen your expertise in SAP S/4HANA, transport governance, release automation and modern ALM practices.

  • Structured yet dynamic environment: Help improve release processes, strengthen governance and contribute to reliable business-critical deployments.

  • Hybrid flexibility: Benefit from a combination of on-site collaboration and remote working, subject to the engagement's requirements.

If you are a senior SAP professional who enjoys coordinating complex releases, managing technical dependencies and ensuring reliable deployments across multiple system landscapes, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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