Define, own, and publish the Enterprise Business Systems (EBS) release calendar, linking multi-year strategy to tactical quarterly deployment
Convert the 5-year roadmap into a prioritized, executable 2-year quarterly release plan and maintain an 18-month lookahead (published each December and updated quarterly)
Ensure a predictable quarterly cadence for major enterprise deployments and an agile approach for incremental value delivery
Work directly with Executive Directors and Product Managers to manage cross-functional dependencies, assess risks, and drive release readiness
Lead the organization in measuring and communicating the business value and Return on Investments (ROI) of releases
Ensure releases optimize for minimal customization, data integrity, security and compliance, and enable enterprise integration
Ensure release of readiness gates, quality standards, testing strategies, and security signoffs are enforced
Coordinate rollback and contingency plans to preserve business continuity
Manage release processes, tooling, and telemetry (release metrics, value delivery, defect trends, deployment timeframes)
Coordinate with strategic systems integrators and platform providers to accelerate delivery and scale capabilities
Provide a critical technical and functional lens, ensuring seamless and safe releases across complex SAP (e.g., S/4HANA) and Supply Chain applications

10+ years of experience in IT Architecture and Development
10+ years of experience developing strategic technology roadmaps or plans
10+ years of experience with agile project/program and software product release management
10+ years of experience with CI/CD and configuration management with release processes
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work or military experience
Certifications such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Release Train Engineer, Project Management Professional (PMP)

Information Technology Solution Delivery Manager

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