Solution and Release Manager - SAP Analytics Cloud

Job Description

You provide software and applications expertise, and be responsible for implementation of the solutions. How you will contribute You will oversee the planning and execution of software and applications. To do so, you will manage an internal team and partner with external suppliers and use your deep technical and market knowledge and thorough understanding of our business goals find and deploy the right software and application solutions for the future. You will support programs to implement regional and global software and application strategies, offer input to financial planning and controls for software and applications on a regional and global level, collaborate with management and follow-up on requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and payments, explores opportunities to leverage scale and drive savings, and ensure that support service level objectives and key performance indicators are accomplished. What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in : Managing staff and line responsibilities Managing large-scale software and application services Service delivery, support and excellence Program/Project management with experience managing multiple projects for budgets, resources, schedules and quality General technical background Understanding of integration and how different applications talk to each other Process and service orientation Business processes Purpose of Role Key Purpose of this role is to manage all sorts of ongoing MDS Finance application system solution- and release management related activities pro-actively in close cooperation with the application owner for process, system as we'll as data delivery. This does include system releases and upgrades, all sorts of system- and object governance related task coordination all the way up to system tenant-, license- and vendor contract management. Role Responsibilities Should possess over time a good knowledge over all MDS Finance owned applications. On such, he/she will play a key role for the ongoing solution- and system governance as we'll as upgrade- and release management tasks, which includes tenant-, license- and vendor contract management. This includes in particular the following responsibilities: System Landscape/Tenant Mgmt. System License Mgmt. System Object Governance System Test-/Release Mgmt. System Upgrades System Defect Mgmt. Performance Monitoring System Interface Mgmt. System CAB Mgmt. System Contract Mgmt. Career Experiences Required Role Implications Experience Experience in international transformation projects. Good understanding of how system, and data is used within Finance business processes. Strong IT/System affinity and proficiency. Pragmatic approach, as we'll as a structured and independent way of working. Ability to interact with different stakeholders and motivated to train and drive change. Team player, service orientation, high level of commitment and motivation. A collaborative, solution-focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills. Proven English language proficiency. Leadership Competency: Planning, Drive for results, Customer focus, Creativity, Peer relationships, Informing. Functional Competency Good knowledge of FPA processes. Good knowledge of large projects. Excellent stakeholder management skills . Strong focus on Cost, Schedule and Quality of Project delivery. Education / Certifications: bachelors or masters degree, preferable in Finance and/or IT with 12-15 + years of working.