The Boeing Company

ChiefReleaseManager

$159–195k Renton, Washington, United States; Dallas, Texas, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Chief Release Manager at The Boeing Company. Skills: Release Management, SAP, DevOps, Automation. Design wave-based release roadmaps. Define release scope and sequencing”

What You'll Achieve.

Release waves land on time; Release waves within scope; Release waves at quality bar

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Risk assessment; Trade-off decisions; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

U.S. Person required

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

1+ year leadership role, 10+ years SAP solution development, 3+ years SAP release management, 3+ years change/transport tooling, 5+ years SAP release management/test automation, 3+ years SAP FI, SD, MM, PP, GTS, EH&S, CFIN, GPD, PS, EWM, Manhattan Associate AATP or SAP Basis, 3+ years engineering release plans, Excellent written and verbal skills

Nice to Have

SAP Activate methodology, SAP Basis knowledge, ABAP development knowledge, SAP functional modules knowledge, SAP system integrations knowledge, Middleware touchpoints knowledge, Interface testing coordination knowledge, Solution validation knowledge, SIT, UAT, performance testing knowledge, Cutover rehearsals knowledge, DevOps and automation practices knowledge, CI/CD pipelines knowledge, Automated testing integration knowledge, Release automation tools knowledge, SAP Cloud ALM, Solman, or third-party orchestration platforms knowledge, Metrics and KPIs knowledge, Deployment frequency knowledge, Change failure rate knowledge, Mean time to restore knowledge, Cycle time knowledge

What You'll Do.

Design wave-based release roadmaps

Define release scope and sequencing

Coordinate release activities

Establish release gates

Enforce quality checkpoints

Lead release planning ceremonies

Manage wave interdependencies

Perform critical path analysis

Mitigate schedule risks

Own SAP system migration strategy

Govern transport management process

Track and promote transports

Coordinate system refreshes

Coordinate client copies

Coordinate kernel upgrades

Coordinate patch cycles

Manage environment availability

Prevent environment conflicts

Apply SAP Basis knowledge

Facilitate technical release decisions

Collaborate with ABAP teams

Assess regression risk

Evaluate technical change impact

Translate findings into risk decisions

Oversee SAP system integrations

Coordinate interface testing

Support solution validation

Serve as release accountability point

Maintain release register

Produce executive dashboards

Produce release status reports

Chair Release Advisory Board

Chair Change Advisory Board

Identify release blockers

Escalate release blockers

Resolve release blockers

Broker trade-off decisions

Align release content with objectives

Develop cutover plans

Maintain cutover plans

Orchestrate dry-run rehearsals

Document lessons learned

Lead hypercare planning

Lead stabilization activities

Coordinate decommissioning legacy systems

Coordinate data archival

Refine release management processes

Champion DevOps practices

Champion automation practices

Establish release metrics

Establish release KPIs

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Functional workstreams; Technical teams; Basis operations; Business stakeholders; Value streams; Business streams; Technical streams; SI partners; Program leadership; Solution Architects; Business Process Owners; PMO

Communication Scope

Written skills; Verbal skills; Executive reporting

Process & Methodology

SAP Activate methodology, Roadmap planning, Schedule risk mitigation, Critical path analysis

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