SAP Environments Manager

We looking for an experienced SAP Environments Manager to join our growing Technology team on a permanent basis in either London or Colchester.

Joining a newly created team and reporting into the ERP Programme Director, the SAP Environments Manager will support our SAP transformation programme and BAU business requirements analysis, coordinating and managing the Test, Staging and Production environments. As SAP Environments Manager you will collaborate closely with all SAP members and the wider Technology Centres of Excellence teams to ensure environments are robust, sustainable and supportive of our highly complex and integrated application landscape.

About the team

The Technology team provides expertise and effective solutions to Penguin Random House. We integrate flexibility and agility which supports our consistent way of working. We set ourselves up for success by holding ourselves accountable and welcoming change. Each member of the Technology team brings skill and initiative to their role; we take personal ownership within a one team culture, working collaboratively to meet expectations from our stakeholders who trust us to deliver., * Taking full ownership of SAP environment management, ensuring stability, performance and continuous improvement through the programme alongside matching-up environments with requirements, calling out and negating bottlenecks and ensuring environments are fit for purpose.

• Working with other Centre of Excellence to align multi-platform environments.
• Identify and co-ordinate SAP test environments across the PRH application landscape.
• Data housekeeping, interface maintenance and data refresh co-ordination.
• Develop an understanding of data trend analytics in the SAP environments space.
• Leading & co-ordinating triage for outages affecting Test Environments.
• Making recommendations around the provision of soft/hard/middle ware.
• Leading, co-ordinating and reporting deployment activities, including running deployment check-lists & countdown process.
• Triage & management of post deployment issues.
• Deliver a pragmatic approach to defending Live Service whilst meeting demands. Design and implementation of appropriate change management processes.

• Previous experience as an Environments Manager, working with SAP applications and cloud technologies.
• Strong experience in SAP ECC, SAP HANA DB and BTP.
• Understanding of S/4 HANA, Concur and SAP Signavio.
• Experience of working with SQL / MS Access / Selenium (or other reporting software).
• Experience of working with Cloud / Virtual machine services (Azure/AWS).
• DevOps experience (CI/CD, Pipelines, Branching, Merging, Terraform, ARM).
• Ability to identify technical and process improvement opportunities and advocate to get them implemented.
• Strong understanding of building workflows and processes around releasing code through multiple environments.
• Experience of working in a relevant technical environment, preferably with front-end and legacy technologies. Experience of building processes and implementing new ways of working.

Preferred criteria:

• Be capable of making strategic business decisions, considering relevant risks, long term implications, commercial realities and manage stakeholder needs. Ability to quickly assimilate complex information and use judgement to draw conclusions and make recommendations.

The salary for this opportunity is up to £70,000, depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus a generous bonus scheme and benefits.

Penguin Random House is the world's largest trade book publisher. Worldwide, the company is comprised of the adult and children's fiction and nonfiction print and digital trade book publishing businesses of Penguin and Random House in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, and Penguin's trade publishing activity in Asia and Brazil; DK worldwide; and Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial's Spanish-language companies in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, and Chile. Penguin Random House employs more than 10,000 people globally across more than 300 editorially and creatively independent imprints and publishing houses that collectively publish more than 15,000 new titles annually. Its publishing lists include more than 80 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world's most widely read authors. Reasons to Work for Us Penguin Random House has an industry-wide and nationally competitive benefits program that offers excellent coverage and affordability to support your health and financial well-being. Our plans offer comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage, as well as generous life insurance, 401(k) match, short-term and long-term disability benefits, and voluntary benefits meet the needs of you and your family. At Penguin Random House our goal is to enable our people to do the best work of their lives. We take development of our people seriously and recognize that one size doesn't fit all. We offer many different ways to learn including programs, courses and resources on a wide range of topics. Designed and curated in partnership with internal and external experts, we ensure that our company grows from the inside out. Our Culture We encourage employees to get involved. Penguin Random House promotes several employee networks where employees can interact with each other within smaller groups and through various corporate programs. Employees can also take part in our book club, join one of our many sports teams, or contribute to one of our various social responsibility initiatives. Penguin Random House values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. To ensure a discrimination-free workplace where all individuals are valued, we will not limit ourselves to the requirements of the law but will proactively cultivate an inclusive work environment that values diversity in all its aspects. We are a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.