Manager, SAP Environment

Requisition ID # 172627 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate effectively in order to deliver high quality technology solutions.

Position Summary

The SAP Environment Manager is a technical leadership role responsible for the end‑to‑end architectural oversight, environment management, and operational readiness of the SAP and non‑SAP system landscape supporting Project Propel. This role is critical to the success of a large‑scale business and technology modernization initiative, enabling Project Propel’s mission to transition PG&E to SAP S/4HANA under the RISE with SAP model.

The primary function of the SAP Environment Manager is to ensure end‑to‑end environment readiness across all project test cycles and go‑live events. The role serves as the primary technical interface with the PMO, solution teams, and application vendors to drive effective system planning, environment tracking, and delivery. This position requires deep technical expertise, strong governance discipline, and the ability to lead complex, multi‑vendor delivery within a regulated enterprise environment.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland, CA a minimum of 3 days per week (Tuesday through Thursday) or more, based on business needs or company requirements.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the SAP environment management plan overseeing capacity planning, system sizing, environment scheduling and refresh strategy to deliver integrated SAP landscapes that support test cycles, dress rehearsals and cutover.
• Own end‑to‑end accountability for the non‑SAP environment readiness workstream supporting SIT and UAT.  Track and manage system provisioning, connectivity, security and access readiness, data preparation and refresh, and system integration validation
• Establish and maintain environment readiness reporting, metrics, and dashboards to provide transparency into environment status, risks, and dependencies across SAP and non‑SAP systems, enabling informed decision‑making by PMO and program leadership.
• Drive execution of the SAP S/4HANA integration strategy, establishing integrations with SAP and non‑SAP systems to enable the successful delivery of integrated enterprise business solutions.
• Drive cost-efficient SAP landscape operations by managing RISE subscription sizing and scaling, controlling SAP BTP service consumption, and aligning capacity forecasting with project demands and long-term scalability goals.
• Partner with system integrator to develop and execute technical roadmaps to support SAP S4HANA implementation, ensuring alignment with Clean Core principles.
• Manage strategic relationship with SAP across ECS, RISE, SuccessFactors, Ariba, Taulia, NS2,  including SLA tracking, escalation management, and governance cadence, while driving continuous improvement through operational feedback to enhance system stability and reliability.
• Provide governance over SAP and integrated landscape change and release management, ensuring disciplined execution of transports, configuration changes, and environment controls to maintain stability and readiness across test cycles, cutover, and go‑live.
• Provide governance oversight for system release and transport management, ensuring disciplined planning, risk management, and readiness validation for controlled and reliable deployments, while tracking and documenting all changes and dependencies to support cutover readiness.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience in IT-Information Technology, 8 years

Desired:

• 10+ years of overall IT experience supporting large, complex SAP systems.
• 5+ years in SAP technical delivery leadership roles (SAP Basis and/or SAP BTP).
• Broad technical architecture knowledge across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP and SAP cloud-based applications (e.g. SuccessFactors, Ariba, Concur, Fieldglass).
• Demonstrated capability to operate in and support highly complex, heterogeneous enterprise environments, managing large‑scale SAP and non‑SAP system landscapes with a high volume of integrated systems and dependencies.
• Strong capability to engage stakeholders, define and manage system delivery and environment readiness for enterprise test cycles and go‑live, and drive disciplined execution across complex, integrated SAP landscapes.
• Master’s degree in a related discipline.
• Two (2) full lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementations, including at least one using RISE with SAP (Private Cloud Edition) and production cutovers.
• Strong working knowledge of the RISE shared responsibility model across SAP ECS, hyperscale's, system integrators, and customer teams.
• Hands‑on experience with SAP Activate and familiarity with Waterfall, Hybrid, and Agile delivery models used by system integrators.
• SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Cloud Architecture, or RISE‑related certifications.

Compensation

PG&E is providing the full salary/pay range for this position.  The actual amount paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity,specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location.  The range to reasonably expect will be between the minimum and midpoint listed below.  The final decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to the factors above. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

Bay Area Min: $147,000.00

Bay Area Mid: $199,000.00

Bay Area Max: $251,000.00