Overview At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world. As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best? Reporting to the VP, IT PMO, the Senior Manager, PMO – Test, Release, and Cutover Management is accountable for leading the end-to-end quality assurance strategy, including test planning, execution, and automation. The role also oversees environment releases and directs comprehensive cutover planning and execution to ensure the seamless and successful transition of projects into the production environment. This position operates in a highly dynamic, fast-paced global environment and plays a pivotal leadership role in a multi-year enterprise ERP program. As the organization transitions from its current SAP landscape to SAP S/4HANA under the SAP RISE program, the incumbent will be at the forefront of shaping testing, release, and cutover strategies that ensure business continuity while enabling large-scale modernization, cloud adoption, and future innovation. The role is responsible for optimizing the use of SAP environments, working closely with Basis and Application teams to understand requirements and to establish, maintain, and communicate an integrated Environment Plan. In addition, the incumbent oversees the global Change Advisory Board, ensuring governance controls and approval processes are met prior to promoting changes to the production environment. The ideal candidate demonstrates a strong passion for quality, keen attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global environment through adaptability and collaborative leadership. How You Will Make Contributions That Matter Manage the scope, schedule, and annual planning of application releases, ensuring alignment with stakeholders across application, digital, and regional IT teams, and overseeing delivery from scoping through production readiness. Oversee the SAP environment plan and release calendar to support SAP projects and sustainment activities, collaborating with technical architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure environment availability. Ensure compliance with policies, governance standards, and audit requirements. Partner with Basis and SAP application teams to plan and execute periodic SAP support packs and upgrades. Lead the planning and execution of complex, integrated cutover plans impacting manufacturing plants, warehouses, and back-office functions, including technical activities, data migration, business readiness tasks, and readiness gates. Coordinate technical transports, data migrations, business readiness checkpoints, and change management efforts across global teams and regions. Champion testing methodologies and tools across major projects and sustainment initiatives, overseeing all testing phases (strategy, SIT, UAT, performance, regression) and coaching IT teams on best practices. Lead the implementation and ongoing governance of test automation, including oversight of internal and external teams responsible for script development and maintenance. Manage a team of direct reports and coordinate internal IT and consulting resources across project and sustainment activities. Drive continuous improvement of processes related to the deployment and installation of changes to IT systems. You Are Best Suited For The Role If You Have The Following Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Eight or more years of leadership experience in SAP implementations and IT operations. Strong technical expertise in ERP systems, system landscapes, transports, integrations, and data migration. Experience planning and leading ERP environments, release management, or Change Advisory Board processes, with practical ITIL-based service management knowledge. Proven track record in global cutover leadership, including mock rehearsals, data migration, integration issue resolution, and development of integrated cutover plans, risk assessments, and contingency strategies. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams and collaborate effectively with IT, business units, vendors, and system integrators. Experience facilitating executive-level go-live readiness reviews and defining go/no-go criteria. Experience implementing and sustaining test automation capabilities, including tools, governance, and team oversight. Proficiency with testing tools, ALM platforms, advanced Excel, and familiarity with MS Office and SharePoint. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and report at Director and VP levels. Strong leadership skills, with proven experience coaching and developing high-performing teams and driving accountability and continuous improvement. Experience driving process improvement and establishing enterprise-wide standards and frameworks. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced global environment with shifting priorities. Language Requirements As part of their duties, the position holder must communicate and collaborate in both English and French, orally and in writing, with colleagues and stakeholders in Québec, elsewhere in Canada, and across North America. We Support Our Employees and Their Families by Offering Generous and comprehensive group insurance benefits Group retirement plan with employer contribution Telemedicine and employee assistance program for employees and their families Employee Share Ownership Plan with employer match Paid parental leave program Paid time off, including sick days, floater days, and a volunteer day Opportunity to contribute to a collective RRSP and TFSA Training and development programs Saputo Flex Program, offering a flexible work environment based on department needs Organized activities for employees and their families Advantageous discounts on Saputo products Salary $106,870 to $140,270. Salary offers will vary based on experience, education, skills, and training. Statement on AI All applications are carefully reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. Artificial Intelligence tools may be used to support application screening. Artificial Intelligence is not used to assess or select candidates. 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