Tpm Technical Project Manager

Role TPM

Location - US Remote

JD

The ideal candidate will possess strong technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure and SAP Basis, along with the ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams, coordinate global operations, drive technical initiatives, and ensure infrastructure stability, security, performance, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cloud infrastructure and SAP Basis operations across AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments.
• Provide technical leadership for SAP landscape management, including system administration, upgrades, kernel patching, transports, performance optimization, and system refreshes.
• Lead cloud provisioning, infrastructure upgrades, security patching, configuration management, and capacity planning.
• Drive SAP infrastructure modernization, hybrid cloud transformation, and on-premises-to-cloud migration initiatives.
• Oversee release planning, infrastructure changes, deployment readiness, and implementation validation across SAP and cloud environments.
• Coordinate with SAP Basis, cloud engineering, network, security, database, and application teams to resolve complex technical issues and ensure operational stability.
• Establish and maintain operational standards, technical documentation, monitoring practices, and infrastructure governance.
• Drive automation and operational efficiency using tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, and AWS Systems Manager.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and security teams to ensure infrastructure solutions align with technology standards and security requirements.
• Monitor service performance, availability, capacity, risks, and dependencies, driving timely resolution and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with change management processes, internal SOPs, GxP, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical updates, operational metrics, and infrastructure roadmaps to stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead and mentor geographically distributed technical teams across US, EMEA, and APAC.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, SAP Basis, or enterprise infrastructure operations.
• Strong experience with AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure and hybrid cloud environments.
• Good understanding of SAP Basis administration, preferably in SAP S/4HANA landscapes.
• Experience with SAP system upgrades, kernel patching, transports, system copies, performance tuning, and landscape management.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure provisioning, security patching, release management, monitoring, and configuration management.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Familiarity with SAP Solution Manager and SAP integration with cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of ITIL, change management, incident management, and operational governance.
• Experience leading technical teams, managing stakeholders, and driving cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated industries, particularly GxP and validated environments.
• Relevant AWS, Azure, SAP Basis, or ITIL certifications.
• Exposure to DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar automation platforms.
• Experience with cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience leading global infrastructure and SAP operations across multiple geographical regions.