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?
Overview of the role:
Reporting to the VP, IT PMO, the Senior Manager, PMO – Test, Release, and Cutover Management leads the overall quality assurance strategy, oversees test planning and execution (including automation), manages environment releases, and directs cutover planning to ensure smooth project transitions into production.
This role operates in a fast-paced global environment and plays a key leadership role in a multi-year enterprise ERP program, guiding the organization’s transition from its current SAP landscape to SAP S/4HANA under the SAP RISE program. The incumbent will shape testing, release, and cutover strategies to maintain business continuity while enabling modernization, cloud adoption, and future innovation.
The incumbent will optimize the use of SAP environments by collaborating with Basis and Application teams to define, maintain, and communicate an integrated Environment Plan. Additionally, the role oversees the global Change Advisory Board, ensuring governance requirements are met before any changes move to production.
The ideal candidate demonstrates a passion for quality, a keen attention to detail and thrives in a fast-paced, global environment, demonstrating adaptability and collaborative leadership.
How you will make contributions that matter:
Manage scope, schedule, and annual planning of application releases, ensuring alignment across application, digital, and regional IT teams and delivering releases from scoping through production readiness.
Oversee the SAP environment plan to support SAP projects and releases, coordinating with technical architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure availability of environments to support SAP projects and releases.
Ensure adherence to policies, governance standards, and audit requirements.
Partner with the 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 across manufacturing plants, warehouses, and back-office functions, covering technical, data, business readiness, and gating activities.
Coordinate technical transports, data migrations, readiness checkpoints, and change management efforts across global teams .
Champion testing methodologies and tools across major projects and sustainment, overseeing all testing phases (strategy, SIT, UAT, performance, regression) and coaching IT teams on testing best practices.
Lead the implementation and ongoing governance of test automation, including oversight of internal and/or external teams for script development and maintenance.
Manage a team of direct reports and coordinate internal IT and consulting resources across project and sustainment work.
Drive continuous improvement in procedures for distributing and deploying 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 equivalent experience.
8+ years of leadership experience in SAP implementations and IT operations.
Strong technical expertise in ERP systems, landscapes, transports, integrations, and data migration.
Experience planning or leading ERP environments, releases, or CAB processes with practical ITIL-based service management knowledge.
Proven track record in global cutover leadership, including mock runs, data migration, integration issue resolution, and risk/contingency planning.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams and collaborate 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, including tools, governance, and script maintenance oversight.
Proficiency with testing tools, ALM platforms, advanced Excel, and familiarity with MS Office and SharePoint.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with influence at Director and VP levels.
Strong leadership skills with experience coaching and developing high-performing teams.
Experience driving process improvement and establishing enterprise-wide standards.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced global environment with shifting priorities.
As part of their duties, the position holder will be required to communicate and collaborate in English and French, both orally and in writing, with colleagues or other stakeholders located in Québec, elsewhere in Canada, or across North America.
We support and take care of our employees and their families by offering :
Generous and complete benefit coverage with group insurance
Group retirement plan with employer contribution
Telemedicine and assistance program for employees and their families
Employee Share Ownership Plan with an employer match
Paid Parental Leave program
Paid time off: Sick days, floater days and volunteer day off
Opportunity to contribute to a collective RRSP & TFSA
Training and development programs
Saputo Flex Program, flexible work environment (schedule/location/time off) according to department needs
Organized activities for employees and their families
Advantageous discounts on Saputo products
Salary: 106,870$ to 140,270$
*Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, education, skills, and training.
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In Canada, Saputo is a leading cheese manufacturer and fluid milk and cream processor, with a portfolio of well-loved brands such as Dairyland, Armstrong, Neilson, Alexis de Portneuf, and many more. Whether your expertise lies in manufacturing, operations, supply chain management, sales, quality assurance, or in any other function, your role is integral to our success. You will make contributions that matter, all while working alongside colleagues who genuinely care about your success and who will roll up their sleeves to help.
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