• Build and maintain deployment plans, including tracking milestones, task dependencies, and critical path activities
• Monitor and manage release schedules, identifying risks and mitigation strategies
• Coordinate and execute deployment and release activities with cross‑functional teams including software delivery, OCM, and Release Management
• Support development and implementation of deployment strategies, standards, and best practices
• Maintain clear documentation related to release and deployment processes
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to deployment, release management, and environment readiness
• Provide timely and accurate status updates to stakeholders and project leadership
• Assist in continuous improvement initiatives for deployment and release processes
• Support integration with Agile delivery cycles, CI/CD workflows, and SAP ChaRM processes

SAP Deployment Release Deputy

• Lead the enterprise implementation strategy for SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAP EPPM across Xcel Energy.
• Establish a long-term enterprise planning and portfolio management roadmap aligned with corporate strategy and S/4HANA transformation objectives.
• Drive modernization of financial planning & forecasting, capital & operating expense governance, and human capital planning.
• Ensure alignment between enterprise planning capabilities and other strategic initiatives related to reliability, affordability, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and clean energy transition goals.
• Build integrated enterprise capabilities to support planning and governance in capital investments over a five-year horizon.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and PMO teams to improve investment prioritization, forecasting accuracy, scenario modeling, and portfolio visibility.
• Oversee end-to-end implementation delivery, including strategy, design, build, testing, deployment, integration, and operational stabilization.
• Lead vendor and systems integrator relationships, including scope management, delivery oversight, and accountability for outcomes.
• Serve as the executive-facing technology and business leader for enterprise planning transformation initiatives.
• Lead enterprise change management efforts to ensure the successful adoption of new planning processes and technologies.

Director, Enterprise Planning – Portfolio Management, SAP SAC / SAP EPPM

• Partner with business areas, customers and other stakeholders to understand business needs and opportunities
• Represent business partners/stakeholders in input to strategic planning and investment prioritization
• Establish and maintain collaborative partnership with internal partners
• Provide coaching and direction to less experienced team members
• Participate in Demand Management preparation, lead and support delivery lifecycle activities, and ensure solutions are designed for great user experience and operational performance
• Facilitate delivery meetings and ceremonies
• Lead analysis and design
• Provide needed plans, demos, artifacts, and procedural documentation
• Ensure solutions are designed for stable operation
• Review solution performance, and continually assess health of systems and processes, driving action to avoid service disruption and minimize impacts
• Drive alignment with stakeholders on maintenance activities and schedules
• Stay abreast of industry and technology trends to continuously improve solution delivery practices and customer satisfaction

IT Solution Lead – SAP Asset Management

• Responsible for full life cycle implementation of SAP EAM business processes, from business requirements gathering through conducting business workshops, including gap analysis, blueprinting, design, configuration, testing, cutover, data migration, go-live, training, and post go-live support.
• Contribute to the implementation and execution of the SAP EAM/Plant Maintenance processes and its integration with Utilities Field Execution solutions (SAP Asset Manager, SAP Field Service Management etc.) and GIS systems (ESRI, Smallworld etc.): Asses current state, identify customer requirements and define future state and/or business solution.
• Translate business needs into documented functional and technical solution requirements and validate feasibility.
• Collaborate with implementation partners, architects, and engineering teams to guide solution design.
• Validate functional design against end-to-end business processes, upstream/downstream impacts, and integration points.
• Serve as domain SME across design, build, testing, migration, and deployment phases.
• Facilitate cross functional design decisions and ensure alignment between business requirements and system capabilities.
• Support impact assessment, solution traceability, readiness work, and design documentation.

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SAP Deployment Release Deputy

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IT Solution Lead – SAP Asset Management

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