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# SAP Upgrade Planning-Deputy Director

Hyderabad, India Full-time Director Executive & Management 

Listed on PepsiCo’s official careers site. Posted September 28, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
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## Job description

### Overview

The size and complexity of our SAP landscape with 20+ SAP products & 800+ instances, combined with multiple deadlines for patching / versioning & end of life and deep dependencies across strategic programs—make SAP Upgrades a mission‑critical function. Over the next 5+ years, we will have to efficiently run all the large business critical upgrades with 100% efficiency & no disruption to business – factoring in the deeply integrated global landscape.

The upgrade planning manager is a strategic role which develops and maintains the PepsiCo SAP multi year upgrade strategy in collaboration with SAP and PepsiCo teams Responsibilities Primary 'Own the multi-year SAP upgrade roadmap across all PepsiCo platforms, markets and regions
- Prioritize upgrade initiatives based on risk, business value, innovation, and SAP support deadlines
- Identify and resolve cross-program dependencies and conflicts before execution begins Align with SAP/vendor roadmaps, licensing changes, and product lifecycle milestone Develop AOP plans including funding, resources, environments, and governance approvals
- Maintain and promote a single source of truth at the system ID level in the applications' inventory Shared
- Partner with Infrastructure and Cloud teams to align upgrade roadmaps with hosting capacity, environment strategy, and platform modernization plans
- Partner with Functional/DSO teams and Product Owners to prioritize upgrades based on business value, risk, and operational calendars
- Partner with Testing teams to estimate effort and reserve test windows, environments, and long-range regression capacity for upcoming releases
- Partner with SAP/Vendors and Architecture teams to assess dependencies, product lifecycle changes, and required remediation actions- Partner with Modernization team ensuring there is a wholistic view of the global SAP roadmap and north start which includes not only Upgrades but also modernization re-platform applications

### Decision Rights
- Approve and maintain the multi-year SAP upgrade roadmap, sequencing, and prioritization of initiatives Decide go/no-go for entering execution based on readiness, dependencies, funding, and resource availability Decide whether upgrades priorities should be changed, accelerated or deferred based on risk and business priorities

### Qualifications
- 12+ years in SAP programs, ERP transformations, or enterprise technology strategy-Proven experience building multi-year roadmaps for SAP ECC, S/4HANA, cloud, and adjacent platforms
- Strong knowledge of SAP product lifecycle, maintenance deadlines, licensing, and vendor governance Experience managing cross-functional dependencies across infrastructure, security, data, testing, and business teams Executive presence with ability to influence senior leadership, secure funding, and drive prioritization decisions

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Sep 28, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026
- Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
- Listed for: 20 days
- Location: Hyderabad, India
- Employment type: Full-time[Apply on PepsiCo’s careers site →](https://globalcareers-pepsico.icims.com/jobs/474389/login)

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