JOB SUMMARY
An experienced technical manager to lead our Development and Integration engineering team through an ambitious multi-year SAP transformation. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with platform governance—partnering with IT and business stakeholders to prioritize work, manage technical debt, and introduce modern SAP and integration capabilities that improve productivity and reliability. The position is responsible for driving S/4HANA development, BTP Integration Suite buildout, while also providing people leadership and capability governance for Data Engineering (SAP Datasphere) and Testing through domain leads.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
ABAP Development Leadership & Delivery
- Own ABAP development standards, code review governance, and technical design approval to ensure secure, maintainable solutions.
- Lead S/4HANA and BTP ABAP delivery (RAP/CAP) and Fiori extension work aligned to roadmap priorities.
- Build application development practices that improve delivery quality, reuse, and Team Member productivity.
Integration Engineering (PI/PO to BTP) & API Enablement
- Own PI/PO to SAP BTP Integration Suite migration planning, delivery governance, and decommission sequencing.
- Provide architectural direction for integration patterns and API-based connectivity across a hybrid ECC/S/4 landscape.
- Support change and release processes for integrations (deployment standards, runbooks, and operational handoffs).
Portfolio Governance & Technical Debt Remediation
- Partner with IT leadership and business stakeholders on prioritization, ensuring capacity is aligned to transformation milestones and operational needs.
- Work with stakeholders to measure and prioritize technical debt remediation (custom ABAP reduction, integration simplification, Data modernization).
- Explore emerging SAP/BTP capabilities and industry trends; recommend solutions that improve stability, performance, and business value.
Data Engineering (SAP Datasphere) Capability Management
- Provide people leadership and delivery oversight to Data Engineering Lead, including intake, prioritization, capacity planning, and execution governance.
- Establish and govern SAP Datasphere platform practices and standards (modeling patterns, naming conventions, performance guidance, transport/release approach, and documentation).
- Ensure the team delivers reliable, secure, and auditable data products and pipelines from SAP and non-SAP sources, partner with security and data governance stakeholders on access, retention, and compliance expectations.
- Define and monitor operational and quality metrics for data products (freshness, data quality, lineage completeness, incident trends) and drive continuous improvement through the team.
Testing & Quality Engineering Capability Management