SAP Lead

SAP Analytics Cloud & Datasphere – Lead Consultant (Associate Manager)

Location: Remote

Duration: Contract

Main duties and responsibilities

Solution Design & Hands-on Implementation

• Design and development of analytic applications, interactive dashboards, and KPI models using SAC and Datasphere for both import and live scenarios.
• Demonstrate strong hands-on expertise with SAP Datasphere and SAP BDC in solution design and implementation, maximizing data utility and process automation.
• Build scalable, secure, and governed data models within Datasphere to support advanced analytics and reporting needs.
• Integrate SAC dashboards with Datasphere datasets to provide consistent, up-to-date analytics for end users.
• Connect, model, and harmonize data from SAP and non-SAP sources within Datasphere, enabling cross-system analytics through SAC.
• Design comprehensive reports with multiple tabs, queries, visualizations, and drill-down capabilities tailored to business requirements.
• Customize SAC applications using JavaScript and other scripting languages; orchestrate data automation in Datasphere.
• Continuously optimize dashboard and application performance, making enhancement recommendations and identifying bottlenecks.

Team Management & Coordination

• Coordinate with delivery teams, fostering collaboration and promoting high standards of performance. Manage junior developers across delivery lifecycle.
• Mentor and coach junior team members, guiding their technical development and encouraging adoption of best practices.
• Provide technical mentorship and help enhance robust ways-of-working frameworks, ensuring software quality, accurate documentation, and efficient project delivery within agile and scrum environments.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and various business teams to capture requirements, establish clear expectations, and ensure stakeholder engagement throughout delivery.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated analytics solutions supporting end-to-end business processes.

Essential requirements

Education & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or a related field.
• 10–15 years of relevant experience, with at least 2–3 years as a Senior Consultant or in a comparable SAP SAC/Datasphere-focused role.

Technical Expertise

• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and delivering SAC solutions for reporting, including integration with SAP Datasphere.
• Proven hands-on experience with SAP Datasphere and SAP BDC for data management, integration, and automation.
• Expertise in SAC predictive functionality, Smart features, advanced story canvases, data blending, cross-calculations, input controls, and linked analysis.
• Advanced skills in connecting SAC/Datasphere to SAP HANA and other external databases.
• Proficiency in SAP Datasphere for unified, harmonized, and governed data model creation supporting enterprise analytics.
• In-depth knowledge of data integration and ETL processes across SAC, Datasphere, and related analytics platforms.
• Advanced coding and scripting abilities in SQL, Python, and JavaScript for dashboard customization and data automation.
• Experience with SAC scripting for custom widgets, analytics applications, and automated data flows in Datasphere.

Other Skills & Attributes

• Understanding of SAP Finance and/or Operations processes (valued).
• Certification in SAC Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Low-Code/No-Code Developer, or related (appreciated).
• Excellent communication skills, strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, and ability to thrive in an agile, dynamic environment.
• Energetic, organized, and self-motivated approach to work.
• Fluency in business English.

Functional: -

- Drove end-to-end process optimization and SAP solution design aligned with business needs - --Configured and customized SAP systems to support complex enterprise processes

-Led testing cycles (unit, integration, UAT) to ensure quality and performance

-Managed stakeholder communication across business and technical teams

-Delivered full lifecycle implementations from requirements to go-live and support