SAP Innovation and Development Manager

Position Summary :

The SAP Development Manager is part of the ERP Operations leadership team and is accountable for Strategy, Design, Development, Applying procedures globally and manage & develop a futuristic development team. He / She will be responsible for defining & driving implementation of Architecture Guidelines & Development standards, Perform Design reviews and execute complex Proof of concepts

He / She will communicate cross-functionally and drive the SAP CoE design efforts across all of the SAP modules and products supporting functions like Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer Excellence and Procurement. He / She will collaborate across business units, ERP functional and Business Interface teams to develop and execute against the team's vision, strategy, and roadmap.

This portfolio includes on premise applications such as SAP S / 4 HANA ( public and Private), Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Master Data Governance (MDG), Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) and SAP’s cloud (SAAS) solutions such as Integrated Business Planning, Ariba, SuccessFactors, Concur etc.

The SAP Development Manager will focus on Full Stack SAP Development – which includes SAP ABAP, FIORI, SAP Cloud, Business Technology Platform etc. It would also focus on defining roadmaps for SAP S4 HANA & Generative AI

This role includes a high degree of leadership, communication and coordination with other COE teams such as Application Platforms, Security, Basis, Change and release management & SAP Functional teams

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES :

The SAP Development Manager will oversee the following activities around SAP Development :

• Provide hands-on technical management, guidance, and support including system / design / code review, and ultimately be responsible for the health of the solutions Development team builds
• Provide leadership and direction to the SAP Developmental changes by evolving development policies, procedures, methodologies, framework and Playbooks
• Ensures that policies and procedures are diligently followed by team members
• Lead proof of concepts on new / modern technologies like Clean Core extensibility using SAP Business Technology Platform(SAP BTP) to drive innovation & enable scalability for custom solutions
• Identify talent gaps and ensure a future ready Development organization is ready.
• Provides Technical Guidance & Mentorship on architecture and policies to cross functional teams – Development and product teams
• Apply Best of Breed technologies to design solutions for high complex problems
• Exercise independent Judgement considering broadly defined policies and practices to determine best solutions for complex problems
• Direct on-time, quality delivery of work products;

manage technology risks

Job Specifications :

Required experience, skills, professional attributes and qualities include the following :

Education :

Leadership Competencies :