Managing SAP Development Architect Job New York New York USA,IT/Tech

Location: New York

Introduction

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Introduction

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Managing SAP Development Architect, you are responsible for a hands‑on technical leadership role responsible for designing SAP solution architectures, leading development teams, governing development standards, and ensuring successful delivery of SAP customizations, integrations, and extensions.

Compared to a Senior Manager, the Manager role is generally more focused on solution execution and team leadership, while the Senior Manager has broader ownership of enterprise architecture strategy, transformation roadmaps, and executive stakeholder management.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

Solution Architecture & Design
Design SAP technical solutions aligned with business requirements.
Define application architecture for:
SAP S/4

HANA
SAP ECC
SAP BTP
Fiori/UI5
Workflow and Forms
Review and approve technical specifications and design documents.
Ensure adherence to Clean Core and SAP best practices.
Development Team Leadership
Lead SAP developers, technical consultants, and offshore teams.
Assign development tasks and manage workload balancing.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring.
Conduct code reviews and enforce development standards.
Development Delivery Management
Manage end‑to‑end development lifecycle:
Requirements analysis
Technical design
Development
Unit testing
Integration testing support
Deployment
Track development progress and resolve technical blockers.
Ensure delivery meets quality, schedule, and budget objectives. Responsibilities such as defining development standards, managing development activities, overseeing build execution, and tracking development issues are reflected in SAP project delivery documentation.
Integration & Technical Governance
Define integration approaches between SAP and non‑SAP systems.
Review interface designs and middleware solutions.
Ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Govern technical debt and architecture compliance.
Quality Assurance & Risk Management
Establish coding standards and development governance.
Review transports and release readiness.
Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies.
Support audit, compliance, and security reviews.
Stakeholder Coordination
Collaborate with:
Functional Leads
Business Process Owners
Basis Teams
Security Teams
Project Managers
Translate functional requirements into technical solutions.
Communicate development status, risks, and dependencies to project leadership.
Release & Environment Management
Support transport and release management processes.
Coordinate deployments across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
Ensure smooth cutover and hypercare activities.

This role can be performed from anywhere in the US.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise SAP Technical

ABAP / ABAP OO
CDS Views
RAP / ABAP Cloud
Fiori/UI5
OData Services
SAP BTP
SAP Workflow
SAP Forms (Adobe/Smart Forms)

Leadership

Team Management
Agile/Scrum Delivery
Technical Governance

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience Skills Expected

SAP S/4

HANA Architecture
SAP Integration Suite/CPI
SAP Security concepts

Leadership

Vendor Coordination
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management