SAP Technical Manager

Job Description

Job Title: SAP Technical Manager

Location: Corporate

Department: Information Technology

Job Summary:

The SAP Technical Manager is responsible for architecting, designing, developing, delivering, and operating SAP-based solutions leveraging deep SAP technical expertise with practical, hands‑on functional configuration experience. This role leads the SAP technical team, drives standards and best practices, ensures high quality and performance of the SAP landscape, and acts as the overarching SAP technical solutions leader. Also, the candidate will work closely with functional teams, business stakeholders, and technical developers to ensure solutions are aligned with enterprise architecture, follow SAP clean core principles, and deliver measurable business value.

This individual will also serve as a mentor, coach, and technical escalation point for the team, ensuring that we meet deadlines, adhere to standards, and remain aligned with business strategy.

• Anticipate business and technical needs, aligns SAP architecture with organizational goals, and drives long‑term technical SAP roadmap
• Demonstrate deep technical knowledge of SAP technologies, modules, interfaces, performance tuning, and integrations
• Define and drive technical approaches within the solution scope: coding standards, integration patterns, extensions, and custom objects
• Provide recommendations for technical performance optimization, sizing, and deployment methods
• Escalate major architecture or platform decisions to the technology leadership for approval or alignment
• Build, mentor, and empowers the technical team; delegates effectively; fosters a culture of continuous learning, accountability and excellence
• Engage with business stakeholders, functional leads, project managers and technical teams
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of the SAP technical work streams from design through build, integration, testing, deployment and support, ensuring timelines, budget and quality goals are met
• Identify technical risks and dependencies early, drive mitigation strategies, adapt to evolving requirements as appropriate
• Focus on reliability, performance, scalability and maintainability of the SAP environment
• Drive continuous improvements, standards, automation, and Dev Ops best practices
• Drive the technical roadmap for SAP (e.g., enhancements, integrations, custom developments, AI capabilities, and emerging SAP technologies)
• Lead the technical architecture and design of SAP landscape, ensuring alignment with business strategy and enterprise‑wide objectives
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of SAP S/4
  
  HANA customizations, enhancements, and integrations
• Architect and code complex ABAP programs, including BADIs, BAPIs, enhancements, Fiori/UI5 extensions, and BTP jobs
• Create and enforce SAP development standards, perform code reviews, and ensure solution performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Oversee technical integration across modules and systems, leveraging SAP BTP, APIs, and middleware solutions (e.g., SAP PO/CPI)
• Perform functional configuration within core S/4
  
  HANA modules (e.g., FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM, or others based on expertise)
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications
• Support solution design workshops, process mapping, testing cycles, and defect resolution
• Ensure solution alignment with SAP standard functionality and S/4
  
  HANA best practices to minimize custom footprint
• Serve as the primary liaison between business process owners, functional consultants, and technical developers
• Support project managers in defining scope, timelines, and resource needs for technical work streams
• Drive adherence to development governance, release management, and transport control processes
• Provide mentorship and direction to junior ABAP developers and functional analysts
• Partner with enterprise architecture and data governance teams to ensure solution consistency and data integrity
• Support operational teams during production support, problem resolution, and change management

Essential Functions:

• Deep technical and functional integration mindset
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills in cross‑functional…