Manager, SAP Platform & BASIS Operations

About Lucid

At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture, our award-winning vehicles bring our “Compromise Nothing™” approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability, design and engineering, ambition and integrity. In Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity, we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments, combining exceptional range, performance, design, and expansive space in a single experience.

We achieve this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and productionhappening in-houseacross our global offices andmanufacturingfacilities. Ourteamscomefromindustriesaround the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence. By refusing to settle, youcanhelpredefinewhat’spossible andshape the future of mobility.

The SAP BASIS Leader is accountable for the overall health, stability, security, performance, and lifecycle management of Lucid's global SAP platform landscape. This role leads the SAP Platform Management team and serves as the technical owner for SAP S/4

HANA, SAP BTP, SAP RISE environments, HANA databases, middleware infrastructure, system administration, platform automation, and operational excellence.

The position is responsible for ensuring reliable SAP operations supporting Lucid's manufacturing, supply chain, finance, engineering, and corporate business functions worldwide. The SAP BASIS Leader works closely with Architecture, Functional, Security, Development, Infrastructure, Manufacturing Systems, and AMS partners to deliver a secure, scalable, and highly available SAP ecosystem. The role also provides leadership for SAP platform strategy, cloud transformation initiatives, and operational governance.

• Lead the SAP Platform Management and BASIS organization.
• Establish platform strategy, standards, governance, and operational procedures.
• Develop platform roadmaps supporting Lucid's global growth initiatives.
• Manage internal Basis staff, GCC resources, and managed service providers.
• Drive operational maturity through ITIL and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.

• Own SAP availability, performance, stability, and operational KPIs.
• Lead incident, problem, change, and release management activities.
• Ensure 24x7 support readiness for production environments.
• Govern operational SLAs and service performance metrics.
• Provide executive reporting on platform health, risks, and improvement initiatives.

• Serve as the primary Lucid owner for SAP RISE platform operations.
• Manage relationships and escalation paths with SAP ECS/RISE teams.
• Lead cloud platform strategy, capacity planning, and environment governance.
• Coordinate system provisioning, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle activities.
• Support hyperscaler migration and cloud optimization programs.

• Oversee SAP HANA administration and performance tuning.
• Establish backup, recovery, and high-availability strategies.
• Manage database growth forecasting and capacity planning.
• Drive database security and compliance requirements.

• Own landscape architecture across Development, QA, UAT, Training, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
• Govern transport management and release deployment processes.
• Coordinate project cutovers and go-live readiness activities.
• Ensure environment availability for project and support teams.

• Partner with SAP Security and GRC teams…