Sr. Manager, Data Engineering - SAP
Listed on 2026-10-10
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IT/Tech
Data Engineering, SAP Consultant
The Senior Manager Data Engineering – SAP will own the buildout and ongoing delivery of UNFI’s SAP Business Data Cloud capability, establishing the environment, delivery model, governance structure, and roadmap needed to support SAP-enabled analytics, reporting, data products, and AI use cases. This role is accountable for turning SAP BDC, SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, and related integration patterns into a scalable enterprise capability that improves access to trusted business data while supporting UNFI’s broader SAP transformation.
The ideal candidate combines strong SAP data and analytics experience with hands‑on program leadership, partner governance, and the ability to align business, technology, and delivery teams around clear outcomes.
Own SAP Business Data Cloud Buildout and Enterprise Data Capability
Own the SAP Business Data Cloud environment buildout, delivery roadmap, data product model, platform standards, and operating practices needed to support UNFI’s SAP transformation.
Establish strategy and delivery plans across SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, enterprise reporting, semantic models, and downstream data integrations.
Drive the transition from legacy reporting, extracts, and data feeds to governed SAP BDC-enabled data products and analytics capabilities.
Define standards for data product lifecycle management, semantic modeling, consumption patterns, data quality, lineage, access, and production support.
Ensure business continuity as UNFI retires legacy platforms and moves to scalable SAP-based data and analytics capabilities.
Collaborate with SAP Program Leadership, Enterprise Applications, Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Platform, Analytics and BI, and Data Product teams to align delivery plans, architecture decisions, and technical standards.
Responsible for overseeing external partners supporting SAP BDC, reporting, integration, and data product delivery.
Hold delivery partners accountable for scope, timelines, budgets, quality, risks, and measurable business outcomes.
Review delivery plans, milestones, staffing models, technical approaches, and execution strategies across multiple work streams.
Support executive governance reviews by providing delivery status, risks, decisions, and recommendations.
Govern multi-partner delivery models by defining clear scope boundaries, handoffs, accountabilities, and escalation paths across platform, modeling, reporting, and data feed work streams.
Build and manage a blended team of UNFI associates, consultants, contractors, and offshore delivery resources.
Build internal SAP BDC, Datasphere, SAC, and data product delivery capability to reduce long‑term dependency on external partners.
Establish clear accountability, delivery processes, operating models, and performance expectations across internal and partner resources.
Mentor and develop internal talent while building sustainable organizational capability for SAP data, analytics, and reporting modernization.
Create governance frameworks that drive transparency, accountability, and predictable delivery outcomes across SAP BDC, Datasphere, SAC, reporting, and integration work streams.
Define portfolio prioritization processes, intake mechanisms, roadmap management practices, release planning, and delivery standards.
Establish standards for environment readiness, access and security governance, data quality, lineage, metadata, test readiness, production support, and sustainment.
Manage assigned budgets, resource plans, vendor capacity, and forecasts for SAP BDC delivery work streams.
Drive executive reporting, KPI…
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