SAP core Engineering Manager

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP Technical Development Manager to provide leadership and technical direction for SAP development teams supporting enterprise Finance and ERP platforms. This role will lead technical delivery across SAP S/4 ABAP, SAP Fiori/UI5, SAP BTP/ Automated Testing enhancements, interfaces, workflow, forms, technical remediation, and production support.

The individual will manage a blended team of onshore and offshore resources, ensuring high‑quality technical design, development, testing, deployment, and support of SAP solutions. This role requires strong hands‑on SAP technical experience, proven leadership capability, and the ability to work closely with functional teams, business partners, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, QA, and vendor partners.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience in large‑scale SAP environments, including SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4

HANA, and will be comfortable operating in a complex, highly governed enterprise IT organization.

• Provide technical oversight for solution design, development standards, code quality, performance optimization, and production readiness.
• Review and approve technical designs, development estimates, transport plans, and deployment approaches.
• Ensure SAP development work aligns with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, audit expectations, and operational support models.
• Partner with functional SAP teams to translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Provide guidance on SAP best practices, including minimizing customisations where appropriate and supporting clean‑core principles.
• Oversee troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues involving custom ABAP objects, integrations, batch jobs, or system performance, including cloud‑based applications.
• Support technical remediation efforts related to SAP upgrades, S/4
  
  HANA migration, Unicode, HANA optimisation, or deprecated objects.
• Lead SAP Fiori and UI5 development resources supporting modern SAP user experiences.
• Provide oversight for custom Fiori applications, Fiori launchpad configuration, OData services, Gateway integration, and role‑based access considerations.
• Work across SAP BTP to build and deliver best‑in‑class applications.
• Partner with UX, security, functional, and infrastructure teams to ensure Fiori solutions are intuitive, secure, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
• Support the modernisation of legacy SAP user experiences through Fiori where appropriate.
• Develop departmental plans, including business, financial, production and/or organisational priorities based on IT and long‑term operational planning and performance.
• Maintain appropriate risk profile by owning first line of risk defence, proactively identifying risks, and implementing required mitigations.
• Hold full management responsibilities for teammates: hiring, disciplinary actions, coaching, termination and performance reviews.
• Act as an Agile champion, delivering high‑quality software and automating manual tasks, ensuring code meets acceptance criteria.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including team leadership or supervisory responsibilities.

Preferred

• Experience with SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, OData, SAP Gateway, and Fiori launchpad.
• Experience supporting SAP Finance, General Ledger, Controlling, Asset Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Tax, or Financial Reporting processes.
• Experience with SAP S/4
  
  HANA transformation, remediation, custom code analysis, or technical conversion activities.
• Deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Strong understanding of AWS, SOA methodologies, web services, Java, Spring Boot, and service architectures.
• Experience with SAP HANA‑optimised ABAP development and performance tuning.
• Experience with interfaces involving Informatica, middleware, APIs, IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs, file‑based integrations, or enterprise data platforms.
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