Sr. SAP Technical Lead

 

 

The SAP Technical Lead is responsible for providing technical leadership across SAP

implementation, upgrade, migration, and support projects. This role partners closely with business

stakeholders, functional consultants, architects, and development teams to design, develop, and

deliver scalable SAP solutions that align with business objectives.

The SAP Technical Lead serves as the primary technical authority for SAP development activities,

integrations, custom enhancements, data migration, and technical architecture. This position leads

onsite and offshore teams while ensuring adherence to SAP best practices, quality standards, and

project delivery commitments.

This role is ideal for a senior SAP technical professional who can bridge business requirements and

SAP technology while leading complex SAP transformation programs and technical delivery teams

 

Technical leadership and solution architecture

 Define technical standards, development frameworks, and best practices.

 Review functional requirements and translate them into technical solution designs.

 Ensure scalability, maintainability, security, and performance of SAP applications.

 Provide technical guidance to developers, technical consultants, and project teams.

 

 Lead development activities across SAP S/4HANA, ECC, Fiori, BTP, ABAP, and related SAP

 Design and oversee custom developments, enhancements, reports, interfaces, forms,

workflows, and conversions.

 Manage integration solutions between SAP and non-SAP applications using APIs,

middleware, IDocs, OData, web services, and cloud integration technologies.

 Conduct code reviews and ensure compliance with development standards.

 Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide resolution strategies.

 

 

 Support SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives.

 Lead technical conversion activities, including custom code remediation, integration

redesign, and technical readiness assessments.

 Collaborate with data migration teams on data extraction, conversion, validation, and

reconciliation activities.

 Participate in cutover planning, mock conversions, dress rehearsals, and go-live activities.

Project delivery and governance

 Lead technical project workstreams from project initiation through deployment and support.

 Develop technical estimates, project plans, and resource requirements.

 Monitor project progress, risks, issues, and dependencies.

 Ensure delivery milestones are achieved on schedule and within budget.

 Provide technical status updates to project leadership and stakeholders.

Team leadership and mentoring

 Lead and mentor SAP technical consultants and developers.

 Support knowledge transfer, training, and skill development initiatives.

 Coordinate activities across onsite, offshore, and vendor teams.

 Promote collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the technical team.

Operational support and optimization

 Provide technical leadership for production support and AMS engagements.

 Drive root cause analysis and issue resolution efforts.

 Identify opportunities for system optimization, automation, and process improvements.

 Support performance tuning and system stability initiatives.

 

 Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related

field.

 8-12+ years of SAP technical experience.

 3-6+ years of experience leading SAP technical teams or workstreams.

 Proven experience delivering SAP implementation, migration, or transformation projects.

 Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

 Experience working in global delivery environments with onsite and offshore teams.

 

SAP Technologies

 SAP S/4HANA

 SAP ECC

 ABAP/OO ABAP

 Fiori/UI5

 SAP Gateway

 CDS Views

 AMDP

 OData Services

 Workflow

 Enhancement Framework

 BAdIs

 User Exits

 SmartForms

 Adobe Forms

 

 SAP BTP Integration Suite

 CPI

 REST APIs

 SOAP Web Services

 IDocs

 RFCs

 SAP PI/PO

 Event-driven integrations

Data and Migration

 SAP Migration Cockpit

 SAP Data Services (BODS)

 Data validation and reconciliation

 Data conversion and cutover activities

 Master and transactional data migration

Cloud and Emerging Technologies

 SAP BTP

 SAP Build

 BAS

 

 SAP AI and automation tools

 Cloud integrations and extensibility

 

 SAP S/4HANA implementation or migration experience.

 SAP BTP certification.

 SAP ABAP Development certification.

 Experience with SAP Fiori and UI5 development.

 Experience with Agile and Scrum delivery methodologies.

 Experience supporting presales activities, solution estimates, and proposals.

 

 Technical leadership

 Strategic thinking

 Solution architecture

 Team development and mentoring

 Executive communication

 Stakeholder management

 Risk management

 Client engagement

 Problem solving and decision making

 Project governance

 Manufacturing

 Aerospace and defense

 Utilities

 Energy

 Consumer products

 Life sciences

 Retail

 Public sector

PMMO = Project Manufacturing Management & Optimization

 

PMMO is an SAP capability used primarily in project-based manufacturing environments (A&D, industrial manufacturing, engineer-to-order).

 

What PMMO helps companies:

• Track material and cost flow at the project level

• Manage WIP (Work in Progress) tied to specific projects

• Enable project-level inventory visibility

• Support complex fulfillment scenarios (make-to-project, engineer-to-order)