SAP Technical Lead

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of SAP solutions across business processes and enterprise applications.
• Translate functional and business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance technical solutions.
• Lead SAP technical teams across development, integration, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Design and develop solutions using SAP ABAP, S/4HANA, SAP HANA, Fiori/UI5, CDS Views, OData, RAP, and BTP.
• Define integration solutions using SAP Integration Suite/CPI, APIs, IDocs, RFC, BAPIs, web services, and middleware.
• Drive S/4HANA technical architecture, Clean Core, extensibility, and modernization initiatives.
• Review technical designs, code, development standards, performance, and security.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to SAP development and architecture best practices.
• Manage technical delivery including estimation, planning, dependencies, risks, and resource allocation.
• Lead data migration, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution.
• Collaborate with functional consultants, solution architects, project managers, business stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Support SAP upgrades, enhancement packs, system migrations, cloud adoption, and transformation programs.
• Establish and maintain technical documentation, standards, governance, and reusable development frameworks.
• Mentor developers and technical consultants and provide technical guidance to the wider SAP team.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of SAP technical experience, with demonstrated experience leading technical teams or complex SAP implementations.
• Strong hands-on expertise in SAP ABAP and S/4HANA development.
• Experience with ABAP OO, CDS Views, AMDP, RAP, OData, SAP Fiori/UI5, and SAP HANA.
• Strong understanding of SAP integration technologies, including APIs, IDocs, RFC, BAPIs, web services, and SAP Integration Suite/CPI.
• Exposure to SAP BTP, CAP, Clean Core, and SAP extensibility is highly desirable.
• Experience delivering end-to-end SAP implementation, migration, upgrade, or transformation projects.
• Strong knowledge of performance tuning, debugging, ATC, code quality, security, and SAP development standards.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Git, automated testing, and transport/release management is advantageous.
• Ability to produce technical specifications, architecture/design documents, estimates, and implementation plans.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to resolve complex technical issues.
• Proven experience in technical leadership, mentoring, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery environments.
• SAP certifications in ABAP, S/4HANA, BTP, or relevant SAP technologies are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, MCA, or a related technical discipline.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.