Job Title: Sr. SAP Technical Lead
Location: Remote, with some possible travel
Employment type: Contract to hire
End-customer domain: Aerospace & Defense

Position Summary:

The SAP Technical Lead is responsible for providing technical leadership across SAP S/4 HANA Brownfield Migration projects, along with implementation, upgrade, migration, and support projects at this A & D end client.

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 S/4 HANA technology while leading complex SAP transformation programs and technical delivery teams

MUST HAVE: 2-3 prior S/4 HANA Brownfield Migrations

PMMO: Project Manufacturing Management & Optimization prior experience strongly preferred

Key Responsibilities:

Technical leadership and solution architecture

Lead the technical design, architecture, and development of SAP solutions.
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.

SAP development and integration

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

SAP transformation and migration

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.

Required Qualifications:

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.

Required Technical Skills

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

Integration Technologies

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

Preferred Qualifications

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.

SAP S/4HANA Technical Lead

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