SAP BDC Technical Lead

Under the responsibility of the Financial Product crew, the SAP Hana platform is a key element of the Finance value chain since supporting the General Ledger product (Core SAP S/4Hana solution, FI and CO modules), the Consolidation product (SAP BFC module), the Expenses Management product (SAP PaPM module and Fiori interface), the Treasury product (AP/AR and TRM/BCM modules), a Planning and Landing product (SAP BPC and Fiori modules) and a reporting layer (BW/HANA, SAC and AfO).

The SAP BDC Tech Lead is accountable of the consistency of technical solution implemented on the platform and coordinate the version upgrades of technical components.
 Participates in the solution’s technical design with the Solution Architect and is responsible for the proper application of IT guidelines.
 Oversees and contributes to developments to ensure their quality and consistency and helps the development team to increase their competence in the technologies involved by providing ad-hoc expertise when needed.
 Defines infrastructure resources and deployment logic along with the architects and the DevOps and Cloud CoE.
 Solicits / involves developers in technical and architectural orientations
 Works closely with the Solution Owner to help steering the Squad backlog, particularly regarding prioritization against complexity.

Management:
• You coordinate technical design across squads of the platform.
• You identify potential risks, monitor existing issues and put in place the appropriate mitigation plan.

Design/Implementation/Delivery/Run:
• You guarantee the transversal solution design to ensure solution consistency.
• You identify the non-functional User Stories and make them prioritized by the PO.
• You monitor versions and organize upgrades to avoid issues due to deprecated components.
• You oversee and contribute to developments.
• You help the development team to increase their competencies.
• You participate to infrastructure resources definition and deployment logic along with the Solution Architects and the DevOps and Cloud CoE. .
• You define and monitor the most appropriate technical monitoring procedure for the platform services and the corresponding KPI’s.
• You define and monitor the implementation of the continuous integration and delivery pipeline and corresponding KPI’s.

Testing:
• You define and monitor the unit test strategy and corresponding KPI’s.
• You define and monitor with the support of the test lead the performance testing activities.

Experience
• +7 years of work experience in a similar role, preferably within the (re)insurance sector, as part of a financial services company or similar organization
• Relevant additional management certification may be required + 7 years of (full stack) coding experience and a proven track record of successful technical oriented team management as part of an international organization

Hard skills
• Strong experience of Business & IT agile ways of working
• Strong technical skills on SAP BDC scope (BW/HANA, SAC, Datasphere).
• First experience with SAP Databricks would be a plus.
• Strong expertise in software architecture and development lifecycle, managing the solution’s technical direction with a constant attention to performance to deal with very volume of data
• Strong expertise in software testing, developing, automate testing processes and then improving team and system efficiency
• Strong leadership, guiding the rest of the team regarding the product's technical aspects
• Understanding of documented IT guidelines when working in a large organization
• High curiosity about technology / coding innovation
• Fluent in English (written, spoken)

Soft skills
• Strong analytical thinking, solution-oriented and force of proposals
• Ability and strong experience in managing multi-disciplinary technical resources with the right level of delegation and autonomy
• Decision making capabilities: identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences
• Be client-oriented and engaged to meet challenging deadlines
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving and strong analytical skills
• Capacity to navigate in a matrixial and international environment

Required Education
· BA/MD technical degree in information services management, computer science, applied mathematics or related fields, or equivalent work experience

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