Head of Engineering - SAP Business Network Marketplace

As a Head of Engineering for SBN Marketplace, you will be a key player in the SAP Business Network Product Engineering unit, entrusted with leading the trading partner experience for the Marketplace product areas. Combining technical acumen with strategic foresight and outstanding people management skills, this role is pivotal in both shaping our engineering excellence and fostering a vibrant team culture.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

People Management:

• Champion the success of your direct reports and the broader team by pinpointing development opportunities and aiding team members in achieving their objectives.

• Maintain a deep understanding of your extended team members, collaborate with peer managers, and utilize opportunities to coach and recognize employees directly.

• Provide timely feedback, enabling employees to reflect on your insights immediately.

• Lead the success of your organization and guide your team in achieving their responsibilities.

• Act as a role model in coaching, recognizing direct reports, and providing just-in-time feedback.

Engineering Leadership:

• Provide both technical leadership and mentorship of people managers

• Recruit, grow and manage members of the engineering team

• Shape the engineering and product roadmaps by driving data architecture discussions and planning with cross-functional teams

• Manage team objectives, priorities, tradeoffs, and risks for your organization, measuring effectiveness through KPI s and metric data

Change Management Organizational Development:

• Actively manage and guide through organizational change.

• Anticipate skill gaps and drive upskilling strategies.

• Implement measures to retain talent, especially during critical phases.

• Foster an environment of continuous learning and improvement.

• Champion and actively participate in the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP).

Company Representation:

• Represent SAP both internally and externally, embodying company values and mission.

Operational Complexity, Communication Relationship Management:

• Establish strong connections with internal stakeholders, partners, and customers.

• Deliver difficult messages in a constructive and timely manner.

• Tailor communication styles to diverse stakeholders, scenarios, and mediums.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate for this position should have a strong background in team leadership and engineering management, defining, and communicating the technology vision, strategy, and roadmap. They should be able to demonstrate a track record of success in launching multiple products that have delivered exceptional customer satisfaction and achieved business goals.

Professional Experience/Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development, with a substantial period in a leadership position.

• Proficiency in SAP product development and a deep understanding of the SAP ecosystem.

• Engineering Management experience as a manager managing managers.

• The ability to translate business requirements to SaaS solutions.

• Thought Leader with the ability to execute from incubation to implementation of products.

• Exceptional problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic planning capabilities.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• In-depth knowledge of SaaS technologies and respective SDLC

• 7+ years demonstrated experience in building, managing, and maintaining cloud systems.

• Experience in design and implementation of applications in the cloud, preferably in one of AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Excellent knowledge and experience in non-functional requirements.

• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, or C++

• Ability to resolve executive-level escalations with minimal impact to business while improving or maintaining already excellent customer satisfaction.