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As a key member of the SAP Platform leadership team, you will establish engineering standards, drive automation, and provide thought leadership to ensure a secure, scalable, and high-performing SAP environment. This is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will operate comfortably in complexity, bring clarity where ambiguity exists, and ensure that operational discipline and delivery outcomes remain tightly connected.
Job Responsibility
Lead the SAP Platform Engineering function, including BASIS, HANA, cloud infrastructure, and platform reliability
Define and execute the platform engineering roadmap aligned to S/4HANA, cloud, and modernization priorities
Establish and enforce engineering standards, automation (CI/CD), and operational excellence practices
Oversee platform performance, availability, and resilience, including ... capacity and lifecycle management
Provide leadership over vendor managed services and multi geo teams
Partner with application, architecture, and security teams to ensure alignment across the SAP ecosystem
Drive continuous improvement and reduction of manual operations through automation
Requirements
5+ years’ experience as a technology leader and with either a business unit or a technology role
5+ years hands-on experience as a BASIS lead or platform engineer, including S/4HANA and cloud environments
Strong understanding of SAP on cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
Proven leadership experience building and leading engineering-focused teams
Experience with automation, DevOps practices, and platform standardization
Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels
Senior technical leadership experience in complex, regulated environments
Strong grounding in operational risk management, delivery governance, and modern engineering practices
Demonstrated ability to influence across teams without relying on formal authority
A pragmatic, values driven leadership style with a strong sense of ownership
Reliability Status Security Clearance – this can only be completed with candidates who receive an offer of employment. This is a personal security status that is required as a condition of employment before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada website. The cost of submitting these checks will be covered by our client
What we offer
Opportunity to shape a modern SAP platform at a critical transformation point
Leadership role with end-to-end accountability for platform outcomes
Ability to influence engineering standards, cloud adoption, and operating model transformation