Development Manager - BTP ABAP Infrastructure Platforms

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you’ll do-

We are looking for a passionate, highly motivated, and experienced Development Manager to join our team. This high-performance and fast-paced environment is assured to provide rich opportunities for learning and growing. As a manager with HR accountability for your team, you will be working in a cross-functional organization of talented, supportive and motivated colleagues, following agile methodologies and industry best practices, working with stakeholders globally, across time zones, geographies, and cultures.

People Manager:

• Act as a coach and mentor to your team members, support their growth and development, being at the same time a liaison between your team and upper management.
• Take responsibility for the overall success and performance of your team, and actively work to improve it.
• Provide clear expectations, guide career progression, assess contribution and performance, and manage compensation
• Be responsible for budgeting and resource allocation and support the team in striking the right balance between delivering features and meeting non-functional requirements like secure development practices, SAP product standards, and other compliance requirements.
• Ensure successful delivery and smooth operations by identifying risks impacting delivery and support the team resolve them efficiently.
• Hire for the roles on your teams, and onboard new team members.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Working with product management, product owners, experts, and other stakeholders to understand the requirements and translate those needs into concise backlog items with detailed requirements and implement them with the development team.
• Managing internal and external escalations including customer communication where required, as well as providing timely and ongoing regular updates and solutions to SAP customers according to our Service Level Agreements (SLA).

What you bring-

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering from a top-tier educational institute with 8+ years’ work experience. 
• Track record working in global environments, especially with teams in the United States and Germany. You have a strong cultural awareness.
• Must be results oriented, and demonstrate a “can-do” attitude – adaptability, flexibility and resourcefulness.
• Understanding of Scrum and Agile with a willingness to embrace new topics and technologies.
• Experience with database concepts, IT operations and ABAP development will be a strong plus.
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple deliverables and projects at the same time.
• Think independently and apply effective problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential, emphasizing the ability to work well in global and cross-cultural team.

Meet your team-

The SAP ABAP Platform unit carries the world's enterprise application space and defines an industry standard, ensuring a dedicated ABAP environment in the SAP Business Technology Platform.

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 402870  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Management  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.