We are seeking a highly skilled SAP S/4 HANA Techno-Functional Consultant who will be the Technical Product Manager who will work closely with S/4 ERP Functional teams, SAP Product development and Platform engineering team to design software solutions as a Product.The candidate will be identifying, evaluating, and implementing cutting-edge S/4HANA solutions to accelerate business transformation.
By providing 'S/4 solutions as a Product or a service', the candidate aims to enable functional teams to seamlessly adopt innovative SAP S/4HANA solutions through continuous exploration, proof of concepts (POCs), and scalable reusable service.
Roles and Responsibilities
As the SAP Technical Product Manager, you will guide the strategic direction, development, and lifecycle management of SAP products within our organization. You will leverage your deep knowledge of SAP S/4 HANA solutions to drive innovation and maximize value from our SAP investments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet our innovation and transformation objectives.
Act as a technical subject matter expert and techno-functional consultant, provide product expertise, guidance, and instruction on SAP S/4 Solutions and BTP Services
Work closely with functional teams to understand business needs and translate functional/technical requirements to build the product or service.
Plan and manage HP's SAP product roadmap based on feedback, business goals, and technical feasibility
Develop a sharp vision and strategy for SAP solutions, aligning with business objectives and market needs.
Maintain a detailed product roadmap, highlighting future initiatives and enhancements.
Work closely with internal teams to gather requirements, prioritize features based on business value, and translate these into detailed product specifications.
Plan and execute solution and services launches in collaboration with consulting and training
Create materials for product demos, whitepapers, and presentations to communicate the value proposition.
Translates user requirements into executable and workable feature items with the software engineering team.
Coordinate with stakeholders to manage product backlogs, define release plans, and ensure timely delivery of enhancements.
Conduct UAT and collect feedback to ensure products meet functionality and usability standards.
Monitor KPIs and analyze feedback to continuously refine product offerings.
Foster relationships with SAP partners and vendors to enhance product integrations and offerings.
Responsible to keep abreast of industry trends and innovations and future SAP Roadmap items for respective process areas and explore new innovations (E.g.: AI/ML, Joule )
Develop Proof of concepts/Pilot and document solution blueprints, technical specifications, and implementation plans for SAP S/4 solutions and BTP services
Analyze evolving SAP innovations and HP Business transformation needs to identify opportunities for new features or products to foster innovation, accelerate Transformation and enable early adaptation on emerging technologies
Provide guidance on the SAP BTP platform business values, architecture, and catalogue of services.
Identify and document use cases to guide product development on S/4 and/or BTP.
Propose clean-core-aligned solutions (e.g., BTP extensions over core modifications) to minimize S/4HANA customizations.
Explore SAP New release features and work with Functional team to evaluate feasibility, functional gap assessment, create POCs. (e.g.: new Fiori/UI5 applications, Embedded AI and Analytics, SAP Joule etc.)
Work with the Platform engineering team to prioritize features and oversee the development.
Act as a champion for Innovation and Intelligent technologies demonstrating its value to all stakeholders
Required Qualifications & Skills:
Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or any other related discipline.
The ideal candidate must have 10+ years of experience in SAP ERP and S/4 HANA implementation
Should have expert-level understanding of SAP Supply chain processes, Logistics, Procurement, Inventory management, Order management and Invoicing with deep expertise in one or more modules (MM, SD, PP, WM, EWM).
Should have sound technical knowledge in S/4 HANA ABAP Development tools, ODATA services, Fiori apps, Integration methods ( IDOC, APIs, Events, etc.) and technologies ( SAP PO, MuleSoft, BODS, SAP Integration suite etc.) to convert functional requirements to techncial design specifications
Proficiency in designing and developing scalable solutions using S/4 HANA Products, BTP services and APIs
Experience designing a complete customer specific solutions as a product using SAP S/4 Solution suite of products and services.
Knowledge of BTP Services especially in areas of Application Development, Data Analytics, Integration, and Intelligent Technologies (AI/ML)
Knowledge and Experience in working on some of the key SAP BTP Services like Build Automation, Build Work zone, ABAP Cloud development, CAP/RAP frameworks, and extensibility approaches (Side-by-Side & On-Stack ABAP extensions), Identity & Access Management, security principles and integration with SAP and non-SAP environments.
Familiarity with SAP Suite of products like SAP Archiving/ILM, SAP Solution Manager, SAP GRC, SAP Ariba, SAP IBP
Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills with the ability to effectively interact with internal and external business partners
Ability to work with limited supervision
Preferred Skills:
Familiarity with agile methodologies and tools like JIRA, ITSM.
An initiative-taking, problem-solving approach with strong organizational skills.
SAP certifications, SAP course completion on S/4 HANA, BTP.
Experience, preferably in product management, digital or software product development, or a related field
