SAP Development and Integration Manager at QE Services

My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for a SAP Development and Integration Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.

IT / FINANCE

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the SAP Development and Integration team.
• Set individual and team objectives aligned with IT strategy and SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE) goals.
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching, development discussions and succession planning.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Support employee engagement, wellbeing, retention and technical skills development.
• Lead SAP development, integration, extension and automation across the hybrid SAP landscape.
• Oversee development and integration activities across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC HCM, SuccessFactors, SAP BTP and related platforms.
• Guide technical decisions between standard SAP configuration, released APIs, side-by-side extensions and approved integration patterns.
• Drive the modernisation of custom code, integrations and extensions in line with clean-core principles.
• Promote the use of SAP Integration Suite, API-led integration and event-driven architecture.
• Ensure secure and reliable connectivity between cloud-based and on-premise SAP systems.
• Provide technical guidance on ABAP, RAP, CDS Views, OData, Fiori, workflow and SAP BTP technologies.
• Assess opportunities for process automation and AI-assisted development where appropriate.
• Personally undertake selected development and integration tasks when required.
• Receive, assess, prioritise and allocate JIRA requests across business-as-usual (BAU), project delivery, integration and technical debt.
• Manage resource allocation and capacity across support, development, integration and modernisation initiatives.
• Coordinate stakeholder meetings to review priorities, progress, capacity and escalations.
• Ensure projects and technical requests are delivered within agreed deadlines and quality standards.
• Monitor technical issues and resolve defects across SAP applications, integrations, workflows and connectivity layers.
• Establish and maintain SAP development standards and technical best practices.
• Enforce release, incident, change management, audit and security procedures.
• Ensure compliance with SAP CoE and BTP governance requirements.
• Apply clean-core principles, secure-by-design integration and approved architectural patterns.
• Support DevSecOps practices, controlled deployments and release management.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, knowledge transfer and operational handover.
• Advise functional teams and business stakeholders on SAP solution options and technical feasibility.
• Challenge requirements where necessary to ensure solutions are practical, sustainable and fit for purpose.
• Identify opportunities to improve system performance, integration reliability and development efficiency.
• Mentor internal resources and strengthen the team's technical capabilities.
• Promote continuous learning across SAP cloud technologies, integration, security and AI-enabled development.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Relevant SAP certifications in SAP BTP, Integration Suite, ABAP Development, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Build or SAP Business AI will be advantageous.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in SAP development and integration, including ABAP and modern SAP integration technologies.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience working with SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP, preferably within a hybrid SAP or RISE with SAP environment.
• Practical experience with SAP Integration Suite / CPI-S, API Management, OData, REST, SOAP, IDocs, BAPIs and RFC integration.
• Experience with SAP BTP, Cloud Connector, secure hybrid connectivity and integration architecture.
• Experience with ABAP OO, RAP, CDS Views, SAP Fiori, UI5 and modern SAP extension techniques.
• Experience leading technical teams, managing workloads, prioritising backlogs and coordinating project delivery.
• Experience in release management, change governance, technical standards, stakeholder engagement and operational support.
• Experience with clean-core principles, custom-code modernisation, cloud migration and side-by-side extensions will be advantageous.
• Experience with SAP Cloud ALM, DevSecOps, source control, CI/CD and controlled transport management will be advantageous.
• Experience in financial services or another regulated enterprise environment will be advantageous.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development, Joule for Developers and SAP Business AI will be beneficial.