As Head of Engineering for SAP Business Network Core, you will define and execute the engineering strategy for the platform, data foundation, AI-native services, and core technologies that power SAP Business Network.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:- People Leadership:
- Champion the success of your direct reports, engineering leaders, and the broader organization by identifying growth opportunities and enabling career development.
- Build, scale, and lead multiple engineering organizations while fostering a strong culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence.
- Coach and mentor managers and senior leaders through regular feedback, development planning, and succession management.
- Drive organizational effectiveness through talent acquisition, retention strategies, and continuous learning programs.
- Serve as a role model who creates the future, builds teams, develops people, and manages performance.
- Engineering Leadership:
- Define and execute the engineering strategy for SAP Business Network Core.
- Lead large-scale engineering organizations responsible for applications, platform services, APIs, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and AI capabilities.
- Shape technology and product roadmaps in partnership with Product Management, Architecture, and Engineering leadership.
- Establish engineering goals, priorities, KPIs, and operating mechanisms across multiple teams and organizations.
- Platform, Data Foundation & AI Leadership:
- Define and execute the Data Foundation strategy for SAP Business Network, enabling a unified and governed data ecosystem.
- Lead development of AI-native platform capabilities, intelligent services, and advanced analytics solutions.
- Drive the evolution of business logic, configuration systems, and forecasting models into intelligent reasoning systems.
- Establish standards and governance for AI engineering, MLOps, data architecture, platform scalability, and responsible AI adoption.
- Partner closely with Product, Data Science, Engineering, and Architecture leaders to embed intelligence directly into core product capabilities.
- Change Management & Organizational Development:
- Actively lead organizational transformation and engineering modernization initiatives
- 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 internally and externally as a technology and engineering leader.
- Act as a spokesperson for SAP Business Network engineering strategy and innovation initiatives.
- Build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders, customers, partners, and industry leaders.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS The ideal candidate combines executive engineering leadership experience with a strong background in cloud platforms, enterprise software, data platforms, and AI-powered systems. They must demonstrate a proven ability to build high-performing organizations, define technology strategy, and deliver products that create measurable customer and business impact.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's 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 Azure, GCP or AWS.
- 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.
Requisition ID: 457169 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 20% | Career Status: Executive | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
Requisition ID: 457169
Posted Date: Aug 3, 2026
Work Area: Software-Design and Development
Career Status: Executive
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Expected Travel: 0 - 20%
Location:
