SAP Principal Systems Engineer - S2P

BBC Group and Public Services; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Group and Public Services is seeking an SAP Principal Systems Engineer – Procurement for a hybrid role based in London or Cardiff. You will drive strategy for finance platforms, focusing on SAP and partner solutions, delivering complex changes, and optimising procurement systems to maximise business value.

You will lead technical change, provide governance, and mentor teams while engaging with senior stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with BBC priorities.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior technical specialist in S2P platforms (SAP SCC6/S4/Hana, SAP Ariba S2P, MDG, OpenText VIM).
• Strong integrations across SAPECC6/S/4HANA, procurement, finance, and third-party systems via APIs, middleware, IDocs, and web services.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and ensure quality artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate small/medium technical changes with BBC business users and outsourced providers, including documentation, build, testing, deployment and post-go-live support.
• Lead larger projects with technical change elements, working with PMs and stakeholders to deliver timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, promoting best practices and achievable goals.
• Support incident resolution with outsourced partners and internal teams across severities.
• Define roadmaps, standards, support models and governance for enterprise procurement and supplier-management platforms; mentor engineering teams.

Skills

S2P expert

SAP ECC6

SAP S4/Hana

SAP Ariba S2P

MDG

OpenText VIM

APIs & integration

Stakeholder leadership

Job description

Job Title: SAP Principal Systems Engineer - S2P

Permanent - Full Time

Job Closing Date: 10/11/2026

THE ROLE

JOB DETAILS

JOB TITLE: SAP Principal Sys Engineer - Procurement

JOB REF:52949

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Technology Group

LOCATION: London or Cardiff Hybrid 2 days per week in office

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £70,000 - £80,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

CLOSING DATE: 23:59 on Tuesday 10th of November 2026 *this may be suject to change

INTERVIEWS TO COMMENCE: Week of the 30th of November 2026

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Interview Process : 1 x 45 min Values and Behaviours competency-based interview with technical questions.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the BBC’s Technology & Media Operations team to help shape the future of our corporate systems. In this role, you’ll influence strategy and drive innovation across finance platforms, focusing on SAP and partner solutions. You’ll contribute to delivering and managing complex technical changes and optimising systems to maximise value and align with BBC business goals. If you’re passionate about using technology to create meaningful impact, this is your opportunity to support the evolution of the BBC’s financial systems.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

You will be joining a small, established team that work well together in a rapidly developing and transformative space. You will have the opportunity to pick up new skills and Best Practice ways of working which help drive efficiency and Value for Money. The team are currently engaged in an exciting transformation in the Finance and Procurement space, which you will be a contributor to.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Acting as a Co-ordinator for Small/Medium technical changes, clarifying requirements submitted by BBC Business Users and managing a change process followed by an outsourced technology provider, including Documentation Review, Technical Build, Testing Cycles, Production Deployment and Post Go-Live support
• Acting as a trusted team member for larger projects with technical change elements, working closely with Project Management and Project Stakeholders to deliver timely, high-quality outcomes
• Building relationships with Internal and External stakeholders, offering support and influence focussed on best practice, achievable goals
• Working with Outsourced Technology partners and Internal Stakeholders to support the resolution of Incidents at varied severity levels
• Defining technology roadmaps, engineering standards, support models, and operational practices for enterprise procurement and supplier-management platforms. Providing technical leadership, mentoring, and governance to engineering teams, ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, supportable, scalable, and aligned with long-term business and technology strategies.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Extensive experience as a senior technical specialist and subject matter expert across Source-to-Pay (S2P) platforms, including SAP ECC6, SAP S4/Hana, SAP Ariba S2P Solutions, SAP MDG, Icertis CLM and OpenText VIM. Strong technical knowledge of integrations between SAP ECC6/SAP, S/4HANA and associated procurement, finance, reporting, identity, and third-party platforms using APIs, middleware, IDocs, web services, and event-driven architectures
• Deep understanding of S2P business processes and enterprise application integration, including sourcing, contract lifecycle management, supplier onboarding & risk management, purchasing, invoice management, master data governance, and end-to-end procure-to-pay processes. Demonstrable expertise in aligning technology solutions with business processes, industry best practices, and organisational strategy, whilst translating business, user, product, and project requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Extensive experience reviewing, authoring, and assuring architectural, technical, functional, integration, and support documentation, ensuring alignment with SAP and industry best practices. Proven ability to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, while maintaining high standards of quality, consistency, clarity, and completeness across solution artefacts.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and build credibility with senior business leaders, product owners, architects, engineers, suppliers, and delivery teams. Able to communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and audience-appropriate manner, lead requirements discovery activities, evaluate solution options, and provide recommendations aligned to enterprise architecture principles, engineering standards, and strategic objectives.
• Proven ability to lead the resolution of complex technical challenges across large-scale, business-critical S2P platforms and integrations. Comfortable operating in agile, multidisciplinary teams, balancing multiple priorities and competing demands, managing technical risk and conflict, and influencing successful outcomes to ensure solutions are effectively designed, delivered, supported, and continuously improved.

DESIRED:

• Experience delivering or supporting transformations involving some of the following: SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Ariba Contracts, SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (SLP), SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, SAP Ariba Guided Buying, SAP Ariba Managed Gateway for Spend & Invoicing (CIG/MGS), supplier master data harmonisation, and procurement process modernisation.
• Knowledge of enterprise integration platforms, cloud-based architectures, identity and access management, data governance, cybersecurity principles, and regulatory compliance requirements relevant to procurement and supplier management solutions.
• Experience working within complex, highly integrated enterprise environments where multiple procurement, finance, supplier, and contract management platforms must operate as a single end-to-end ecosystem.
• Ability to write and communicate complex technology solutions in a clear and coherent way

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.