Engineering Manager, SAP S/4HANA

Ford - Lincoln Veteran Careers Program; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 133,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Family care days

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for SAP S/4HANA-based technology products and services. You will own the product lifecycle from roadmap through production support, guiding design and delivery with strong collaboration across business and technical teams.

The role requires deep SAP S/4HANA SD and O2C experience, leadership skills, and a proven track record of delivering enterprise SAP solutions in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in SAP delivery, engineering leadership, product delivery, or related.
• 2+ years leading teams with people management and resource planning.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA, SD, and Order-to-Cash processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of engineers, analysts, and SAP professionals.
• Own end-to-end delivery, including planning, prioritization, and blockers removal.
• Own roadmap and solution direction for SAP S/4HANA capabilities in SD/O2C.
• Interface with business stakeholders to translate requirements into functional designs and epics.
• Promote reliable delivery, platform performance, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Business

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SD

Order-to-Cash

GCP

Job description

We are seeking an Engineering Managerto lead a team responsible for building, delivering, and supporting technology products and services powered by Ford’s SAP S/4HANA platform. This people-leader role owns the product and solution lifecycle from roadmap and requirements through functional specification, design, implementation, release, and production support.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience with SAP S/4HANA Sales and Distribution (SD) and end-to-end Order-to-Cash (O2C) processes, along with automotive industry knowledge. The manager will lead the functional specification team and work closely with business stakeholders to translate business needs into clear requirements, functional designs, and a delivery roadmap. You will guide solution and integration decisions, develop a high-performing team, and drive dependable delivery, platform reliability, and continuous improvement.

Team Leadership

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of engineers, analysts, and SAP professionals, including the functional specification team.
• Organize the team around effective areas of ownership, as needed.
• Set clear performance expectations, hold regular one-on-ones, and support career growth and development.
• Build a team culture centered on accountability, collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Manage hiring, onboarding, capacity planning, and resource allocation.

Delivery and Production Ownership

• Own end-to-end delivery, including planning, prioritization, resourcing, dependency management, and removal of blockers.
• Lead production support for SAP products and integrations, including incident response, root-cause analysis, and resolution of production issues.
• Establish and monitor operational measures for service reliability, process performance, and support responsiveness.
• Track delivery risks, timelines, dependencies, and technical debt; communicate and elevate issues proactively.
• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies and improve delivery and support practices.

Product, Functional, and SAP Solution Ownership

• Own the roadmap and solution direction for SAP S/4HANA capabilities supporting Sales and Distribution and Order to Cash.
• Lead the functional specification team, ensuring specifications are clear, complete, traceable to business requirements, and ready to guide solution design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand processes, define requirements, prioritise enhancements, and align on outcomes.
• Facilitate working sessions with business and technical teams to resolve process questions, assess impacts, and agree on scope and acceptance criteria.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria that align with SAP S/4HANA capabilities, SD, and end-to-end O2C processes.
• Partner with business teams to understand and improve processes spanning relevant O2C activities, such as sales order management, pricing, delivery, billing, and invoicing.
• Guide solution design and technical decisions involving SAP S/4HANA, SD configuration, extensions, interfaces, and integrations with connected enterprise systems.
• Promote scalable, secure, reliable, and supportable solutions through design reviews, testing, and sound release practices.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve data quality, automate work, and strengthen platform performance.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a primary connection between the engineering and functional teams and business stakeholders, including sales, order management, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and IT.
• Align stakeholders on requirements, priorities, scope, delivery timing, and trade-offs.
• Provide regular updates to leaders and partners on roadmap progress, delivery status, production health, and risks.
• Coordinate with architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, integration, and other cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in SAP delivery, engineering leadership, product delivery, or a related discipline.
• 2+ years demonstrated experience leading teams, including people management, coaching, performance development, and resource planning.
• Hands‑on experience with SAP S/4HANA, MUST HAVE Sales and Distribution (SD) and Order-to-Cash processes.
• Experience delivering and supporting enterprise SAP solutions across their lifecycle, including production support and incident management.
• Understanding of SAP solution design, configuration, extensions, and integration patterns.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders to define priorities, clarify requirements, and manage expectations.
• Strong communication, problem‑solving, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum or similar delivery environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive industry experience, including familiarity with automotive sales, order management, fulfillment, or related business processes.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA transformation, implementation, migration, or large‑scale modernization programs.
• Experience integrating SAP with dealer, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, or other enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with SAP integration technologies and approaches, such as APIs, middleware, and event‑based integration.
• Experience leading functional analysts or functional‑specification teams and translating business needs into functional designs and delivery requirements.
• Experience with the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud‑based enterprise solutions.
• Familiarity with architecture, including service design, APIs, integration patterns, and distributed systems.
• Experience managing distributed or hybrid teams and coordinating delivery across multiple business and technology groups.
• Familiarity with production support frameworks, ITIL, or SRE practices.
• Understanding of enterprise data governance, security, compliance, and change management.

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp‑up programs, subsidised back‑up child care and more

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

• Tuition assistance

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for individual and team community service

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$250,800.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

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