SAP S/4HANA Development LEAD

Ekloud Data Labs; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ekloud Data Labs seeks an experienced SAP S/4HANA Development Lead to steer the technical development domain within the global ERP platform, guiding enhancements, upgrades, and integrations. The role blends hands-on leadership with strategic delivery, modernizing development practices, enabling automation, and driving AI‑driven efficiency across the SAP landscape.

You will mentor the team and collaborate with product managers, architects, and IS teams to deliver scalable ERP solutions worldwide.

Qualifications

• 9+ years SAP development experience.
• Minimum 3 years leading SAP development teams or technical delivery teams.
• Proven hands-on SAP S/4HANA development experience.
• Experience in manufacturing or process-industry environments.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP S/4HANA development across enhancements, integrations, and custom solutions.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and architectural direction for development teams.
• Ensure development quality, maintainability, performance, and compliance with SAP best practices.
• Support future S/4HANA upgrades and transformation initiatives.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

ABAP OO

SAP BTP

AI automation

Leadership

RAP

UI5

CDS Views

Integrations

Upgrades

Tools

RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP)

OData

Job description

Position Overview

The SAP S/4HANA Development Lead will lead the technical development domain within the global ERP platform.

The role combines hands‑on technical leadership, innovation, team development, and delivery excellence across SAP S/4HANA initiatives, upgrades, integrations, and future transformation programs.

In this role, the candidate will modernize development practices, introduce automation and AI capabilities, strengthen the existing development team, and ensure scalable, high‑quality delivery aligned with ERP strategy.

We are looking for a hands‑on SAP S/4HANA Development Leader who can modernize our development capabilities, introduce AI and automation‑driven efficiencies, strengthen our global development team, and support the next‑generation ERP transformation journey.

We are searching not only for a strong SAP developer but also for:

• - An innovation leader who continuously challenges existing ways of working.
• - A builder of capabilities and technical excellence.
• - A catalyst for automation and AI adoption.
• - A mentor who elevates the performance of the entire team.
• - A flexible thinker who can adapt quickly to changing business priorities and transformation initiatives.
• - A pragmatic problem solver who balances innovation with business value.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Lead S4HANA development activities across enhancements, integrations, custom solutions, and strategic initiatives.

Provide hands‑on technical guidance and architectural direction for development teams.

Ensure development quality, maintainability, performance, and compliance with SAP best practices.

Support future S/4HANA upgrades and transformation initiatives.

Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Functional Leads, Architects, PMO, and IS teams.

Drive innovation across the SAP development landscape.

Evaluate and introduce modern SAP technologies, frameworks, and tools.

Promote adoption of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), automation solutions, and AI‑assisted development capabilities.

Identify opportunities to improve productivity, development quality, testing efficiency, and delivery speed.

Establish modern engineering practices and a continuous improvement culture.

Team Development

Strengthen the professional capabilities of the existing development team.

Coach and mentor developers through hands‑on guidance and knowledge sharing.

Define development standards, technical guidelines, and best practices.

Build technical competency in emerging SAP technologies and modern development approaches.

Foster a collaborative, learning‑oriented environment.

Delivery Excellence

Lead development planning, estimations, resource allocation, and execution.

Support multiple parallel initiatives while maintaining delivery quality.

Manage technical risks and proactively propose mitigation actions.

Ensure effective knowledge transfer and sustainable solutions.

Mandatory Requirements

Professional Experience

• - 9+ years of SAP development experience.
• - Minimum 3 years leading SAP development teams or technical delivery teams.
• - Proven hands‑on experience in SAP S/4HANA development.
• - Strong background in end‑to‑end Build activities.
• - Experience in manufacturing or process‑industry environments.

Technical Skills

• - Expert knowledge of ABAP core principles modern ABAP syntax (7.6+), OO, enhancements, and SAP extensibility concepts. Etc.
• - Excellent knowledge of performance optimization.
• - Strong experience with ABAP on HANA: CDS Views, AMDP.
• - Integration development experience.
• - Application Development knowledge: RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP), SAP Gateway, OData services, UI5.
• - Familiarity with SAP
• - Understanding of Clean Core principles and modern SAP architecture.

Leadership Capabilities

• - Demonstrated ability to lead and influence technical teams.
• - Strong mentoring and coaching skills.
• - Excellent stakeholder management capabilities.
• - Ability to operate effectively within a global organization.

Langue

• - Excellent written and spoken English.
• - Experience working directly with international business and IT teams.
• - International big companies- a must
• - Working hours: 8.5 hours daily (up to 180 a month)

Preferred Qualifications

• - Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA Upgrade programs.
• - Experience in SAP transformation initiatives.
• - Experience with SAP BTP extensions and cloud‑native development.
• - Experience introducing AI, automation, DevOps, or modern engineering practices.
• - Previous exposure to global Rollout projects