Technical Executive Director, SAP Basis & Platform Operations

The Estée Lauder Companies; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Estée Lauder Companies in New York seeks a Technical Executive Director, SAP Basis & Platform Operations to lead 24x7 SAP stability, security, and performance across the global environment, ensuring resilient service delivery.

This role will transform traditional SAP Basis into a modern platform engineering discipline, accelerate adoption of S/4HANA, RISE, cloud-first models, and partner with Enterprise Architecture, SAP teams, and infrastructure to deliver a multi-year transformation roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP Basis 24x7 operations and ensure stability, security and performance across the global SAP landscape.
• Drive the transformation from traditional SAP Basis to a modern platform engineering discipline, enabling automation and scalable service delivery.

Job description

Description

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

The Technical Executive Director, SAP Basis & Platform Operations, is responsible for ensuring the stability, security, and performance of the current global SAP environment.

This role leads the SAP Basis organization with accountability for 24x7 operations, platform lifecycle management, and technical architecture, with a strong focus on evolving the landscape toward S/4HANA, RISE, and cloud-first delivery models.

This role will drive the transformation from traditional SAP Basis operations to a modern platform engineering capability, enabling scalability, automation, and improved service delivery.

While maintaining operational excellence across ECC and integrated NetWeaver platforms, this role will accelerate the adoption of cloud-based services, hybrid architectures, SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) capabilities.

Partnering with Enterprise Architecture, SAP functional/engineering leadership, and infrastructure teams, this position will define and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap, aligning SAP platform capabilities with long-term business strategy.

Success in this role requires the ability to lead through change, operate within shared responsibility models (RISE