Senior SAP Functional Lead – Global Integrations & Strategy

Imizizi; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Imizizi in Gauteng, South Africa seeks an experienced SAP Lead to provide expert functional leadership for cross-border integrations and multi-country rollouts. You will review changes, guide architecture discussions and mentor teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

The role requires deep SAP invoicing and middleware expertise, strong Agile delivery skills, and a proven track record coordinating complex deployments while maintaining JIRA/Confluence artefacts and ITSM workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Extensive SAP functional experience (15+ years) focusing on invoicing, integrations and middleware.
• Proven track record leading complex multi-country or middleware programmes and mentoring cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, ITSM processes, and enterprise architecture best practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide chief SAP functional leadership for product integrations and multi-country rollouts.
• Review and approve changes to align with templates and long-term strategy.
• Lead design and architecture discussions for new solutions with developers and PDOs.
• Mentor and coach team members, transferring product knowledge and guiding issue resolution.
• Oversee sprint planning, epic governance and maintain JIRA/Confluence artefacts.
• Coordinate CRs for production deployments and participate in ITSM workflows.
• Drive monitoring strategy and automated reporting to proactively manage incidents.
• Validate database design changes, migrations and updates with DB developers.
• Represent the team in key recurring meetings (Application Operations, 3rd Party Providers, PDO, planning, hyper care).
• Lead hyper-care and handover for country rollouts and transitions to operations.
• Escalation point for complex production issues; drive continuous improvement.
• Advance automation (JQL, Confluence reporting, AI MCP integrations) and sprint efficiency.
• Ensure knowledge transfer, onboarding plans and succession planning for critical roles.

Skills

SAP leadership

Invoicing

Middleware integrations

Agile delivery

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Imizizi in Gauteng, South Africa seeks an experienced SAP Lead to provide expert functional leadership for cross-border integrations and multi-country rollouts. You will review changes, guide architecture discussions and mentor teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

The role requires deep SAP invoicing and middleware expertise, strong Agile delivery skills, and a proven track record coordinating complex deployments while maintaining JIRA/Confluence artefacts and ITSM workflows.