Development Manager

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**We help the world run better**

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best.

Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better.

How?

We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work.

We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

**About The Team**

You'll be joining the SAP Ariba Engineering organization within our Intelligent Spend Management group, where you'll lead a talented team of engineers focused on transforming how enterprises manage their procurement processes.

Your Team: You'll manage a cross-functional development team of engineers including senior developers, architects, and QA specialists who are passionate about delivering best-in-class procurement solutions.

Your Partners: You'll collaborate closely with Product Management, UX Design, and Technical Product Management teams, as well as partner with our global Ariba engineering centers and the broader SAP ecosystem.

Your Impact: The Ariba P2O platform processes billions of dollars in enterprise spend annually.

Your team's work directly enables organizations worldwide to streamline their buying, purchasing, and receipt processes, driving efficiency and compliance across global supply chains.

**The Role**

• Technical Foundation: Engineering degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 12 years of hands-on software development experience, including 8 years in core development roles.

• Leadership Experience: Minimum 5 years successfully leading engineering teams, with proven ability to scale teams and deliver complex enterprise software solutions.

• Enterprise SaaS Expertise: 4 years of experience delivering SaaS solutions and microservices architecture, preferably in enterprise procurement or spend management domains.

• Technical Depth: Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, system design, and experience contributing to large-scale distributed system architecture

• Cloud & DevOps Skills (Nice to have): Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) and cloud platforms (AWS EC2, EKS, DynamoDB, etc.)

• Business Acumen: Understanding of procurement processes, P2O workflows, or enterprise spend management solutions is highly preferred.

• Collaboration Skills: Exceptional interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration abilities, with experience working across global teams and time zones.

• Growth Mindset: Strong problem-solving capabilities, adaptability to changing business needs, and commitment to building inclusive, high-performing engineering cultures.

• AI Tools Experience (Nice to Have): Experience with Generative AI development tools, GitHub Copilot, or leading AI adoption initiatives within engineering organizations.

**The Role & Responsibilities**

• Drive Product Strategy: Collaborate with Product Management to shape product strategy and prioritize development initiatives.

• Lead High-Performance Teams: Direct Agile (SCRUM) development teams to deliver robust, scalable features.

• Architect for Scale: Partner with global engineering leadership to evolve SDLC practices, operational excellence, and technical architecture.

• Drive AI-Powered Development: Champion the adoption of Generative AI tools and GitHub Copilot across development teams to accelerate code development, enhance code quality, and improve developer productivity.

• People Leadership: Proactively manage team development including performance management, career growth, coaching, compensation decisions, and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

• Stakeholder Management: Navigate complex internal and external dependencies across procurement workflows, ensuring seamless integration and feature delivery across the P2P ecosystem.

• Technical Problem Solving: Lead resolution of critical technical challenges, customer escalations, and platform incidents that impact procurement operations.

• DevOps Excellence: Champion continuous integration best practices including zero-downtime deployments, canary releases, feature flags, and automated testing frameworks.

• Roadmap Accountability: Own commitments for technical and functional roadmap delivery while maintaining compliance with enterprise security and technical standards.

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​ **Bring out your best**

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively.

Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management.

As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development.

Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves.

At SAP, you can bring out your best.

**We win with inclusion**

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best.

At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential.

We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.

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**EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:**

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Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 432233 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

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