• We have an exciting opportunity as our SAP Authorization Lead for an individual who has a track record of creating successful outcomes through creating a culture of leadership within the organization and empowering team members into future leaders themselves.  You thrive in the ambiguity and excitement of a fast-paced growing organization with greenfield setup and can respond to it with the same level of growth mindset coupled with a sense of ownership, agility, risk taking & proactiveness
• The ideal candidate needs to be strategic leader with excellent communication skills, an ability to influence along with strong ability to lead people and projects.
• This role will directly report to Manager of IM Development Operations and will be based in Bangalore. 

What are you in for? (Roles and responsibilities)

• You would be responsible for driving the SAP roadmap of our organization’s growth journey, helping to define the process strategy, organizational culture, and best practices, while collaborating with onshore and offshore teams. 
• In summation, the mission statement of your role is to work with the IM Development Operations Manager to build, develop and scale the organization for a sustainable future while ensuring that we constantly challenge ourselves 

Your responsibilities would include but are not limited to the below: -

Leadership Expertise

• Manage the deliverables of the SAP Authorization Team and have a great sense of accountability and responsibility to drive the team from offshore
• Setting up process and governance, setting up quality assurance and review process of the deliverables
• Customer and solution-oriented thinking with Target and results-oriented approach
• Interface between the product owners, stakeholders, and developers.
• Leading a team, mentoring, monitoring, hire new talents, onboard them, making detailed assessment of the team on their capabilities and support them to bridge the gaps.
• Should be a go-getter and motivate the team maintaining the team sprit and collaboration
• Propose and implement innovations and improvements 
• Establish best practices from coding to delivery ensuring the handover of daily operations with a proper documentation 
• Focus on Performance optimizations of customizations in SAP Landscape.
• End-to-end SAP Implementation experience 
• Review TD’s, FD’s, Blueprints and support tests (unit test, functional test etc)
• Well versed in software engineering principles, frameworks, Agile Methodologies

Technology Expertise

• Strong experience in SAP Authorization, S/4HANA Security and SAP Fiori security
• Manage SAP users, authorizations, and profiles across the SAP landscape ECC, SRM, GTS, S/4HANA etc
• Must have good experience in System Security, Role Maintenance and Authorizations Experience in handling Incidents, Change Management and Problem Management.
• Prepare Knowledge Transition plan and document to Support teams
• End user manual preparation and user training the users
• Processing of all incoming incidents and service requests as part of a 2nd level support
• Execution of tasks from change management for the defined task areas
• User account management and authorization assignment for the SAP systems
• Telephone, software-assisted user support mainly for the SAP systems, as well as the identity and access management process, as far as this is related to SAP authorization requirements
• Close cooperation with 1st level support and subject matter experts to improve service
• Monitoring the IT service and generating reports
• Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and   achieves high reliability, availability, and performance of each SAP instance.
• Proficient with SAP authorization concept in S/4Hana, role design, Fiori app assignment to roles (catalogues and groups), user administration, SOD conflict resolution 
• Working with respective functional teams and able to map identified task-based responsibilities to standard Fiori apps, co-ordinate with role and user assignments.

What is in it for you? 

• You are a part of a brand-new org. setup – with a clean slate and a mission to build a People first organization.
• You work beyond borders, with international teams seeking and imparting learning through shared/individual experiences and knowledge through the community.
• You would be responsible for driving the SAP roadmap of our organization’s growth journey, helping to define the process strategy, organizational culture, and best practices, while collaborating with onshore and offshore teams

What are we looking for? (Experience/Qualifications/Skillsets/Must-haves)

• Education - Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in computer science with 5+ years of experience
• Strong written, verbal and Presentation skills along with Analytical skills and Logical Skills
• Excellent communication skills and fluent knowledge of spoken and written English
• Strong problem-solving skills coupled with logical and analytical abilities 
• Should be flexible to work according to German timings (11am to 7:30 pm) / shifts
• Should have worked in multi-cultural environment
• Willingness to work in Bangalore location and in a Hybrid model