Head of Systems & Data Engineering - SAP
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LOCATION: London, Cardiff, Birmingham This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working 1-2 days in the office per week. PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £110 000- £125,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE This exciting role sits in the BBC's Technology & Media Operations group, which delivers the technology requirements of the BBC across broadcast, enterprise, and digital to the strategy set by the business. Reporting into the Director of Corporate Systems, the role, working in partnership with third parties and peers supporting the broader corporate systems landscape, will lead the design, development, and operation of enterprise-grade data reporting and analytics platforms and engineering solutions with a primary focus on SAP technologies ensuring scalability, security, and performance across complex global landscapes. WHY JOIN THE TEAM It is an exciting time to join the BBC as we look to invest in our systems landscape to support data, process and technology transformation supporting our evolution to a truly data led organisation. YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT Strategic Leadership Define and execute the HR and Finance data platforms and engineering strategy to enable the delivery of data warehousing, analytics and reporting technologies aligned to business objectives. Partner with domain Heads of Data and Data Custodians in technology alongside Data & security Architecture teams to deliver data architecture and integration to enable data modelling, analytics and reporting aligned to business strategy. Champion and deliver best practices for data governance, quality, and compliance. Technical Ownership Oversee design and implementation of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data medallion architecture and ingestion and integration frameworks for SAP systems (SAP ECC, SAP HCM, Successfactors, Concur, S/4HANA, BW, BPC, SAP Data Services, SAP BTP incl Datasphere and BDC and other non SAP data warehouses and platforms). Ensure robust data models and architecture for transactional and analytical workloads. Optimize performance with architecture colleagues of large-scale data flows and storage solutions. Operational Excellence Manage day-to-day operations of data engineering teams, ensuring SLAs and KPIs are met. Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident management for data pipelines. Drive automation and continuous improvement in data output operations. Collaboration & Stakeholder Management Partner with other Data Architects and Engineers across the group, Finance, HR, and Technology teams to deliver integrated solutions. Work closely with SAP Basis, Application, and Analytics teams for seamless data flow. Work closely with Data Architecture and Business Heads of Data to design and delivery outcomes aligned to business goals. Engage with vendors and 3rd party AMS partners for technology delivery, upgrades and support. Innovation & Future Readiness Explore and deliver emerging technologies (cloud-native SAP solutions, AI/ML integration, data lakehouse architectures, AWS data platforms). Lead proof-of-concepts for advanced data engineering capabilities.
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of SAP data platform technologies incl SAP BW, Datasphere, SAP BDC, SAP BPC and high-volume, mission-critical data pipelines within SAP ecosystems and onwards to other enterprise data platforms
- Strong experience in ETL/ELT tools, data modelling, and integration patterns.
- Proven experience of leading large data analytics engineering teams in complex environments.
- Ability to influence peers and senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional collaboration.
- Understanding of data security, compliance (GDPR), and audit requirements.
DESIRED CRITERIA:
- Relevant SAP certifications (SAP BW,SAP Data Services, SAP BW, SAP ECC, SAP HANA).
- Experience in global organisations
- Strategic thinker with hands-on technical depth.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability under pressure
- HR and Finance data, process and technology domain knowledge.
Benefits & conditions
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any Disclaimer This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved. Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory. Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer. For any general queries, please contact: Redeployment The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk. Information at a Glance This is your BBC At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain. Life at BBC Here you will benefit from:
- Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
- Excellent career and professional development.
- Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
- A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract. Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack. You belong We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below. Disability confident
