ERP Development Lead
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Job description
The ERP Development Lead is a key role within BAM's ERP programme, providing leadership and coordination across all development activities spanning SAP S/4HANA and non-S/4 applications.
During the current design and delivery phases, you will ensure that technical designs, functional specifications, integrations, and development requirements are fully understood, documented, and ready for sprint-based delivery. You will act as the central coordination point for ERP development, ensuring delivery is technically robust, aligned to architectural direction, and delivered in line with agreed governance, sprint plans, and release cycles.
Making possible
Development planning & coordination
- Lead and coordinate ERP programme development activities across SAP S/4HANA and non-S/4 systems.
- Manage development schedules aligned to sprint plans, release timelines, and technical milestones.
- Coordinate workloads across internal developers and external solution integrators.
- Ensure development items are appropriately estimated, prioritised, and resourced.
Technical oversight & governance
- Maintain oversight of custom developments, enhancements, interfaces, reports, workflows, and integrations.
- Ensure adherence to SAP development standards, naming conventions, and quality assurance processes.
- Support the definition and maintenance of development guidelines and DevOps practices.
- Participate in technical and design reviews to ensure feasibility, maintainability, and architectural alignment.
Collaboration & stakeholder management
- Work closely with functional workstreams to clarify requirements and refine user stories.
- Collaborate with Release Management on environment planning, deployment sequencing, and cutover activities.
- Support testing teams during system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and defect resolution.
- Act as the primary escalation point for ERP development-related issues.
Team leadership & resource management
- Coordinate and coach internal development resources, supporting skills development and capacity planning.
- Manage external systems integrator development teams, ensuring quality delivery and adherence to scope and standards.
- Facilitate technical forums including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and development review sessions.
Risk, issue & compliance management
- Proactively identify development risks and issues, ensuring mitigation plans are defined and actioned.
- Ensure compliance with IT security, data governance, and audit requirements.
- Oversee the creation and maintenance of technical documentation, including build specifications and support materials.
Requirements
- Strong ERP development background, ideally with SAP S/4HANA or ECC.
- Solid understanding of integration technologies such as APIs, IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs, and OData.
- Experience with non-SAP application development or integration is advantageous.
Leadership & delivery capability
- Proven experience coordinating multi-disciplinary technical teams.
- Demonstrable experience managing internal development resources and external delivery partners.
- Strong knowledge of Agile delivery, sprint planning, and backlog management.
- Clear and confident communicator, able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits & conditions
We are committed to our employees and offer strong competitive salaries along with benefits such as:
8% pension contribution Private Health Insurance Dental Plan 26 days annual leave, incremental with years service 2 Wellbeing days annually Paid maternity & paternity leave Learning & Development opportunities - internal progression is encouraged and fostered. Company vehicles (role dependent) .....and many more great perks.
