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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Owner - **Company:** HM Revenue & Customs - **Location:** Croydon, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £58,541.0 - £72,711.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Databases, DevOps, Online Service Provider, SAP ABAP, SAP (Applications), System Integration Testing, SAP Integration Solutions, Technical Debt, SAP Business Technology Platform, Sap Fiori, SAP S/4HANA, Build Process - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=211c0d99df26a85d ## About the Role Engineering Vision & Strategy - Demonstrates the ability to define and articulate a clear SAP S/4HANA engineering vision and technology strategy aligned with organisational digital transformation objectives. Leadership of Cross-Functional Teams - Proven capability to lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across engineering, architecture, operations, and business functions to deliver complex SAP programmes. SAP Sovereign Cloud & Modernisation Expertise - Demonstrates strong understanding of SAP Sovereign Cloud, SAP BTP, RISE, Fiori, AI capabilities, and modernisation approaches to transform legacy SAP landscapes. Innovation & Continuous Improvement - Identifies and implements innovative solutions, automation opportunities, intelligent workflows, and modern engineering practices that improve platform performance and efficiency. Delivery Excellence - Ability to successfully deliver large-scale SAP initiatives within agreed scope, timelines, budget, and quality standards while managing risks and dependencies effectively. Platform Ownership & Product Management - Demonstrates effective ownership of platform backlogs, prioritisation decisions, delivery sequencing, and value-based roadmap management. Stakeholder Management & Business Alignment - Ability to build strong relationships with senior business and IT stakeholders, translating business requirements into practical technical solutions and gaining alignment across teams. Engineering Performance & Operational Excellence – Understanding of measurable KPIs and operational metrics such as deployment frequency, lead time, service reliability, defect reduction, and technical debt management to drive continuous improvement. Domain Knowledge & Industry Experience - Demonstrates relevant SAP expertise, preferably including public sector experience and knowledge of SAP TRM, PSCD, FICA, SAP certifications, and Product Owner frameworks (CSPO/PSPO)., This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills., Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process. ## Description Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it’s really like to work at HMRC., As a platform owner, you will work as an engineering manager in the space of SAP S4/Hana migration from legacy trade and revenue platform (TRM) running on R3. The role expects to define and drive roadmap for a defined platform aligned to the broader strategy supporting services at national scale. Operating within CEPO you will be accountable for delivering measurable outcomes within your product/platform area - improving delivery speed, reliability, security, reuse and cost optimisation through effective prioritisation and delivery decisions. You will ensure platform capabilities are secure by default, scalable and easy to consume, enabling teams to deliver services effectively. In addition to migration experience and expertise, other key essence of role is to build engineering capabilities to develop and deliver Level 5 – level 3 change requests (CR’s) in-house. Working with change delivery group (CDG) teams, technical architecture and migration delivery partner, you will: * Make prioritisation decisions within the product area, balancing needs, technical constraints and organisational priorities. * Manage dependencies and ensure alignment with wider platform standards. * Use metrics, usage data and feedback to assess performance and inform decisions. * Promote consistent, effective product management practices within your product team. You will act as an advocate for your product area, working with stakeholders across teams to ensure alignment and delivery of agreed outcomes. This is a key delivery role, offering opportunities to influence platform direction and develop your product management capability within a complex and evolving environment., * Create and drive the roadmap of S/4HANA migration activities, including discovery, design, development, testing, and deployment of SAP and non-SAP integrations integration components. * Participate and support in different stages of product development life cycle, i.e., system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT) and contribute to detailed cutover planning to ensure a smooth transition to the new platform. * Champion cross government alignment, embedding agreed architectural standards, guardrails, and principles to support consistent, compliant delivery. * Independently lead and facilitate the governance forums to ensure the delivery quality and service assurance. * Work closely with internal HMRC teams, systems integrators (SIs), and vendors, ensuring cohesive delivery, effective issue resolution, and successful outcomes. * Collaborate confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders, building strong relationships and promoting clear, transparent communication at all the time. * Ensure service assurance and proactive risk management, identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks throughout the delivery lifecycle., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: * Communicating and Influencing * Developing Self and Others * Managing a Quality Service * Seeing the Big Picture, During the panel interview, you will be assessed on Behaviours, Strengths and Technical questions. The technical questions will relate to your S4/Hana Migration Experience and understanding of ABAP development. This is an example of a strengths-based question. “It is often said that the customer's needs should come first. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?” There is no expectation or requirement for you to prepare for the strengths-based questions in advance of the interview, though you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on what you enjoy doing and what you do well. Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed. Please note that circumstances may arise that require the planned interview format to change. We will endeavour to provide you with as much notice of any change as possible. Eligibility Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk – Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]’. To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application. Exceptionally, candidates who are not successful at this grade may be considered for appointment to similar roles at a lower grade where the eligibility criteria are met. If this applies, we will contact you directly. Sponsorship We have assessed this role against both Home Office and HMRC criteria and we are unable to offer sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa. This means the vacancy is not open to applicants who require visa sponsorship., If you have an HMRC online account already, sign straight in using your ID and password. If not, you can prove your identity by answering some questions or providing your photo ID. You’ll then be able to access the app quickly and easily by signing in using a 6-digit PIN, your fingerprint, or facial recognition. You can find guidance for technical issues on GOV.UK: Technical support with HMRC online services. Reserve List A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account. Criminal Record Check Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy. Merit List After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location. Hybrid working at HMRC HMRC is an office-based organisation, and colleagues are expected to spend 60% of their working time in the office. Our offices provide opportunity for interaction, collaboration which aids learning and development and a sense of community. Where the role allows it, and where the home environment is suitable, colleagues can work from home for up to 2 days a week, averaged over a calendar month (or a proportionate amount of time for colleagues who work less than full time). Reasonable Adjustments We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate., HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process. Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert. Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band. Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract. If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. For more Information for people applying for, or thinking of applying for, roles at HM Revenue and Customs, please see link: Working for HMRC: information for applicants - GOV.UK. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., * UK nationals * nationals of the Republic of Ireland * nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 * Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service ## Related Videos - [Hosting a modern justice system](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/332-hosting-a-modern-justice-system) - [Shifting Stress to Progress— Understanding DevOps to do DevOps Better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/268-shifting-stress-to-progress-understanding-devops-to-do-devops-better) - [Boost your coding productivity with Github Copilot Agent](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1542-boost-your-coding-productivity-with-github-copilot-agent) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Migrating half a million users to a new payment service provider](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/730-migrating-half-a-million-users-to-a-new-payment-service-provider) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) ## Related Articles - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk)