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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Director, SAP Technical Lead - **Company:** Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC - **Location:** Rahway, NJ, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Static Program Analysis, Software Quality, Code Review, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Data Migration, DevOps, Mobile Application Software, Job Scheduling, Performance Tuning, Requirements Management, SAP (Applications), SAP HANA, SAP Materials Management, SAP Project System, SAP Security, Software Vulnerability Management, SAP Development, Data Logging, SAP Application Management Services, RISE with SAP, SAP Cloud ALM, Technical Debt, Sap Fiori, Information Technology, SAP S/4HANA, GXP - **Published:** November 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_276fcd0e3aa4b901c24104af61db5fce ## About the Role * Extensive experience in SAP and S4 HANA. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related. * Master's degree preferred. * 15+ years progressive SAP technical experience with leadership. * Experience with core ERP, MDG, ATTP, GTS, GRC, BTP, GBT, SLT, Solution Manager, Cloud ALM, integrations and connectors with SaaS SAP applications. * Deep hands-on expertise in ABAP, Fiori/UI5, BTP, ATC, performance tuning. * Experience in SAP Basis administration, HANA DB, transport, performance, HA/DR, Solution Manager, Cloud ALM. * Experience in SAP Security: authorization design, GRC, SoD, audit, HANA security. * S/4HANA transformations, major upgrades, cutover and data migration coordination. * Experience with SAP RISE. * Familiarity with AWS, networking, security fundamentals for SAP. * Strong understanding ITIL processes and change management. * Excellent communication, stakeholder management and documentation skills. * Experience in life sciences / pharmaceutical industry., * Asset Management, Benefits Management, Consulting, Leadership, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Role Design, SAP Basis Administration, SAP Development, SAP HANA Administration, SAP Management, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Security Administration, SAP Systems, Security Controls, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Planning, System Designs, Team Management, Technical Leadership. ## Description The SAP Technical Lead is responsible for end-to-end technical leadership across our company's Human Health SAP global landscape, including SAP application development, Basis administration, Cloud Ops and SAP security. This role ensures system stability, performance, scalability, and compliance, while driving engineering best practices, automation, AI aligned with business objectives and priorities. The ideal candidate combines deep SAP technical expertise with strong leadership, stakeholder management, and a pragmatic approach to governance., * Own the technical roadmap for SAP, aligning with enterprise architecture, business strategy, and release plans. * Define and enforce technical standards, development guidelines, and DevOps practices across our company's SAP technology stack. * Establish governance for transport management, code review and quality, security controls, and technical change management. * Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Security to ensure adherence to architectural principles, Cyber guidelines and regulatory requirements (GxP, SOX, etc.) and audit readiness. * Drive innovation, new technology, and modern ways of working such as Agile. * Define technical roadmap prioritizing AI and latest technology. * Execute roadmap to modernize solutions and applications. SAP Development Oversight * Lead ABAP and SAP development teams (including Fiori, BTP, Mobile applications). * Ensure best practices for technical designs, standards and performance. * Drive code quality through standards, peer reviews, AI tools, static analysis, unit testing, and pipelines. * Oversee custom enhancements, interfaces, conversions, reports; minimize technical debt. * Guide modernization: Fiori enablement, S/4HANA simplification, clean core, extensibility via BTP. Basis Administration Leadership * Ensure reliable operations: installation, configuration, upgrades, SPS/FPs, HANA upgrades, patching. * Oversee performance, capacity, HA/DR, backup, monitoring (Cloud ALM). * Manage landscapes on-premise, cloud, RISE, SaaS, hybrid. * Optimize HANA performance, housekeeping, job scheduling. * Ensure OSS notes implementation and vendor coordination. * Lead best-in-class technical operations with SAP and RISE ops. SAP Security Management Oversight * Ensure SAP security architecture: role design, authorization concepts, SoD. * Oversee GRC Access Control, emergency access, periodic reviews. * Implement security baselines, logging, threat detection. * Remediate audit findings, vulnerability management, regulatory compliance. Operations, Reliability, and DevOps * Establish CI/CD for SAP with internal toolsets, automated testing, transport orchestration. * Implement observability: metrics, logs, traces; define SLAs. * Drive incident, problem, change management, root cause analysis, post-incident reviews. * Plan releases, environment refreshes; manage downtime windows. Program and Stakeholder Management * Collaborate with SAP functional leads and ops to prioritize backlog. * Provide technical estimates, risk assessments, resource planning; manage vendor partners. * Communicate complex topics in business terms; present status, risks, mitigation to leadership. Team Leadership and Development * Build and mentor high-performing SAP technical team. * Define roles, career paths; foster culture of innovation, AI-first, accountability. * Standardize documentation, runbooks, knowledge sharing. * Build internal capabilities in Tech Hubs.