Team Lead - SAP ABAP

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Responsibilities:

Leadership Responsibilities

Team coordination and workload steering

Coordinate day-to-day ABAP development activities, balance team capacity, and ensure clear prioritization of tasks across projects, support activities, and continuous improvement topics.

Technical decision-making and architecture guidance

Guide technical solution design and architectural decisions to ensure scalable, maintainable, and clean-core-compliant ABAP developments.

Coaching and capability development

Support the professional development of team members through coaching, onboarding, feedback, and identification of learning opportunities.

Cross-team collaboration leadership

Act as a bridge between ABAP developers, functional consultants, business stakeholders, project managers, and global IT teams to ensure alignment and smooth delivery.

Performance feedback input

Provide structured input on team members’ performance, technical growth, and development needs where applicable.

Delivery and governance

Define and enforce development quality standards, including unit testing, code reviews, performance checks, documentation, and adherence to clean core principles.

Manage multiple deliverables across projects by coordinating team capacity, priorities, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications:

Proven experience in SAP ABAP development, including custom reports, enhancements, interfaces, and technical leadership of ABAP development teams or workstreams.

Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, with the confidence to align business stakeholders, functional consultants, developers, project managers, and global IT teams.

Strong knowledge of ABAP with real-time exposure to RICEF components, object-oriented programming, technical design, code review practices, and maintainable development standards.

Structure and consistency

Facilitate workshops and technical discussions to clarify business requirements, assess solution options, and align stakeholders on feasible ABAP delivery approaches.

Validate, document, and challenge requirements where needed to ensure technical feasibility, clean core alignment, and sustainable solution design.

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