Senior IT Director, SAP Development & Delivery

Medtronic • Mounds View, MN

382d • $198,400 - $297,600

About The Position

The Senior IT Director, SAP Development & Delivery at Medtronic is a leadership role responsible for overseeing the SAP Development and Delivery capability within the SAP Center of Excellence (COE). This position involves managing the transition from SAP ECC to S/4, implementing AI solutions, and ensuring effective governance of SAP projects. The director will lead a team of developers, manage large-scale implementations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive digital transformation initiatives.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 13+ years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 10+ years of managerial experience.
• 15+ years hands-on experience implementing and managing global SAP ECC and S/4 applications in large global environments.
• 10+ years hands-on technologist and expert in SAP development languages and platforms (SAP ABAP, BTP application development, SAP IS integration).
• S/4 migration and implementation experience from a single instance using brownfield, bluefield, and/or greenfield approaches.
• Techno/functional experience of global end to end processes.
• Proven track record of leading technology development teams and driving cross-divisional initiatives in a matrix organization.
• Exceptional leadership, presence, and executive communication skills (written and verbal).
• Strong influencing and diplomacy skills, with the ability to lead and drive change collaboratively.

Nice To Haves

• Experience planning and executing options in SAP that support mergers, acquisitions and divestitures/carveouts.
• Highly organized, outcome-oriented, with excellent planning and project management skills.
• Self-starter with a results-driven mindset and the ability to lead through ambiguity and act with urgency.
• Innovative thinker with a strategic focus and the aptitude to challenge the status quo.
• Experience planning fixed price engagements with system implementation vendors.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver the ABAP development team in the current ECC environment and key projects.
• Plan and execute the code migration to S/4, including the transition to a clean core using the BTP application development platform.
• Implement SAP IS for SAP to SAP integrations.
• Lead the preparation, execution, and transition of ECC to S/4 with the goal of moving to clean core.
• Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for SAP Development and Archiving in the existing SAP ECC environment and plan the move to S/4.
• Direct the S4 preparation archiving initiative to significantly reduce SAP database size through SAP archiving using SAP ILM and Opentext Archive tools.
• Implement AI technologies in SAP development and archiving to reduce costs and transition time to SAP S4.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with infrastructure, architecture, and functional leaders to drive results.
• Manage large-scale implementations and effectively manage system integrators using fixed price delivery models.
• Build and lead offshore teams of developers and technologists to support SAP COE initiatives.

Benefits

• Health, Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
• Capital Accumulation Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 10,001+ employees