SAP HR Technical Lead

SAP HR Technical Lead (Success Factors)

Hybrid Remote - periodic travel to Newark DE

Full-Time Position

Note: This Job is a hybrid role - youll mostly work remotely but youll be required to travel from time to time to Newark Delaware for in-person meetings training or other work needs The frequency of travel (e.g. weekly monthly quarterly) usually depends on the project requirements (typically 2 weeks per month may fluctuate due to business needs).

The SAP SuccessFactors Technical Lead owns the end to end architecture configuration integration and operations of the SuccessFactors platform across all modules-Employee Central Recruiting Onboarding Performance & Goals Compensation Succession & Development Learning Time Tracking/EC Time Benefit Focus Workforce Analytics & Planning (WFA/WFP) and Employee Central Payroll. This role supervises technical/configuration teams governs platform standards and partners with HR and IT stakeholders to deliver scalable secure and compliant HXM solutions that improve employee experience and business outcomes.

What youll be working on:

Platform Architecture & Roadmap

• Define the target architecture for SuccessFactors across modules and instances (Dev/Test/Prod) including configuration governance RBP model data privacy and release strategy.
• Establish platform standards (naming MDF object strategy picklists translations workflows business rules) and own the interface catalog and data contracts across HR processes.

Module Ownership (All Modules)

• Employee Central (EC): Data models business rules workflows event reasons Time Off/Timesheet position/org management and localization.
• Recruiting & Onboarding: Templates candidate pipelines forms offer approvals e signature provisioning; onboarding data flows to EC.
• PM/GM & Compensation: Goal/PM templates calibration comp/merit/bonus cycle setup and eligibility rules.
• Succession & Development: Talent search talent pools career worksheets CDP.
• Learning (LMS): Item/curricula structures assignment profiles content standards (SCORM/AICC/xAPI) vendor integrations.
• WFA/WFP & People Analytics (Stories/Canvas): Semantic models metrics packs stories security and data refresh schedules.
• Employee Central Payroll (ECP): Core HR payroll replication schemas/rules oversight with partner teams off cycle processing alignment.

Integration & Extensions

• Lead integrations using SAP Integration Suite (CPI) Integration Center OData v2/v4 SFAPI (SOAP) Intelligent Services/Business Events and SFTP.
• Architect identity and access with IAS/IPS SSO (SAML/OAuth2) and align with enterprise identity governance.
• Orchestrate third party integrations (background checks benefits ATS/CRM learning content time/leave finance) and S/4HANA/ERP HCM connectivity.
• Apply secure patterns (masking encryption mTLS token based auth) and robust error handling retries and monitoring.

Data Quality Security & Compliance

• Govern data integrity and lineage across modules; define validation and reconciliation controls.
• Enforce RBP/permission roles and DLP/PII safeguards aligned to GDPR/CCPA and industry standards.
• Oversee data migration (EC and module cutovers) audit readiness and retention policies.

Release Testing & Operations

• Own biannual release impact assessments regression test planning and enablement with HR and IT.
• Implement test automation and CI/CD where feasible; manage Configuration Transport (Manage Configuration Transport/CTC) and instance promotions.
• Establish monitoring/alerting (e.g. SAP Cloud ALM) SLA reporting and L2/L3 incident/problem management.

Leadership Delivery & Financials

• Supervise mentor and upskill internal and partner teams; conduct design reviews and technical workshops with cross functional stakeholders.
• Drive project planning and budgeting; manage vendor/partner delivery quality.
• Communicate technical concepts to non technical stakeholders and translate business needs into scalable designs.

Where youll be working...

• Hybrid Remote with periodic travel to Newark DE (typically 2 weeks per month may fluctuate due to business needs)

Who you are:

• Education: Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems or related field.
• Work Experience: 7 years in SAP HCM/SuccessFactors with 3 years as a platform or technical lead; 2 full lifecycle SF implementations across multiple modules including EC.
• Licensure/Certification: SAP SuccessFactors Associate certifications in EC and at least one talent module required; Professional/Specialist level and ECP preferred. PMP/Scrum Master a plus. (Mirrors certification line style of the sample.)
• Drivers License (type): Regular Drivers License (if applicable for occasional travel).
• Deep expertise across all SuccessFactors modules with hands on configuration leadership in EC plus at least three talent modules and ECP.
• Strong practical knowledge of OData/SFAPI Integration Center CPI IAS/IPS MDF RBP Business Rules Workflows Picklists/Translations and People Analytics.
• Proven experience with global HR processes (hire to retire) multi country localizations and complex org/position management.
• Solid understanding of S/4HANA/ERP HCM integration points; familiarity with payroll/time schemas/rules (with partner teams).