Head of Systems & Data Engineering – SAP

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: F

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Corporate Systems

LOCATION: London Cardiff Birmingham This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working 1-2 days in the office per week.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 110 000- 125000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This exciting role sits in the BBCs Technology & Media Operations group which delivers the technology requirements of the BBC across broadcast enterprise and digital to the strategy set by the business.

Reporting into the Director of Corporate Systems the role working in partnership with third parties and peers supporting the broader corporate systems landscape will lead the design development and operation of enterprise-grade data reporting and analytics platforms and engineering solutions with a primary focus on SAP technologies ensuring scalability security and performance across complex global landscapes.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

It is an exciting time to join the BBC as we look to invest in our systems landscape to support data process and technology transformation supporting our evolution to a truly data led organisation.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

Strategic Leadership

Define and execute the HR and Finance data platforms and engineering strategy to enable the delivery of data warehousing analytics and reporting technologies aligned to business objectives.

Partner with domain Heads of Data and Data Custodians in technology alongside Data & security Architecture teams to deliver data architecture and integration to enable data modelling analytics and reporting aligned to business strategy.

Champion and deliver best practices for data governance quality and compliance.

Technical Ownership

Oversee design and implementation of data pipelines ETL/ELT processes data medallion architecture and ingestion and integration frameworks for SAP systems (SAP ECC SAP HCM Successfactors Concur S/4HANA BW BPC SAP Data Services SAP BTP incl Datasphere and BDC and other non SAP data warehouses and platforms).

Ensure robust data models and architecture for transactional and analytical workloads.

Optimize performance with architecture colleagues of large-scale data flows and storage solutions.

Operational Excellence

Manage day-to-day operations of data engineering teams ensuring SLAs and KPIs are met.

Implement monitoring alerting and incident management for data pipelines.

Drive automation and continuous improvement in data output operations.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Partner with other Data Architects and Engineers across the group Finance HR and Technology teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Work closely with SAP Basis Application and Analytics teams for seamless data flow.

Work closely with Data Architecture and Business Heads of Data to design and delivery outcomes aligned to business goals.

Engage with vendors and 3rd party AMS partners for technology delivery upgrades and support.

Innovation & Future Readiness

Explore and deliver emerging technologies (cloud-native SAP solutions AI/ML integration data lakehouse architectures AWS data platforms).

Lead proof-of-concepts for advanced data engineering capabilities.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Deep knowledge of SAP data platform technologies incl SAP BW Datasphere SAP BDC SAP BPC and high-volume mission-critical data pipelines within SAP ecosystems and onwards to other enterprise data platforms
• Strong experience in ETL/ELT tools data modelling and integration patterns.
• Proven experience of leading large data analytics engineering teams in complex environments.
• Ability to influence peers and senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional collaboration.
• Understanding of data security compliance (GDPR) and audit requirements.

DESIRED CRITERIA:

• Relevant SAP certifications (SAP BWSAP Data Services SAP BW SAP ECC SAP HANA).
• Experience in global organisations
• Strategic thinker with hands-on technical depth.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability under pressure
• HR and Finance data process and technology domain knowledge.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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