Senior Technical Product Manager

What you’ll do:

• Be responsible for overall basis operations stream in terms of  SAP ERP eco-system performance, stability and consistency ensuring 100% availability through monitoring and preventive actions.
• Manage internal team and cloud service provider for all delivery on platform related services, change requests and projects including regular review of system resources consumption and driving key optimization opportunities.
• Support release management stream by ensuring adherence to release and change management governance. This includes evaluation and deployment of right toolsets in our landscape enhancing overall release process, bringing transparency, early detection of failure points, smooth technical go-lives.
• Oversee and guide Integration stream to drive consistent design, delivery, support and standardization of the entire sets of interfaces in conjunction to ERP.
• Build Testing Automation capability within ERP dev-ops organization partnering with product owners to help reducing manual effort in testing process (UT, SIT, UAT, Regression) during monthly releases and projects.
• Recommend and implement best practices, system and process improvements, and simplification ideas across the eco-system.
• Manage a team consisting of internal and external resources providing them guidance, coaching and driving business outcomes.
• Manage the standardization and streamlining of all SAP BASIS activities for current and next generation technology implementations for SAP ERPs
• Manage project deliverables, process improvement, strategy implementation, and build process automation while managing quality and cycle time
• Lead system landscape migrations & consolidations, planning for obsolescence and upgrades for technology stack of SAP ERPs
• Analyse requirements, propose solutions, and contribute towards technical architecture and design of SAP core technology stack and platforms such as NetWeaver, SAP HANA running at AWS cloud platforms
• Contribute towards system landscape strategy and optimization, including design and realization of solutions such as high availability, disaster recovery, state of the art proactive monitoring and error handling
• process owners to maximize project payback
• Work with business partners and ERP+ CoE leaders to improve business processes and arrive at mutual, cost effective solutions
• Participate in the preparation of long-term systems plans aligned with business objectives and goals
• Lead a team of senior SAP BASIS technical resources
• Support and assist ERP+ CoE and P&L teams to evaluate technical solutions for new projects and requirements
• Collaborate with ERP+ CoE in development, planning and execution of releases and deployments in adherence with standardized PowerMax methodologies
• Stay on top of the latest trends in technologies and product roadmaps for ERP software, services and cloud hyperscalers. Partner with internal and external platform service providers, ERP CoE, shared services, CoreTech and SAP in design, development, and implementation of SAP technology solutions
• Work with application and security teams to promptly address security vulnerability issues protecting ERP applications, database, infrastructure, and technology stack

Qualifications/Requirements (basic qualifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with several years of professional experience OR Master’s degree with several years of experience in supporting complex ERP projects, migration to cloud, data center harmonization, Integration simplification initiatives, or equivalent experience.
• Legal authorization to work in Hungary or India. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen
• Must be willing to travel 10-15%
• Strong ERP strategic and governance leadership skills, driving business transformation at enterprise level across multiple businesses
• Stakeholders management in complex project environments involving multiple delivery teams and vendors.
• Track record of merger-acquisition, carve-out and IT transformation programs with solid foundational knowhow on project governance methodology.
• Good knowhow on technical integrations, interfaces, SOA principle, network and security aspects.
• Moderate level of understanding on cloud platforms models (PaaS, SaaS, IaaS), SAP Basis, release & change management process
• Background on IT testing competencies, methodology, experience with testing automation tools such as Worksoft, SAP Solution manager
• CBTA would be nice to have
• Understands technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction aligning with business goals.
• Understands the complexity and nuances in various phases of SAP projects and application maintenance with industry specific issues through an ITIL view.
• Fluent English knowledge is essential

Desired Characteristics :

• Strong English verbal & written communication skills, and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse global group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Experience of the use of, and tailoring of, best of breed project management processes and tools.
• Demonstrate a combination of strong leadership skills with sound SAP technical knowledge and an ability to clearly communicate key recommendations to stakeholders.
• Complete project based work keeping a focus on hitting key project milestones.
• Possesses good communication skills to coordinate, resolve queries of both external and internal customers
• Self-motivator and result oriented to complete task as per timelines
• Must have good analytical and problem solving skills
• Positive attitude – goes the extra mile, is committed, willing to take on challenges and has a can-do mind-set.

Benefits Available to You  

GEV employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce.  

• Our compensation & benefits are designed to help you manage your personal and family needs, while rewarding high performers. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements. 

• A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today. 

• GE invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on-the-job learning and development. 

Inclusion & Diversity 

At GEV, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong.