S/4 Development Lead

Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Extensive SAP development experience, with a proven track record leading technical teams or developer practices.
• Deep expertise in SAP Activate Methodology, with relevant certifications in ABAP Development, SAP BTP, or Cloud ALM preferred.
• A proven track record of architecting extension strategies using modern frameworks.
• Practical experience using modern developer profiling tools and automated ABAP test cockpits.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate complex code architecture into clear, business-value concepts for project stakeholders.
• Ability to travel nationally and occasionally internationally to support key workshops and project kickoffs.

Responsibilities:

• Define, govern, and manage the custom development lifecycle, clean core strategies, and extension standards across our delivery portfolio.
• Ensure our custom development meets quality benchmarks and follows modern SAP extensibility frameworks.
• Mentor our team of developers to drive technical excellence.
• Enforce modern SAP extensibility guidelines, including In-App and Side-by-Side extensions, to maintain a Clean Core strategy across Public and Private Cloud environments.
• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of Technical Developers, driving technical upskilling and code quality standards.
• Support our presales capability by reviewing technical requirements, designing custom technical solution proofs-of-concept, and providing accurate development effort estimations.
• Enforce the practical application of SAP Activate tools, utilising Cloud ALM to govern developer task assignments and deployment tracking.
• Oversee day-to-day developer technical mapping, ensuring code designs cleanly map back to our high-level business process frameworks.
• Support the SAP Head of Technical Services by reviewing complex technical design documents and driving automated testing framework alignment.

Technologies:

• ABAP
• Cloud
• Support
• SAP
• SAP BTP
• Architect

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We are Unipart, a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance, saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains. This is a field-based role offering a salary of £70,000 - £80,000 per annum, car or car allowance, 33 days holiday including bank holidays, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and our recruitment process is accessible, inclusive, and based on merit. We welcome applications from everyone and support reasonable adjustments where needed. Direct applications only; no agencies.

last updated 31 week of 2026