Global Head SAP Technical Platforms

Job Description Summary

This role is accountable for shaping and delivering the global SAP platform strategy and roadmap, ensuring that the SAP technology foundation is secure, resilient, scalable, compliant and ready to support business growth. The Global Head SAP Platforms provides end-to-end ownership of core SAP platform capabilities across SAP S/4HANA and ECC landscapes, SAP BTP, cloud and RISE services, integration, lifecycle management, technical architecture and platform engineering. The role ensures reliable services for BAU while enabling transformation, separation and M&A priorities.

The role provides strategic and visionary leadership for the SAP platform domain by establishing one technical authority, defining architecture guardrails, governing platform investments and maintaining a clear build-and-run accountability model with Infrastructure, Operations and strategic partners. It drives simplification, standardisation, clean-core adoption, automation, technical debt reduction and measurable value from the global SAP estate.

Job Description

Global Head SAP Technical Platforms

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape

Job Summary

This role is accountable for shaping and delivering the global SAP platform strategy and roadmap, ensuring that the SAP technology foundation is secure, resilient, scalable, compliant and ready to support business growth. The Global Head SAP Platforms provides end-to-end ownership of core SAP platform capabilities across SAP S/4HANA and ECC landscapes, SAP BTP, cloud and RISE services, integration, lifecycle management, technical architecture and platform engineering. The role ensures reliable services for BAU while enabling transformation, separation and M&A priorities.

The role provides strategic and visionary leadership for the SAP platform domain by establishing one technical authority, defining architecture guardrails, governing platform investments and maintaining a clear build-and-run accountability model with Infrastructure, Operations and strategic partners. It drives simplification, standardisation, clean-core adoption, automation, technical debt reduction and measurable value from the global SAP estate.

Your Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Major accountabilities:

Strategy, Roadmap and Business Value

• Define and continuously evolve the multi-year global SAP platform strategy and roadmap, aligned with enterprise technology direction, SAP CoE priorities and business transformation objectives.
• Priorities platform investments based on business value, resilience, compliance, lifecycle risk, transformation readiness, capacity and affordability.
• Create executive visibility through roadmap narratives, decision papers, governance dashboards, risk insights and value-realization updates.

Platform Architecture and Lifecycle Ownership

• Own end-to-end lifecycle accountability for the SAP platform landscape, from strategy and architecture through build, transition, optimization and retirement.
• Provide technical direction across SAP S/4HANA and ECC, SAP BTP, cloud, SAP BDC and RISE services, integration technologies and associated platform tooling.
• Establish platform standards and reusable patterns that support clean core, interoperability, scalability, security and simplification.

Transformation and Engineering Excellence

• Enable S/4HANA, data, integration, automation and intelligent ERP initiatives through stable and future-ready SAP platform capabilities.
• Govern solution design, high-level estimates, technical quality gates and platform readiness for strategic programs, BAU changes and M&A requirements.
• Drive automation, observability, operational engineering and continuous improvement to increase reliability and delivery speed.

Governance, Risk and Operational Reliability

• Define decision rights and a clear build-and-run model with Infrastructure and Operations, ensuring unambiguous ownership across the service lifecycle.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, data privacy, regulatory, audit and business continuity requirements.
• Own platform risk management, major technical escalations and remediation plans, with transparent reporting and timely decisions.

Vendor, Financial and Team Leadership

• Lead internal teams, system integrators and technology partners, ensuring delivery quality, accountability, knowledge transfer and sustainable internal capability.
• Own plat