SAP Technical Platform Lead (m/f/d)

As part of Hapag-Lloyd’s global SAP team, you are responsible for the SAP system landscape and connected enterprise platforms, ensuring stable, secure, and high-performing operations while advancing a modern, cloud-based architecture. 

You play a key role in the fast4ward S/4HANA greenfield implementation, leveraging SAP BTP, SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), and innovative integration and automation approaches to modernize, harmonize, and future-proof the environment. Working closely with Infrastructure teams, process owners, and external partners worldwide, you drive cloud readiness, platform harmonization, security and performance improvements, and the adoption of technologies such as event-driven architecture, API-first integration, and low-code development.
 

Responsibilities

• Provide functional and disciplinary leadership for SAP Basis and SAP BW
• Ensure stable, efficient operations across the SAP landscape (ECC, S/4HANA, BW, Cloud ALM, SAC, BTP, Datasphere, BDC, etc.)
• Own and evolve SAP BW architecture, including strategic development and operational governance
• Manage external service providers for hosting, managed services, and project delivery
• Plan and oversee upgrades, patches, release changes, system copies, performance, security, monitoring, and compliance
• Drive collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, and Application teams; advise executive management on technology strategy and platform decisions
• Oversee budget planning and capacity management for the SAP platform domain
• Continuously modernize and optimize the platform through cloud adoption, automation, and technical innovation
   

Qualifications

• Several years of SAP Basis experience, ideally in complex, international system landscapes
• Good knowledge of SAP Cloud products, SAP BTP, SAP BDC, SAC, Datasphere, and Integration Suite
• Experience as a team lead or in a senior role with leadership responsibility
• Solid expertise in system architectures (ERP, BW, PI/PO, S/4HANA, BTP), SAP BW, SAP Security and Authorizations, transport management, monitoring, performance analysis, and HANA database technologies
• Strong experience working with and managing external service providers
• Experience with SAP RISE contracts and operations is an advantage
• Passion for operating high-performance systems, with strong communication skills and a hands-on mentality
• Excellent English and good German language skills
   

Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies, connecting businesses and people across more than 600 ports worldwide. With a fleet of over 300 modern container ships and a vessel capacity of 2.5 million TEU, we keep global trade moving reliably every day.
Our global network spans 139 countries, 396 offices and a growing portfolio of terminal and infrastructure investments. This scale enables us to deliver consistent, high-quality service across continents and to support our customers in even the most complex supply chains.
When you join us, you become part of more than 19,600 colleagues working across borders, functions and cultures, to not only deliver quality for our customers, but to create innovation and opportunities across roles, regions and perspectives.
We believe that every exploration is a chance to grow, and every port is a place to belong.