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Summary & Role Information

We are looking for a Development Manager for our team in SAP Cloud ALM Implementation.

You will lead and manage an engineering team in Sankt Leon Rot, Germany. You will take care of people management in all its aspects (hiring, performance and talent management including goal setting, motivation, coaching and development of individuals and teams, plan and manage skill development, etc.).

As a Development Manager, you will be responsible for managing and guiding a team of software engineers in a cloud-native environment. You will oversee the design, development, and deployment of scalable solutions, ensuring that our CI/CD practices and DevOps principles are at the core of our development lifecycle. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Owners, Architects, DevOps Engineers, and Project Managers, to ensure seamless integration and alignment on project goals Your role will involve aligning development strategies with business objectives while driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.

What you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of experience

• Strong People skills

• Cross-cultural and diversity awareness - experience in working with international teams would be an advantage

• Self-motivated team player

• Agility and learning attitude

• Customer-oriented working style

• Experience as Manager or informal Leader in Teams (e.g. PO, Scrum Master, Architect, Project Lead…)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Fluent German language skills are mandatory – verbal and written; English language skills are needed in collaborating between teams

Meet your team

Envisioning to “Delight customers. Always.”, the Customer eXperience & Solutions (CXS) teams within the Customer Support organization engineer software products in the area of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) that helps to create the perfect experience throughout the customer journey, from discovery & implementation to go-live, for all SAP products.

SAP Cloud ALM is one the fastest growing SaaS products within SAP, that has reached 5500+ customers. We have engineered SAP Cloud ALM in a cloud-native architecture, with single trunk development that enables daily delivery to production.

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Requisition ID: 407854 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid