Lead SAP Development Manager - Healthcare

Avanos Medical seeks a Global SAP Development Lead to own design, development, and governance of SAP solutions across our worldwide operations. In this role, you will lead a team of SAP developers, architects, and integrators to deliver scalable, compliant solutions supporting manufacturing, supply chain, and finance in a regulated healthcare environment. Partnering with business, IT, and quality leaders, you'll define technical standards, oversee end-to-end implementations, manage vendors, and ensure system reliability, data integrity, and security while driving innovation that improves patient outcomes and operational efficiency globally.

Responsibilities

• Lead global SAP development strategy and roadmap across business units

• Design, develop, and govern SAP solutions supporting core healthcare operations

• Manage and mentor SAP developers, architects, and integration specialists

• Collaborate with business, IT, and quality leaders to translate requirements into solutions

• Ensure compliance with healthcare, data privacy, and SOX/regulatory standards

• Oversee system integrations, performance tuning, and technical issue resolution

• Define and enforce SAP development standards, documentation, and best practices

• Coordinate external vendors and partners delivering SAP services or add-ons

• Support global SAP rollouts, upgrades, and enhancement projects

• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and automation within SAP landscape Required Skills

• SAP S/4

• HANA configuration and development

• ABAP development and debugging

• SAP integration (PI/PO, CPI, APIs)

• SAP Basis concepts and system performance tuning

• Solution architecture and technical design

• SQL and database fundamentals for SAP systems

• Change and transport management (Cha

• RM/Sol

• Man or equivalent)

• Regulatory compliance (SOX, FDA, data privacy) in SAP landscapes

• Agile and/or hybrid project management methods

• Vendor and stakeholder management