Job ID: 1940

Closing Date: 05/01/2026

Are you a creative and high-performing SAP professional ready to lead a talented team? The University of Sheffield is seeking an exceptional SAP Development Team Leader to drive innovation and excellence in our Technology function.

As part of our strategic transformation, you’ll lead a team of skilled engineers delivering critical enterprise systems including Finance, HR, Payroll, and Purchasing systems. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how we support 30,000+ students and staff through world-class IT services.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage and develop our SAP Development team, fostering a culture of high performance and technical excellence
• Provide clear guidance and mentorship to help team members reach their full potential
• Champion professional development and keep the team’s skills cutting-edge
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Delivery Leads to shape product roadmaps
• Translate business needs into value-driven technical solutions
• Work with architecture teams to create robust development and operations strategies
• Ensure systems are properly managed, documented, and maintained to the highest standards
• Lead agile project teams and act as the technical point of contact
• Drive continuous improvements in systems, processes, and working practices.

What You’ll Bring:

• A good honours degree in a related field or substantial relevant experience
• Leadership skills with experience (or willingness to develop) in building high-performing teams
• Significant experience running production ERP systems in complex environments
• Track record of driving continual improvements and delivering efficiency gains
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills for system maintainability
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities across diverse stakeholder groups
• Problem-solving capability with appreciation of long-term implications

What We Offer:

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities,a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.