Director, Applications Engineering, SAP

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in SAP implementation, support, and architecture within a enterprise environment, and experience across multiple SAP modules (e.g., FI/CO, SD, MM, PP/QM, SCM) and technical domains (e.g., Basis, ABAP, Integration).
• Experience in a leadership or advisory role within an SAP CoE, IT consulting, or a SAP program, and experience defining architectural roadmaps and implementing operational best practices.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or relevant certifications (e.g., SAP, ITIL, PMP).
• Experience collaborating with technical and business teams (e.g., Infrastructure, Device, Cloud platforms, non-SAP applications) on complex integration projects, including direct experience with cloud-based SAP solutions (e.g., S/4HANA Cloud, SAP BTP) and hybrid landscapes.
  

About the job

As Director, your mission is to maximize the value of our SAP investments by driving operational excellence by serving as a cross-functional governing body for all SAP platform related strategic roadmapping, coordination, and execution holistically to ensure stability, scalability, and continuous improvement to enable product delivery and business value. You will ensure seamless, high-performing SAP solutions across cross-functional partners and across Product Areas. Ultimately, you will drive innovation and foster collaboration to align SAP capabilities across Alphabet.

In this role, you will operate at Alphabet’s global scale, uniquely integrating SAP solutions across an exceptionally unique set of business operations, from cloud infrastructure to global hardware manufacturing. You'll uniquely bridge traditional enterprise systems with Google's pioneering cloud-native technologies, AI/ML, and internal tools, pushing the boundaries of what SAP can achieve. Embracing Google's engineering-first and data-driven culture, this position challenges you to build highly resilient, performant, and analytically rich SAP landscapes. You will strategically influence critical business processes, directly enabling Corp Eng rapid innovation and growth.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $272,000-$383,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Define, govern, and continuously evolve the enterprise SAP architectural roadmap, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives and seamless integration across all SAP landscapes (including Finance, Supply Chain, and industry-specific solutions).
• Act as the primary SAP liaison with infrastructure teams, ensuring optimal provisioning, configuration, and management of underlying hardware, network, and operating system environments to support critical SAP workloads.
• Drive the SAP cloud strategy, partnering with Cloud teams to manage cloud-based SAP deployments (e.g., S/4HANA Cloud, SAP BTP), oversee hybrid integration patterns, and leverage cloud-native services for innovation and flexibility.
  
• Facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing with cross-product teams to ensure end-to-end process integrity and data consistency.
  
• Advocate for the evaluation and adoption of emerging SAP technologies to drive continuous process improvement and deliver tangible business value across the enterprise.