Manager IT - CPQ, Remote / Omaha / Dallas / Pheonix, USA
A Brief Summary of This Position:
Seeking a SAP Callidus Techno-Functional leader with experience in S4/Hana and SAP Callidus Cloud (SAP CPQ) to be part of the IT team responsible for the CPQ Implementations across Clients divisions. The ideal candidate should have worked on implementing CPQ solutions and integrating SAP Callidus Cloud (SAP CPQ) with SAP ERP systems using SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI).
The SAP Techno-Functional leader role helps create solutions that cross a portfolio of software and applications supporting business activities. These applications range from SAP CPQ, SAP S/4 Hana and integration with Salesforce CRM, along with various home grown solutions, other ERP Systems and data warehouses. With our digital transformation initiative Clients DNA program we are making huge investments in modernizing our customer self-service, quote and order creation process leveraging a CPQ platform.
Essential Functions:
This position is accountable for overseeing the day-to-day management of Configure Price and Quote (CPQ) implementation and technical governance to meet or exceed user expectations in terms of on time delivery performance and solution completeness objectives. This position is also responsible for ensuring industry best practices are followed and provides technical consultation and support in the development and implementation of CPQ and product design solution tools. The ideal candidate will lead and manage implementations and will be responsible for reliable consulting support using internal resources and/or via third party strategic service providers and contractors.
· This position reports to the IT Director, Customer and Commercial Applications and has an offshore CPQ technical developer as well as Business analyst reporting into them.
· This role requires up 20% travel both domestically and internationally
· Lead business requirement gathering sessions and educate our business subject matter experts on SAP CPQ best practices and industry practices
· Supervise the implementation projects
· Manage the development work of 3rd party System Integrators who are helping Clients implement CPQ
· Develop SOWs for work.
· Support and schedule CPQ enhancements and bug fixes
· Design, code, test, debug and document new and existing components to ensure that software meets business, quality and operational needs
· Configure and Customize SAP Callidus Cloud CPQ application
· Integrating/building interfaces using APIs between SAP Callidus Cloud with other business applications like Salesforce, Windchill PLM, and SAP S/4 Hana.
· Build and facilitate high quality code following unit testing and test-driven development
· Drive and participate in code and document reviews, mentoring team in best practices
· Collaborate with peer organizations, dev ops, support organizations on technical issues and provide guidance
· Interpret and translate business needs to technical requirements and accurate estimates
· Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure the highest quality and performance is achieved
· Work with team to troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently
· Apply deep technical expertise to resolve challenging programming and design problems
· Focus on scalability, security and availability of all applications and processes
· Contribute to the design and architecture to enable secure, scalable and maintainable software
· Contribute to risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture
Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
· Preferred Bachelor’s with 6+ years of relevant experience or Associate’s Degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or 10+ years of relevant experience
· 6+ years of SAP Technical experience and SAP Callidus Cloud CPQ Platform functional knowledge
· 5+ years of application support or project leadership experience
· 5+ years of global IT experience
· 3+ years of team management experience
· Experience with Python programming
· Familiarity with Scrum/Agile/ Lean Startup methodologies
· Comprehensive knowledge of cloud, hardware, software, application, and systems engineering
· Experience building application teams
· Experience in designing, integrating, and managing complex infrastructure solutions
· Demonstrated experience with the business process and performance modeling, benchmarking, and financial analysis
Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:
· Bachelors in Computer Science, IT, Business Management or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems (IS), or another relevant academic discipline
· Experience with integrating SAP Callidus Cloud with other business applications like Salesforce, Web Portals, PLM Systems, CAD systems, SAP S/4
· Configure and Customize SAP CPQ application
· Help architect and develop the Guided Selling and configure-to-order product configuration in CPQ
· Understand the SAP Variant Configurator process and integration with CPQ
· Understand SAP S/4 Sales and Distribution configuration – with emphasis on pricing, order and quote configuration and processes as well as master data.
· Experience with performance tuning of Callidus Cloud for business needs
· Experience in business application design, development, implementation, and/or solution architecture within the Offering, Pricing and Order management life cycles
· Experience with designing Restful API’s
· Experience in Designing and implementing Distributed Systems
· Implementation and Design Experience for CI/CD, Observability, Test Automation for Callidus Cloud
· CPQ/ERP/CRM Enterprise Architecture and design Experience Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation