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From the employer's careers site First seen 4 Nov 2026

SAP Principal Systems Engineer - S2P

BBC London Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

£70,000 - £80,000 per year

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Description

Join the BBC's Technology & Media Operations team as a SAP Principal Systems Engineer - S2P. You'll influence strategy and drive innovation across finance platforms, focusing on SAP and partner solutions. You'll contribute to delivering and managing complex technical changes and optimising systems to maximise value and align with BBC business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Acting as a Co-ordinator for Small/Medium technical changes, clarifying requirements submitted by BBC Business Users and managing a change process followed by an outsourced technology provider
  • Acting as a trusted team member for larger projects with technical change elements, working closely with Project Management and Project Stakeholders to deliver timely, high-quality outcomes
  • Building relationships with Internal and External stakeholders, offering support and influence focussed on best practice, achievable goals
  • Working with Outsourced Technology partners and Internal Stakeholders to support the resolution of Incidents at varied severity levels
  • Defining technology roadmaps, engineering standards, support models, and operational practices for enterprise procurement and supplier-management platforms

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience as a senior technical specialist and subject matter expert across Source-to-Pay (S2P) platforms, including SAP ECC6, SAP S4/Hana, SAP Ariba S2P Solutions, SAP MDG, Icertis CLM and OpenText VIM
  • Deep understanding of S2P business processes and enterprise application integration
  • Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills
  • Proven ability to lead the resolution of complex technical challenges across large-scale, business-critical S2P platforms and integrations

Desired Skills:

  • Experience delivering or supporting transformations involving SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Ariba Contracts, etc.
  • Knowledge of enterprise integration platforms, cloud-based architectures, identity and access management, data governance, cybersecurity principles, and regulatory compliance requirements
  • Experience working within complex, highly integrated enterprise environments

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience

Skills

Required

  • SAP ECC6
  • SAP S4/Hana
  • SAP Ariba S2P Solutions
  • SAP MDG
  • Icertis CLM
  • OpenText VIM
  • API
  • middleware
  • IDocs
  • web services
  • event-driven architectures

Nice to have

  • SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP Ariba Sourcing
  • SAP Ariba Contracts
  • enterprise integration platforms
  • cloud-based architectures
  • identity and access management
  • data governance
  • cybersecurity principles
  • regulatory compliance requirements

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-SAP-Principal-Systems-Engineer-S2P-W1A-1AA/1376070457/

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