SAP Basis Manager - English Speaking - 100% Remote-Working (from Poland)

SAP Basis Manager - English Speaking - 100% Remote-Working (from Poland). Start Date: Flexible from September 2025 onwards. Permanent Job. Salary Indication of PLN 30,000/month (+/-) + 10% Bonus + Benefits - End Client!

Our End Client in the Life Sciences sector, is looking to hire an SAP Basis Manager, with a good background in SAP Basis Administration, to lead and direct the external vendor (AMS) team and drive them forwards on a range of new initiatives, such as their upcoming move to SAP RISE/S/4HANA Cloud.
The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and a proactive mindset for managing system integrity, performance, and scalability in a highly regulated, global enterprise.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in SAP Basis administration in a complex, global SAP environment.
• Proven expertise in managing SAP S/4HANA environments, including upgrades and migrations.
• Strong knowledge of SAP security concepts, user and role administration, and compliance requirements (SOX, audit, GRC).
• Hands-on experience with SAP systems such as Fiori, BOBJ, Solution Manager, and SAP Cloud integrations/SAP BTP
• Solid understanding of SAP transport management, system refreshes, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with HANA database administration and Linux OS in the context of SAP systems.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage vendor-delivered services.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead all SAP Basis administration activities including installation, configuration, tuning, and maintenance of SAP systems and associated databases.
• Manage third-party vendors and offshore resources providing Basis support services.
• Stay current on emerging SAP technologies, cloud platform capabilities (eg, RISE with SAP, BTP), and recommend innovations to improve operations.
• Ensure the availability, performance, and reliability of SAP environments through proactive monitoring and optimization.
• Manage SAP landscape upgrades, patches, Kernel updates, transports, and system copies across development, quality, and production systems.
• Oversee and continuously improve the SAP backup, recovery, and high availability strategies in coordination with infrastructure teams.
• Collaborate with Information Security and GRC teams to maintain strong security controls, authorizations, and user provisioning strategies
• Partner with SAP functional, development, and infrastructure teams to support new implementations, migrations (eg, to S/4HANA), and system integrations
• Provide governance over transport management and enforce SAP change control policies.
• Act as the escalation point for critical Basis-related incidents and lead root cause analysis and resolution efforts.
• Maintain system documentation, runbooks, and configuration records aligned with ITSM practices and audit readiness.
• Support capacity planning and performance tuning to align SAP system resources with business growth and changing application demands.

Additional Information:

• This role can be worked 100% remotely, but you must be based in (or willing to move to) Poland to be considered.

Benefits include:

• 10% bonus, Pension, family healthcare