SAP Solution Owner

We are recruiting for an SAP Sales & Distribution Solution Owner to be part of our Solution Ownership team, Cambridge. This team is responsible for providing solutions around SAP development.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As the SAP SD Solution owner, you will

• Assist business representatives and development teams within the organisation to provide optimal SAP solutions and work with the SAP Delivery team to see them through to implementation.
• Help influence the SAP roadmap and enable maximum value to be leveraged from the existing SAP landscape.
• Provide initial sizing and complexity estimates you would be expected to work alongside development teams of varying size thought out the development cycle ensuring best practice, scalable solutions are delivered.
• Supervise a team of practical specialists as part of a wider function or be a professional / technical specialist in a defined discipline.
• Manage a group of staff engaged in specialist / technical work or be a company specialist in knowing, managing or maintaining a specific process / system or providing professional consultancy / advice.
• Counsel others in making their decisions and would need to be highly influential / persuasive.
• Select the appropriate approach and create / adapt previous approaches dependent upon the situation and to consider the implications of their advice and subsequent actions.
• A good understanding of the business area as a whole, its structure and business processes, is essential, or a good understanding across the press in a support function.

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

About You

• An SAP professional with experience of multiple full project lifecycles.
• Detailed understanding of the SAP SD module is required with experience across other relevant modules a plus.
• Ability to manage a team
• Good communication skills, including the ability to advise and influence people at all levels of the organisation
• Project management knowledge and experience
• Ability to implement change

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package , featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 4th February. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place shortly after.

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect: :

• A 15-minute screening call with the Hiring Manager.
• First stage virtual interview via MS Teams. You will be provided with a brief to complete a role related task which will need to be returned by email in advance of your interview.
• Final stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

Closing Date:4 February 2026