Lead Consultant - SAP ABAP
Location: Hyderabad, India
Employment Type: Full-Time; Salaried
Compensation: Base Salary, Bonus, Stock Options, Medical
Job Description
About Us
Innovapptive is a category-defining SaaS company building the world’s most advanced AI-powered Connected Worker Platform for the industrial sector. Headquartered in Houston, TX, and backed by Vista Equity Partners, Innovapptive is on a mission to reimagine how industrial work gets done — connecting frontline workers, back-office systems, and assets in real time to drive higher safety, reliability, and productivity.
Our platform is trusted by some of the world’s largest enterprises — including Shell, Hess, Cenovus Energy, W.R.Grace, Westlake Chemicals, UNICEF, Kimberly Clark, Scott Miracle Gro, and Newmont Mining to name a few, and across chemicals, energy, mining, and manufacturing industries. These customers have achieved tangible, hard-dollar results, such as:
- Over $40 million in annual EBITDA savings at a single enterprise.
- 10× frontline productivity improvements through mobile-first and AI-enabled workflows.
- 15–20% maintenance cost reductions and significant uptime gains across plants and sites.
Innovapptive is recognized by leading industry analysts for its differentiated value creation model:
- Named a Leader in the Frost & Sullivan Industrial Connected Worker Radar.
- Featured by Gartner in “Connected Factory Worker” research and the Hype Cycle for Manufacturing Operations Strategy.
- Cited by LNS Research for delivering 3–5× greater value than point solutions through unified OT–IT execution, AI/vision innovation, and field-proven ROI.
Our growth is backed by Tiger Global Management and Vista Equity Partners, one of the world’s premier software investors, known for scaling high-performance SaaS companies. Together, we are building the next-generation AI Powered Connected Worker Platform, combining cutting-edge technologies — SLM’s, Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Intelligent Orchestration — into a unified system that transforms plant operations globally.
Today, with over 300+ employees across the U.S., India, and ANZ, Innovapptive stands at a pivotal inflection point: with an ambition to scale to $100M ARR within the next 3-4 years by industrializing every aspect of our product, engineering, and customer delivery systems.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Lead Consultant – SAP ABAP with strong technical and functional experience in SAP implementation and support projects. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in ABAP development, especially within Plant Maintenance (PM) and Materials Management (MM), and will work as Lead consultant and Monitor and guide the team
This is a client-facing leadership role requiring strong ownership, solutioning capability, and global delivery exposure.
How You Will Make An Impact.
- Lead end-to-end SAP ABAP development activities across implementation and support projects.
- Strong in RICEF concepts along with ODATA
- Design and architect scalable, high-performance technical solutions aligned with business requirements.
- Drive ABAP on HANA developments using new ABAP 7.4+ syntax, CDS Views, AMDP, and performance optimization techniques.
- Lead development in BADI, BAPI, Enhancements, User Exits, ODATA services, and custom frameworks.
- Oversee ABAP developments within the PM module (Work Orders, Notifications, Functional Locations, Equipment) and MM module.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers and review code to ensure quality standards.
- Participate in requirement gathering workshops and translate functional specifications into technical designs.
- Handle complex integrations and interface developments.
- Work closely with functional consultants, architects, and client stakeholders across global delivery projects.
- Ensure adherence to development best practices, naming conventions, performance tuning, and transport management.
- Contribute to estimation, planning, risk mitigation, and solution governance.
What You Bring to the Team:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 6 to 8 years of strong SAP ABAP development experience across implementation and support engagements.
- Proven experience leading end-to-end SAP ABAP development activities for large-scale implementation projects, preferably for product-based environments like Innovapptive.
- Strong expertise in RICEF objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms).
Technical Expertise
- Strong Object-Oriented ABAP development experience.
- Deep expertise in ABAP on HANA, including:
- New ABAP 7.4+ syntax
- CDS Views
- AMDP
- Performance optimization techniques
Extensive hands-on experience in:
- BADI, BAPI
- User Exits, Customer Exits
- Enhancement Framework, Enhancement Points & Spots
- oDATA services
- Custom frameworks
- Strong experience in ECC to S/4HANA migration projects.
Expertise in form developments:
- Experienced in SmartForms, SAP Scripts and Adobe Forms
- Strong experience in SAP Label Printing, including Knowledge on NACE configuration for output types
- Spool creation and print management
Functional & Module Expertise
- Extensive experience in PM and MM module-related ABAP developments with strong functional understanding.
- Hands-on experience in PM objects including: Work Orders, Notifications, Functional Locations and Equipment
Leadership & Delivery Capabilities
- Ability to design and develop custom enhancements using BADIs and Enhancement Framework based on business requirements for Innovapptive products.
- Experience leading technical design discussions and translating functional requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Strong experience handling complex integrations and interface developments.
- Proven experience in global client-facing roles and distributed delivery models.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor junior developers, and conduct code reviews to ensure quality standards.
- Ensure adherence to development best practices, naming conventions, performance tuning standards, and transport management processes.
- Contribute to estimation, planning, risk mitigation, and solution governance activities.
Professional Skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and solution design capabilities.
- Exposure to the S/4HANA environment is highly preferred.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred:
- Familiarity with leveraging AI tools for coding, such as Cursor, SAP Joule, and ChatGPT.
- SAP RAP (Restful APIs Programming Model)
- SAP Backend (Node JS & MongoDB) will be given added advantage
- Github
- ALE Idocs
- SAP Workflows
What We Offer:
- A positive, open, and highly-innovative environment and team
- Entrepreneurial spirit with unlimited opportunity to grow
- Opportunity to work with leading global brands on exciting and impactful projects
- Competitive Base Pay
- Best of plan on Vacation & Paid Time Off.
- Provision of Medical Insurance for family - self, dependent, spouse, dependent children, parents/parent-in-laws
- Paid Maternity and Paternity leave
- Bi-annual reviews to ensure transparency and promoting high performance culture
- OKR Driven Performance Development Environment
- Learning & Development - access to wide range of e-Learning courses (technical, Product, Process, etc.,)
- A host of Interest Groups/Clubs for Book Reading, Toastmasters, Sports - Cricket, Volleyball, Throw-ball, Badminton, TT, Music
Innovapptive does not accept and will not review unsolicited resumes from search firms.
Innovapptive is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.
