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Job DescriptionSenior IT Manager – SAP Systems (Hybrid Infrastructure)
Senior IT Manager for SAP Systems: Leads the strategy, operations, and evolution of a large, diverse SAP landscape. Oversees a complex, hybrid environment—balancing critical on-premise SAP and 3rd Party systems with scalable cloud integrations. Responsibilities within this position spans SAP Infrastructure and system architecture, monitors and maintains high-performance technical and operational execution, and ensures close adherence to strategic corporate initiatives, to maximize our SAP investments.
Key Responsibilities
Hybrid Infrastructure & Architecture Governance
- Manage Hybrid Ecosystems: Oversee the availability, security, and performance of our hybrid SAP landscape (combining on-premise core databases with cloud applications and platforms including SAP ECC, BIW, SCM, GRC, EWM, HANA DB, SAP ASE, SAP Portal and SAP C4)
- Cloud Integration & Strategy: Architect seamless data flows, API, CPI RFC, SOA, Boomi, and EDI connections between on-premise components and cloud-based solutions.
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Formulate, maintain, and test robust backup and recovery strategies across both on-premise servers and cloud instances.
Operations & Service Delivery
- SLA & Incident Management: Define and track key performance metrics to ensure maximum system uptime and minimize business disruptions.
- System Maintenance: Coordinate upgrades, support packages, security patching, and system refreshes across the landscape with minimal impact on operations. [
Compliance, Risk, & Audit Management
- Audit Readiness & Execution: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external IT audits. Provide required evidence, system logs, and configuration reports.
- Regulatory Compliance: Maintain compliance across the SAP landscape with relevant industry regulations (e.g., SOX, GDPR, etc…).
- Access Governance & GRC: Manage the SAP Security Team, with emphasis on SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools. Monitors and enforces Segregation of Duties (SoD) policies to eliminate access conflicts.
- Change Control Management: Enforces strict change management workflows to verify that all system transports, patches, and code deployments are approved, tested, documented, reviewed, and ultimately auditable.
- Vulnerability & Patch Management: Schedule and monitor mandatory SAP security notes and patches across both on-premise and cloud nodes to mitigate risk vulnerabilities.
Team Leadership & Vendor Management
- Team Mentorship: Direct, coach, and evaluate a team of highly productive Individual Contributors specializing in SAP Security, SAP BASIS administration.
- Database Administration: of SAP HANA, Oracle, SAP ASE, and MS-SQL.
- Production Support: Supports Global Print Management, Enterprise Scheduling, Enterprise Backup/Restore.
- External Partner Oversight: Manage third-party system integrators, cloud service providers, and vendor account managers to maximize service quality and cost-efficiency.
Additional Information
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $120,000 USD - $192,500 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.
Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more, visit our website at fbin.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations
Fortune Brands is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.
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Skills Required
- Experience managing a hybrid SAP landscape (on-premise and cloud) including SAP ECC, BIW, SCM, EWM, GRC and C4
- SAP HANA administration and architecture experience
- Experience with SAP ASE, Oracle, and MS-SQL database administration
- SAP BASIS administration and SAP Security team leadership
- Design and implement cloud integrations and interfaces (API, CPI, RFC, SOA, Boomi, EDI)
- Disaster recovery, backup and restore strategy and testing across on-premise and cloud systems
- SLA, incident management, system maintenance, patching and upgrade coordination
- Audit readiness and experience supporting internal/external IT audits (provide logs, evidence, config reports)
- Regulatory compliance experience (e.g., SOX, GDPR) and change control enforcement
- Experience with SAP GRC tools and enforcing Segregation of Duties (SoD) policies
- Vendor and third-party integrator management for cloud service providers and system integrators
- Experience supporting production areas such as enterprise scheduling and global print management
What the Team is Saying
Fortune Brands Innovations Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage spans medical, dental, and vision with FSAs/HSAs, mental‑health resources, and pet insurance. The offering includes multiple plan options, employer HSA funding, no‑cost telehealth, and employer‑paid critical illness coverage with established national carriers.
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Retirement Support — The program features a 401(k) with company matching plus an additional company contribution, with employee deferrals vesting immediately. In eligible roles, profit sharing may also be part of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits include paid parental and family leave, fertility support, childcare assistance, and family‑forming resources such as adoption and surrogacy support. An onsite Mother’s Room and family medical leave further broaden support for caregivers.
Fortune Brands Innovations Insights
What We Do
Fortune Brands Innovations is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. Our driving purpose is to Elevate Every Life by Transforming Spaces into Havens. We’re advancing exciting innovations across our portfolio, which includes: Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.
Why Work With Us
At Fortune Brands Innovations, We Elevate Every Life by Transforming Spaces into Havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.
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