SAP Security Manager

Job ID: 528104

CRH's Americas Materials business is the leading provider of building materials in North America.

The aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, paving and construction services we deliver are critical to building our world.

Our operations span 45 U.S.

states and two Canadian provinces with over 30,000 employees across 1,700 operating locations.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP Security Manager to lead application security and GRC across our full SAP landscape, including SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and Business Data Cloud (BDC) - including Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud - and SuccessFactors (Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll).

This role owns the strategy and governance for role design, access provisioning, and controls across all in-scope platforms, leads a team of security and GRC professionals, and manages the end-to-end security request process through the ServiceNow-SAP GRC integration.

The ideal candidate combines deep SAP security and GRC expertise with proven people-management experience and is comfortable representing security in audits, projects, and executive-level discussions.

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)

Team Leadership & People Management


* Hire, lead, mentor, and develop a team of SAP Security and GRC Leads/Analysts, setting goals and career development plans


* Establish coverage models and escalation paths to support security incidents and access requests across all in-scope platforms


* Build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the security team

Security & GRC Strategy and Governance


* Own the strategy for application security design and GRC access control configuration across SAP projects and enhancements


* Establish and govern the centralized process for role administration and role design for functional (order to cash, procure to pay, record to report) and cross-functional (reporting, IT, testing) processes


* Set standards for security rules, controls, and role-to-user assignment across all production and non-production systems


* Own GRC ruleset design, segregation-of-duties (SoD) governance, and post-go-live maintenance in partnership with SI/AMS partners


* Own GRC Firefighter (emergency access) governance, including assignment, approval, and periodic review processes

Platform-Specific Security Ownership


* Own security and access governance for SAP BTP, including Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), as part of Business Data Cloud (BDC)


* Own security for SuccessFactors modules in use, including Employee Central (EC) and Employee Central Payroll (ECP), ensuring appropriate role design and data privacy controls for sensitive HR and payroll data


* Ensure consistent security governance across SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, BTP/BDC, and SuccessFactors, and drive alignment on cross-platform identity and access strategy

Access Request Management (Servic...