Team Lead Functional Analyst (all genders)

tonies is the world’s leading interactive audio platform for children, with over 12 million Tonieboxes and 173 million Tonies sold globally. Our intuitive, screen-free system empowers children to learn and play independently in a safe and engaging way. With a presence in over 100 countries and a diverse portfolio of ~1,500 Tonies across multiple languages, we continue to redefine how children experience storytelling and learning. Since our IPO in 2021, our global team of 630+ colleagues is united by a shared mission: shaping the future of play, learning, and imagination. Team Lead Functional Analyst (all genders) Your Role & Impact We are seeking a strategic, people-focused Team Lead Functional Analyst to head our Functional Analysis & Process Design chapter within the Enterprise Applications & Integrations department. As tonies undergoes a company-wide transformation from a distributed landscape to a harmonized, global operating model powered by SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, our IT and business functions are moving toward a product-oriented organization. In this pivotal role, you will provide horizontal leadership to our team of Functional Analysts -the vital translation bridge between our business value streams (Operations, Finance, Sales) and our technical delivery teams. The ideal candidate combines a deep understanding of end-to-end business processes with a strong mentoring mindset , setting methodology standards and empowering the team to translate operational needs into scalable, standard-first enterprise solutions. What you'll do As Team Lead Functional Analyst, you will act as the Chapter Lead for Functional Analysis, providing both disciplinary leadership and methodological governance for your team. Your responsibilities include: Team Leadership & Development: Providing horizontal leadership to the Functional Analyst team, overseeing personal skill development, coaching, and managing capacity allocation across various value streams. Methodology & Standards: Setting and enforcing best-practice methodology standards for the chapter, including process modeling (BPMN 2.0), agile requirements engineering, user story writing (Jira/Confluence), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) protocols. Strategic Governance: Empowering your team to act as "The Bridge" that effectively translates business pain points into structured functional specification documents (FSDs) while strictly enforcing Fit-to-Standard and Clean Core principles to prevent unnecessary custom complexity. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering seamlessly with Business Product Owners (who prioritize the "WHAT & WHY"), SAP Consultants (The Solution), Solution Architects (The Gatekeepers), and App Engineers (The Build) to ensure a unified end-to-end delivery lifecycle. Process Integrity: Ensuring your team upholds strict Segregation of Duties (SoD) guidelines and four-pillar controls during process design (e.g., keeping functional analysis strictly separated from system configuration, master data creation, and security mapping). Transformation Stewardship: Driving the organizational shift from reactive project delivery toward proactive product ownership, helping the business eliminate shadow processes and friction points across boundaries like Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, and Record-to-Report. What You Bring You combine a deep understanding of process modeling and enterprise platforms with a consultative leadership mindset, and you enjoy empowering teams in complex transformation initiatives. You bring: Several years of experience in functional analysis, business process design, or requirements engineering within modern enterprise suites (e.g., SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Salesforce, Microsoft Business Central). Proven experience in a leadership or chapter lead role , with a strong passion for mentoring, team development, and resource management. Deep methodological expertise in BPMN 2.0, Design Thinking, process decomposition , an