SAP - Delivery Excellence - Deployment Lead - Senior Manager

SAP
- Delivery Excellence
- Deployment Lead
- Senior Manager
- Location OPEN

Location:

Houston

As the Deployment Lead, you will focus on de-risking large SAP implementations by collaborating with business stakeholders to develop strategies that mitigate risks during the transition to a new ERP solution. You will oversee three pillars of Deployment:
Business/Site Readiness, Cutover, and Hypercare. Your responsibilities include managing all aspects of business preparation leading up to go-live through hypercare and transition to the long-term support for the organization. This includes ramping down business activities, planning the freeze and ramp up, executing cutover, and managing post-go-live support activities.

As a Senior Manager in our Technology practice, you will play a pivotal role in interacting with business stakeholders to evaluate and analyze business models, processes, and operations. You will translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure that newly implemented technology solutions meet these requirements. Your collaboration with technical teams will be crucial in designing and delivering effective system architecture solutions.

• Leading engagement delivery and managing client relationships on a daily basis.
• Overseeing program/project management and ensuring engagement economics are met.
• Developing resource plans and budgets for complex engagements.
• Driving large-scale sales pursuits and cultivating long-term client relationships at all levels across Consumer Business, Manufacturing, Technology or Industrial Products sectors.
• Building market presence by understanding client contexts and aligning them with SAP solutions, roadmaps, and strategies. Developing a robust pipeline by collaborating with sector alliance leads and SAP solution capabilities.
• Utilizing an integrated sales framework to proactively drive large-scale SAP pursuits. Incorporating innovative solutions to address client transformation needs and leveraging unique client experiences to achieve successful sales conversions.
• Leading program and project management, with necessary travel to meet client needs.
• Managing client relationships, engagement economics and resource planning.
• Delivery high-quality SAP projects or work streams or serving as the delivery lead to support operations.

• Strong technical skills in application functional design and technology business requirements definition.
• Proven ability to analyze and map technology cost-benefit scenarios.
• Expertise in system configuration design and business architecture frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
• Proven ability to drive complex project plans to completion by proactively identifying risks and relevant mitigations.

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience delivering SAP-enabled business transformations, with deep expertise in one or more SAP modules.
• At least 5 years leading large-scale, SAP implementations or rollouts, including end-to-end deployment across Consumer Business, Manufacturing, Technology or Industrial Products sectors.
• Proven experience leading complex SAP deployment work streams, including planning, execution, and stabilization, while managing cross-functional teams across business, functional, and technical areas.
• Experience with all pillars of deployment and de-risking business transitions.
• Experience managing offshore and remote delivery teams.
• Knowledge of best practices, benchmarking, peer company environments and prior advisory experience related to industry-specific finance and technology functions.
• Strong research skills to address client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies.
• A flexibility and willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40-60%.

• Prior consulting experience, preferably within a large professional services firm or SAP-focused advisory environment.
• SAP certification(s) in relevant modules (e.g., SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance, Supply Chain, or Program/Project Management).