The Role
This is a unique opportunity to shape the SAP business within a large Accountancy and Finance company. We are seeking a senior SAP Enterprise Architecture, Technology & Platform Director to focus on business development, practice and asset build, and delivery of transformations enabled by SAP technology. This high-profile role requires a balance of business development, sales origination, practice build and client delivery.
Your role
- You will be expected to drive origination and lead pre-sales activities (RFP responses, direct award within their customers, etc.), engage directly with senior stakeholders (typically CxOs) - and manage bid teams with limited support from the SAP business partners.
- Have commercial acumen to propose the constructs to proposals and be able to defend the rationale when reviewing with partners.
- Enhance companies offerings, focusing on the readily deployable assets/demos/accelerators with clear ROI and with special focus on automation, clean core and AI.
- Have regular interactions with SAP to get insights of future roadmap, align joint target accounts and drive the direction of the companies offerings in this domain.
- Attract, recruit, train and retain top talent.
- Be the senior delivery architect for complex engagements with flagship accounts.
The Person
We are looking for candidates that are self-driven, have proven experience and are excited with the opportunity to shape the SAP technology business.Successful candidates will be expected to have:
- Deep understanding of SAP's technology and platform roadmap including BTP, LeanIX, Signavio, RISE, GROW, MDG, extensibility framework.
- Delivered 4+ end-to-end SAP programmes as an end-to-end Enterprise Architect, Integration Lead Architect or Tech Lead. At least 2 of them needs to be with S/4HANA as the main product.
- Experience selling and delivering under a RISE contract from the business development/sales phase until the implementation go-live.
- Proven track record in leading complex bids which includes S/4HANA and other SAP and non-SAP technologies. This is high profile role which requires the experience of leading the bid end-to-end with limited support from senior stakeholders. It would include identifying SMEs, delivery teams, win themes and manage them to craft compelling and winning proposals.
- Experience in running a regular cadence with SAP to understand future roadmap direction and co-innovation opportunities.
- Managed a team of onshore and offshore resources both from an individual engagement and overall practice perspective.
- Understanding of SAP's AI roadmap and having worked on creation of assets, products, solutions that leverage it to the benefit of customers.
- Built assets and accelerators that were deployed to multiple customers.
What you will get in return
- Hybrid working (quite flexible for the right candidate)
- Multiple offices across London, Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester.
- Competitive salary and benefits package are to be discussed upon application.
- The opportunity to shape the SAP technology business within one of the largest Accountancy and Finance Firms globally.
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