SAP Solution Director

Role - SAP Program Director (Technical Architect Solution Director)

Location - Edison NJ or Anywhere US

Job Type - Full Time Permanent

Must be comfortable with 100% Travel

Client is looking to hire a Program Director for the Enterprise Solutions Unit Consulting practice. The role will be responsible for the planning, execution, and management of complex and large transformation engagements at clients. They will be required to coordinate the work of client and client team members for one or more projects and will be accountable for the successful delivery of all phases, releases, and project components for transformation projects. The role will be responsible for overall quality, engagement, and adherence to the schedule and budget for the project. Expectations include:

• Demonstrate end-to-end business process knowledge in SAP processes
• Establish Solution architecture to drive NextGen releases
• Create framework for adopting clean core using extensibility and low code / no code principles.
• Deliver all architectural / design deliverables
• Coach Leads / team members to deliver the NextGen program
• Ability to identify and derive integrated solution architecture
• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for implementing NextGen release solutions
• Coordinate project timeline with teams to ensure checkpoints and goals are met to the client’s satisfaction
• Collaboration with the project team members in the management of overall resources allocation and capacity planning for the project
• Manage program level status, metrics, issues, and risks and oversee all completion and sign-off on program deliverables
• Provide leadership and guidance to project team and client leadership assigned to the program
• Lead and collaborate in scoping prospective engagements and developing proposals

Qualifications:

• Experience of managing large SAP S4 HANA transformation projects as Enterprise Solution Architect with BTP adaptation as one of the core objectives.
• Utilize SAP BTP services to develop and integrate applications, including SAP Integration Suite, SAP Extension Suite, and SAP Analytics Cloud, with SAP S/4HANA. Implement data integration solutions and data transformations using SAP BTP services to ensure accurate and efficient data flow between systems. ·
• Strong experience in solution design across multiple functional areas and having strong Integration experience with SAP cloud solutions / non-SAP application landscape with BTP as the platform
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for all ABAP developments and BTP integrations, including design documents, user guides, and system specifications.
• Strong understanding of Cloud Technologies, SAP Brownfield and Bluefield conversion process and migrations · Use of Tools and concepts for Custom code remediation and migration
• Good understanding of SAP tools for Migration / Conversion process
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for all ABAP developments and BTP integrations, including design documents, user guides, and system specifications.
• Stay abreast of emerging SAP technologies and BTP advancements to recommend and implement improvements and innovations.
• Proficiency in ABAP programming models including CAP and RAP with advanced concepts and best practices.
• Experience with SAP Fiori and SAPUI5 development.
• Strong experience of stakeholder management for a global program
• Strong experience of customer expectation management and addressing potential issues through a proactive approach with help of the implementation team
• Experience in overall team management with good interpersonal skills ·
• Bring in strong business process knowledge on manufacturing processes and integration scenarios related to a typical manufacturing business
• Strong cross functional leadership by working together with SAP functional consultants with different skills with the ability to look at the end-to-end processes and understand capabilities, services, features of BTP to integrate with SAP S/4 HANA product architecture
• Coordinating with business, during design, configuration, unit testing, user acceptance tests, cutover, go-live and post go-live activities
• Ability to speak business language, guide business counterparts towards the right SAP solution and translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Experience leading sales opportunities · Previous hands-on experience leading an Integration team with clean core principles.
• Ability to work with C-levels as well as be hands-on as required · Excellent interpersonal and teamwork abilities, capable of building and maintaining strong client relationships
• At least five (5) full life cycle implementations as an Architect with multi-module implementations (Finance, Sales, Production, Purchasing, Warehouse)
• A minimum of ten (10) years prior transformational ERP consulting or equivalent industry experience
• At least six (6) years’ experience in proposal and business case development · Ability to articulate the businesses enabled by SAP S/4HANA and BTP framework
• Ability to be hands on if required and mentor junior team members · Ability to leverage and build assets/accelerators and thought leadership · Experience managing 20 resources · Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent).
• Travel up to 100%