Senior SAP Project & People Manager

Lupus Consulting; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lupus Consulting seeks a Senior Manager to drive delivery outcomes and lead a high-performing SAP delivery team in Madrid. You will couple senior SAP program oversight with people management, capacity planning, and development support across the organization.

You will act as the primary escalation point for delivery issues, ensure adherence to SAP Activate or equivalent methodologies, and mentor consultants to maintain excellence in SAP delivery across projects.

Formación

• Senior SAP project management experience.
• Experience leading complex SAP implementations or enhancements.
• Strong risk, budget, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead SAP project delivery from initiation to closure, including scope, timeline and budget.
• Ensure SAP Activate or equivalent methodologies are followed.
• Mentor consultants and manage performance and capacity planning.
• Collaborate with management on escalations and governance.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding and internal training programs.
• Provide regular status updates on team performance and deliveries.

Conocimientos

SAP project management

People management

Capacity planning

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Herramientas

SAP Activate

Planning tool

Descripción del empleo

The Senior Manager is responsible for ensuring strong delivery outcomes and effective people management within the team. The role focuses on capacity and workload planning, delivery quality, performance management and development, hiring support, and acting as the first escalation point.

In addition, the position requires senior-level SAP project management expertise to lead and oversee complex SAP implementation or enhancement projects, ensure methodological compliance, manage risks, and act as a senior advisor to project teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

People & Performance

• Conduct regular 1:1 meetings to provide feedback, coaching, and support.
• Monitor consultant performance (quality and quantity) throughout the year.
• Contribute to quarterly and annual performance discussions and propose development or HR-related actions.
• Support annual evaluation processes as requested by management.
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for team-related topics (e.g. administrative matters, travel, sick leave).
• Maintain awareness of individual circumstances where relevant for planning and support.
• Mentor SAP consultants and act as a senior expert for SAP delivery topics.
• Maintain a clear and up-to-date overview of consultant capacity and workload.
• Proactively prepare workload and capacity planning for upcoming periods.
• Propose suitable candidates for staffing requests and recommend team adjustments where needed.
• Support resource planning activities and independently use the planning tool.
• Support SAP project resource planning, including role definition, profiling, and demand forecasting.

Delivery Quality & Estimation

• Review and approve effort and man-day estimations prepared by the team.
• Ensure proposal quality in alignment with sales and appropriate delegation of subtasks.
• Manage smaller delivery or professional escalations independently; support HR-related escalations as required.
• Collaborate with management and HR on complex or recurring escalations.
• Lead SAP project delivery from initiation to closure, including scope, timeline, budget, and quality control.
• Ensure compliance with SAP Activate or other relevant project methodologies.
• Drive issue and risk management across SAP workstreams.
• Support design reviews and overall solution quality assurance.

Hiring, Onboarding & Internal Training Programs

• Participate in interviews and the overall hiring process.
• Define required junior headcount and skill profiles; contribute to onboarding and development concepts.
• Support and coordinate internal training programs in collaboration with trainers and mentors.
• Evaluate SAP candidate profiles with regard to functional/technical fit and consulting capabilities.

Communication, Governance & Reporting

• Cascade organizational and management communications to the team.
• Ensure timely and complete time reporting on a monthly basis.
• Provide regular status updates to management on team performance and deliveries.
• Collaborate with other functional and professional teams to remove blockers and align ways of working.

Planning & Budget Support

• Support yearly budget planning by providing input on capacity, role mix, and development needs.
• Contribute to SAP project budgeting, cost forecasting, and effort planning.