We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Solution Partner to lead solutioning, client engagement, proposal development, and transformation strategy across SAP S/4HANA programs. The role acts as a trusted advisor to customers and internal stakeholders, helping shape winning deals, define future-state architectures, and support end-to-end SAP transformation initiatives across industries and geographies.
The ideal candidate will combine deep SAP S/4HANA knowledge with strong consulting, pre-sales, commercial, and delivery oversight skills. This role requires the ability to work closely with CXO-level stakeholders, sales teams, solution architects, and delivery leaders to convert business needs into scalable and commercially viable SAP outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead SAP S/4HANA solutioning for new opportunities, strategic pursuits, and transformation programs.
- Engage with client stakeholders to understand business objectives, pain points, target operating model, and transformation priorities.
- Translate business requirements into end-to-end SAP S/4HANA solutions, architecture, and implementation roadmap.
- Support Brownfield, Greenfield, and Selective Data Migration approaches based on customer landscape and business goals.
- Develop solution narratives, value propositions, and differentiators for proposals, RFPs, RFIs, and client presentations.
- Prepare effort estimates, assumptions, scope boundaries, and solution dependencies in coordination with technical and delivery teams.
- Support commercial discussions, pricing inputs, and deal strategy with sales and account leadership.
- Lead solution workshops, executive presentations, and design discussions with business and IT stakeholders.
- Collaborate with functional consultants, enterprise architects, integration specialists, and security teams to shape the overall design.
- Define integration strategy across SAP and non-SAP systems, including middleware, APIs, hybrid cloud, and satellite applications.
- Support roadmap planning for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, Private Cloud, ECC transition, and RISE with SAP adoption.
- Partner with delivery teams to ensure smooth handover from presales to project execution.
- Provide governance during early delivery phases to ensure solution integrity, scope alignment, and customer satisfaction.
- Stay current on SAP S/4HANA innovations, cloud transformation trends, partner ecosystem capabilities, and industry best practices.
- Assess client ERP landscape, process maturity, and transformation readiness.
- Recommend the most suitable transformation route, such as greenfield implementation, brownfield conversion, or selective modernization.
- Identify business case drivers, ROI opportunities, and process optimization levers.
- Define target-state architecture across ERP, BTP, integration, analytics, and adjacent enterprise platforms.
- Advise on business process harmonization, global template design, and rollout strategy.
- Support executive decision-making by presenting trade-offs, risks, and implementation options.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and governance expectations.
Technical Scope
- SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and Private Cloud.
- SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation.
- SAP Business Technology Platform.
- Hybrid cloud and multi-system enterprise landscapes.
- SAP landscape transformation and modernization.
- Data migration strategy and cutover planning.
- SAP and non-SAP application integration.
- Functional areas such as finance, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, sales, and operations, depending on project scope.
Required Skills
- Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA solutioning, architecture, or consulting.
- Hands-on understanding of ERP transformation programs.
- Ability to design and articulate end-to-end SAP business and technical solutions.
- Strong knowledge of Brownfield, Greenfield, and hybrid transformation approaches.
- Experience with SAP integrations, cloud architecture, and enterprise application landscapes.
- Strong stakeholder-management and executive communication skills.
- Ability to estimate, scope, and position complex SAP programs.
- Experience working with sales, presales, and delivery teams in a consulting or partner environment.
- Ability to prepare proposals, presentations, solution decks, and workshop outputs.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of experience in SAP consulting, architecture, presales, or solution advisory.
- Exposure to multi-industry transformation engagements.
- Experience working with global clients across regions and time zones.
- Experience in partner-led delivery, consulting firms, or SAP implementation environments.
- Experience supporting strategic account growth, pipeline development, and solution positioning.