Director - SAP Data

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior SAP Data Director to lead transformative initiatives using SAP technology. This pivotal role requires a blend of business acumen and technical expertise, focusing on driving business development, enhancing service offerings, and managing complex engagements. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in key SAP Data domains, a proven track record of leading successful SAP programmes, and the ability to engage with senior stakeholders. If you are passionate about shaping the future of SAP within a Big4 environment, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in SAP Data domains like Migration and Governance.
• Strong knowledge of SAP tools and future roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Drive business development and lead pre-sales activities.
• Attract, recruit, and retain top talent for the SAP team.

Skills

SAP Data Migration

Data Governance

Integration

Data Quality Management

SAP Migration Cockpit

SAP Data Services

S/4HANA

AI Solutions

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

SAP MDG

Syniti

SNP

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Senior SAP Data Director

We are seeking a senior SAP Data 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. This is a unique opportunity to shape the SAP business within a Big4.

Successful candidates will be expected to:

1. Drive origination and lead pre-sales activities (RFP responses, direct award within our customers, etc.), engage directly with senior stakeholders (typically CxOs), and manage bid teams with limited support from SAP business partners.
2. Have commercial acumen to propose constructs to proposals and defend the rationale when reviewing with partners.
3. Enhance KPMG Powered Enterprise offerings, focusing on readily deployable assets/demos/accelerators with clear ROI, especially on automation, clean core, and AI.
4. Write external KPMG whitepapers and points of view.
5. Maintain regular interactions with SAP to gain insights into future roadmap, align joint target accounts, and drive the direction of KPMG’s offerings in this domain.
6. Attract, recruit, train, and retain top talent.
7. Serve as the senior data architect for complex engagements with flagship accounts.

The Person

KPMG’s SAP business is on a rapid growth trajectory and is looking for candidates that are self-driven, have proven experience, and are excited about shaping the SAP business inside a Big4.

Successful candidates will be expected to have:

1. Deep experience selling and delivering in key SAP Data domains: Migration (data preparation, data migration, data governance), Orchestrate (integration, processing, cataloguing), and Cultivate (quality management, central governance, consolidation).
2. Strong knowledge of SAP Migration Cockpit, SAP MDG, SAP Data Services, and the future SAP roadmap.
3. Experience working with 3rd party tools (e.g., Syniti, SNP, etc.) in data migration and carve-outs is a plus.
4. Delivered 4+ end-to-end SAP programmes as an SAP Data Lead.
5. Experience selling and delivering under a RISE contract from business development through to implementation go-live.
6. A proven track record in leading complex bids involving S/4HANA and other SAP and non-SAP technologies, including managing SMEs and delivery teams to craft compelling proposals.
7. Experience maintaining a regular cadence with SAP to understand future roadmap and co-innovation opportunities.
8. Managed onshore and offshore resources both individually and at practice level.
9. Understanding of SAP’s AI roadmap and experience creating assets and solutions leveraging AI for customer benefits.
10. Built assets and accelerators deployed across multiple customers.