Job Description
Job Title: SAP Service Delivery Manager
Experience: 10+ years in SAP Delivery / AMS Operations Employment
Shifts: 05:30 PM to 02:30 PM (IST)
Type: Full-Time
Mode of Work: Hybrid
Location: PAN India
About the Role:
We are looking for an experienced Service Delivery Manager (SDM) to lead the offshore delivery and governance of multiple SAP Application Management Services (AMS) engagements supporting our US-based customers.
The SDM will be responsible for ensuring high-quality service delivery, customer satisfaction, team efficiency, SLA compliance, and proactive collaboration with onshore delivery counterparts. The ideal candidate should bring strong expertise in SAP AMS operations, incident/problem/change management, service governance, and stakeholder management across time zones. Certifications like ITIL, PMP, or Scrum Master are desirable.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 10 to 15 years of strong experience as a Service Delivery Manager managing global SAP Application Maintenance & Support (AMS) engagements for medium or large organizations.
- Strong background as an SAP Functional or Technical Consultant, with hands‑on experience in SAP Maintenance & Support operations.
- Proven experience managing multiple SAP AMS accounts, including client relationships, service governance, operational performance, and delivery excellence.
- Strong experience managing multi-cultural, geographically distributed SAP support teams.
- Extensive knowledge of SAP Support Operations, including:
- Incident Management
- Major/Critical Incident Management
- Change Management
- Problem Management
- Service Request Management
- SLA/KPI management
- Support governance and operational reporting
- Experience managing SAP Transport Requests, including Rev-Trac.
- Strong understanding of Regression Testing processes within SAP maintenance and release cycles.
- Experience with transition from SAP implementation/project delivery to AMS/support operations.
- Experience with SAP support tools and processes such as ChaRM and SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN).
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Proven ability to manage relationships with business users, IT leadership, client stakeholders, internal teams, and third‑party vendor partners.
- Strong experience establishing and running governance models for SAP AMS engagements.
- Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and organizational structures.
- Experienced in escalation management, including resolution of service, operational, and relationship issues.
- Proven experience handling Major and Critical Incidents, coordinating cross‑functional teams and ensuring timely communication and resolution.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills across technical and non‑technical audiences.
Service Management & Operational Excellence
- Strong understanding of ITIL‑based service management and SAP support best practices.
- Experience defining, implementing, and continuously improving operational processes for programs and support engagements.
- Ability to establish and monitor SLAs, KPIs, dashboards, status reports, governance reports, and service metrics.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze incident and operational data to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for problem investigation.
- Ability to monitor the SAP support environment and recommend or implement service and process improvements.
- Strong follow‑up and ownership skills when coordinating with internal teams, other technology teams, and third‑party support vendors.
- High attention to detail with strong organization, prioritization, time management, facilitation, and process management capabilities.
Program & Delivery Management
- Lead end-to-end delivery of SAP AMS programs, ensuring scope, timelines, SLAs, quality, resources, and customer expectations are effectively managed.
- Establish and manage delivery governance, including project/service plans, milestones, KPIs, risks, issues, dependencies, action tracking, and management reporting.
- Drive project-to-support transition, ensuring knowledge transfer, support readiness, documentation, resource onboarding, processes, tools, and SLA setup are completed before go‑live.
- Manage cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, coordinating SAP functional/technical teams, business stakeholders, IT teams, and third‑party vendors.
- Proactively manage delivery risks, escalations, dependencies, and changing priorities, ensuring timely resolution and minimal business impact.
- Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence through performance analysis, process optimization, automation, lessons learned, and service improvement initiatives.
That is what makes us special:
- Employee friendly benefits
- Team-oriented corporate culture, collaboration as equals and steady knowledge transfer
- Active participation in shaping your future.
- Individually tailored learning, coaching & mentoring programs.
- Sustainable career support with our career model and individual development programs
- International project opportunities and networks Do you have questions?
Write to Surendra Kumar Padala - Surendra.pad....@...ta.com Role & responsibilities
Preferred candidate profile
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Consulting
Role Category: IT Consulting
Role: Functional Consultant
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Ntt Data Business
Location(s): Hyderabad
Ability to work in a team environment with members of varying skill levels. Highly motivated. Learns quickly.