IT Infrastructure Services

X2 Nations; Deutschland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

X2nations is pursuing a high-impact Principal Consultant to drive the design and delivery of the RISE Customer Edition service (CDC) across ECS CAE CDA, coordinating with internal SAP teams and external partners worldwide.

The role requires leading cross-functional teams, managing complex IT programs, and steering large-scale deployments with focus on process and delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• Extensive IT program and project management experience with certified methodologies.
• Familiarity with SAP operations and infrastructure is a plus.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional teams handling complex programs.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and coordinate global project teams and customers.
• Oversee budget and timeline across the program and phases.
• Identify risks and coordinate vendor and stakeholder collaboration.
• Report results to Chief Architect and senior management.
• Engage across technical and delivery streams to translate requirements into outcomes.
• Propose creative, tech-based solutions addressing business needs.

Skills

IT PM

PM Certifications

Leadership experience

SAP infrastructure familiarity

Job description

SAP Enterprise Cloud Services Customer Datacenter Architecture team (ECS CAE CDA) is driving a project to design, build and deliver RISE Customer Edition service (CDC) with different vendors. This service aims to achieve on prem cloud services around provisioning, operations and engineering. You will be responsible for steering and driving this central project across ECS, Partners and other SAP units. You will be reporting to the Chief Architect / Senior Management.

One of your main objectives is to bring the process to the state that the first customers can be delivered successfully for CDC on prem together with our infrastructure partners. It is expected that you work closely with internal and external stakeholders to understand and translate their business and technical requirements, propose solutions to business problems and orchestrate multiple projects as part of our program which includes customer deployments all over the world. If you have a strong and proven background in Infrastructure & Automation Projects, Service Management along with leading cross board (international) programs we would like to hear from you.

Positions Requested

E4 - Principle Consultant (Minimum IT Experience 3-6 years)

Scope of Services / Deliverables

• Planning, managing, and coordinating global project teams and customers (international) incl. expected occasional travel.
• Management & oversight of budget and timeline during the program and S2D phases.
• Examining technical, procedural, and personal weaknesses (risks) and analyzing the deficits of internal and external cooperation. Daily management of project teams, distributors, customers, service provide vendors to maintain the readiness planning.
• Reporting & presenting results to the Chief Architect / Senior Management.
• Full internal and external engagement around the technical, process and delivery streams including challenging and validating the requirements with regards to needs versus wants. Working with internal stakeholders, this requires thought leadership in transforming solutions requirements to true business outcomes.
• Provide creative solutions to resolve business problems via customer requirements based on the technology (ServiceNow, SAP, ECS, etc.), process gaps (ITSM/ITIL) and cultural challenges (people).

Skills

• Experienced in IT Program and Project Management: Certification in either LEAN Six Sigma (black belt), Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Advanced Prince2.
• Experienced in areas relevant for SAP operations as well as infrastructure is a definitive plus.
• Has proven leadership experience in managing teams and projects as well as having a pragmatic approach in complex situations.