SAP Program Manager

Next Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - GBP 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a passionate SAP Programme Manager to lead multi-million-pound SAP-enabled business transformations. The role includes managing portfolios, ensuring successful execution, and building client relationships. The ideal candidate will have strong consulting skills, experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and recognized qualifications such as PRINCE2 or PMI. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact through project leadership and business development.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale SAP programmes.
• Strong consulting and communication skills with senior-level executives.
• Solid understanding of Programme & Project Management techniques.

Responsibilities

• Mould and support the delivery of complex SAP transformation programmes.
• Lead discussions with C-level client executives.
• Oversee project scope, cost, quality, risks, and timelines.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Team leadership

Coaching

Education

PRINCE2

MSP

PMI

PPM

Tools

Agile project management tools

SAP Activate

Job description

You will join a great team and take a proactive role in helping shape, manage, and deliver the largest technology-enabled business transformation programmes across a range of prestigious clients. As well as being part of leading-edge programmes, you will also be involved in supporting capability building, including the development and mentoring of more junior team members and leveraging advanced methodologies to capture the growing demand for AI-driven advisory services.

You’ll be building global relationships and have access to the global network’s best experts to address client needs, as well as communicating compelling and well-thought-out solutions to complex problems. In doing so, you’ll ensure that the practice builds constructive working relationships across different teams, functions, countries, or cultures.

As an SAP Programme Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of SAP projects, ensuring successful and safe execution, and maintaining strong client relationships. You will lead multi-disciplined teams to drive delivery excellence, leveraging Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies. Additionally, you will play a key role in business development, commercial proposition creation, and financial and commercial oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Moulding, leading, and supporting the safe delivery of large and complex SAP-enabled business transformation programmes

• Leading discussions with C-level client executives to help shape their business transformation agenda enabled by SAP

• Provide leadership, management, and coaching of project teams and junior colleagues

• Oversee project scope, cost, quality, benefits, risks, and timelines

• Develop and manage strong client relationships, ensuring successful stakeholder engagement

• Build constructive working relationships within the firm and the industry across different teams, functions, and countries at all levels, actively building a network and range of experience to help address client needs

• Support the growth of the practice through internal initiatives and winning new business through developing bid responses, including commercial proposition development

• Ensure best-practice reporting and governance across projects

• Maintain an in-depth understanding of current SAP and Cloud ERP industry trends

• Support service development through ownership and management of programme and project management tools and techniques

• Actively contribute to the global people agenda, including people management and mentoring

We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual with strong consulting skills, able to work with senior-level executives to deliver large multi-year business transformations enabled by SAP. Typically, candidates will have the following backgrounds:

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale, high-quality SAP programmes (multi-million-pound budgets) across multiple industries

• Excellent consulting, stakeholder management, and communication skills to engage and guide senior client executives

• Solid understanding of Programme & Project Management techniques/tools and how these can be applied to deliver client success, with strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, SAP Activate, and hybrid methodologies

• Solid understanding of business drivers that lead to ERP-enabled business change and transformation programmes

• Entrepreneurial spirit – experience of leading proposals/bid development and building strong relationships internally and externally

• Industry-recognised qualifications such as PRINCE2, MSP, PMI, or PPM

• Strong financial and commercial acumen

• Exceptional team leader who advocates equality, acts ethically and responsibly, and instils confidence in others

• Motivator and coach, helping people find meaning in their work and achieve exceptional results, preferably with both onshore and offshore elements