SAP Delivery Lead
SAP Delivery Lead
Level: Associate Manager
Location: London, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham
Function: SAP Delivery | Programme Delivery | Enterprise Transformation
Industry: Consulting | Technology | Enterprise Systems
Package: Competitive base salary and full benefits
Role Summary
Our client is a global consulting and technology organisation delivering complex SAP and S/4HANA programmes for major enterprise clients. They are hiring SAP Delivery Leads at Associate Manager level to support and take accountability for delivery workstreams, commercials, and client outcomes within large-scale SAP programmes.
About the Role
You will support the successful delivery of major SAP programmes, working across design, build, test, deployment, and hypercare. You will own specific workstreams or phases, manage delivery teams, and play a key role in controlling scope, risk, and commercials.
You will operate in complex delivery environments alongside onshore, offshore, client, and third-party teams, with exposure to senior stakeholders and programme leadership.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Owning delivery of SAP workstreams within large, complex programmes.
- Managing scope, budget, timelines, and delivery risks within your area of responsibility.
- Supporting delivery under non-T&M commercial models, including fixed price and outcome-based engagements.
- Forecasting revenue, tracking costs, and supporting margin control and CCI%.
- Leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary delivery teams across onshore and offshore locations.
- Acting as a key point of contact for client stakeholders at workstream level.
- Driving quality across design, build, test, cutover, and hypercare activities.
- Contributing to account growth, change requests, and wider SAP practice initiatives.
Ideal Background
- Typically 7+ years of SAP delivery experience across one or more modules or functional areas.
- Experience delivering SAP programmes within a consulting environment.
- Strong understanding of delivery models including Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid.
- Exposure to delivery commercials, cost control, and forecasting.
- Confident stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging senior client contacts.
- Experience working in multi-vendor and globally distributed delivery teams.
- S/4HANA experience is highly desirable, particularly in:
- Data migration
- Test management
- Cutover planning
- Mobilisation and dependency management
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a recognised institution.
Salary & Package
Associate Manager level
- London: Up to £86,000
- Regional: Up to £78,000
- Depending on experience.
In Addition
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Up to 30 days annual leave
- Private medical insurance
- Paid volunteering days
Summary
This is a delivery-focused SAP leadership role for professionals ready to operate at Associate Manager level. You will take ownership of defined delivery areas within large SAP and S/4HANA programmes, with accountability for delivery performance, financial control, and client outcomes. The role suits candidates with a consulting background who want to step up in delivery responsibility without being overextended into full programme ownership too early.