Global Head of SAP

Global Head of SAP

Location: London, UK

Published: November 2025

About the Organisation

Our client is a global leader in digital transformation, operating across more than 60 countries and employing tens of thousands of professionals worldwide. The organisation delivers end-to-end technology and consulting services, with strong capabilities in cloud, cybersecurity, AI, high-performance computing, and enterprise applications.

The company is committed to innovation, sustainability, and supporting its customers in creating secure, future-ready digital environments. Its mission focuses on advancing knowledge, technology excellence and enabling organisations and societies to operate and grow responsibly.

Role Overview

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary leader to head the Global SAP Practice within a major international technology services organisation. This role will be responsible for shaping and scaling the company's SAP portfolio, driving R&D and innovation, strengthening global partner ecosystems, and supporting business growth through highly differentiated SAP offerings.

The Global Head will play a pivotal part in developing world-class SAP capabilities, supporting key global pursuits, and ensuring seamless collaboration with regional and delivery units across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio & Offering Development

• Define and continuously evolve the SAP services portfolio across S/4HANA, RISE with SAP, SAP BTP, analytics, AI, cloud, sustainability, and industry-specific solutions.
• Develop differentiated offerings, reusable assets, and accelerators that drive business growth.
• Ensure alignment with SAP's roadmap and global market trends.

Innovation & R&D

• Establish SAP Centres of Excellence and innovation hubs across global regions.
• Develop next-generation solutions leveraging AI/ML, automation, cloud-native architectures, and intelligent enterprise frameworks.
• Drive co-innovation with technology partners and foster the adoption of automation and AI within SAP programmes.

Sales Enablement

• Provide global sales teams with expert SAP insight, deal support, and thought leadership.
• Create offerings, frameworks, and content to accelerate pipeline development and order entry.
• Support strategic customer engagements as a trusted advisor.

Partner & Alliance Management

• Strengthen alliances with SAP, hyperscalers, and complementary technology partners.
• Define and execute joint go-to-market strategies with key partners.
• Enable co-sell, co-deliver and co-innovate motions across the ecosystem.

Thought Leadership & Ecosystem Engagement

• Represent the organisation at major SAP events, forums, and industry summits.
• Develop thought leadership content such as whitepapers, blogs, and strategic viewpoints.
• Build visibility and influence within the global SAP ecosystem.

Skills & Competency Development

• Define the global SAP skills and capability framework.
• Drive upskilling, certifications, and competency development across delivery teams.
• Promote a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing, and excellence.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10–15 years of leadership experience within SAP or IT services.
• Proven background in leading global SAP practices or large-scale SAP transformation programmes.
• Deep expertise across core SAP technologies: S/4HANA, RISE with SAP, SAP BTP, analytics, industry cloud, etc.
• Strong track record in portfolio management, alliances, and sales enablement.
• Experience building accelerators, CoEs, and innovation frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across global teams.
• Strong relationships within the SAP ecosystem.
• Bachelor's/Master's in technology, engineering, or business; MBA preferred.

Key Competencies

• Strategic and innovative thinker with strong market awareness.
• Excellent stakeholder, alliance, and ecosystem engagement capabilities.
• Strong influencer and recognised thought leader within SAP.
• Collaborative leadership style across sales, marketing, delivery, and partner functions.
• Passionate about talent development and capability growth.
• Highly adaptable and resilient in dynamic markets.