NoblQ Technology/Software

SAP Delivery Lead

Chennai, India In person Full-time

Summary

We are looking for an

  • experienced Project Manager – SAP Cloud Applications to lead end-to-end SAP
  • S/4HANA implementation, migration, and support engagements for our SAP
  • practice. The role combines project management ownership with solution
  • architecture responsibility across SAP S/4HANA (On-Premise and Public Cloud),
  • SAP ECC, and SAP Business ByDesign. The person will manage delivery timelines,
  • own the solution architecture blueprint, act as PMO lead across concurrent
  • domestic and international engagements, and lead a team of S/4HANA consultants.

The

  • ideal candidate brings deep functional depth in Sales & Distribution (SD),
  • Materials Management (MM), and Supply Chain Management (SCM), paired with
  • strong client-facing project leadership.

Key

Responsibilities

1.

Delivery Leadership

  • ●End-to-end delivery ownership – own project delivery for SAP
  • S/4HANA implementation, migration, and AMS (Application Management Services)
  • engagements, from planning through go-live and hypercare.
  • ●Program management – manage project timelines, budgets, resourcing, and
  • risk registers across multiple concurrent engagements.

●Architectural

  • alignment – lead architectural
  • alignment during complex transformation programs, including company code
  • mergers, system consolidations, and multi-entity rollouts.
  • 2.

Solution Architecture

  • ●Blueprint ownership – own the end-to-end solution
  • architecture blueprint for SAP SD and MM modules, ensuring design consistency
  • across business processes.

●Architectural

  • governance – provide high-level
  • architectural governance across SD, SCM, and Sourcing & Procurement work
  • streams.

●Process-to-goal

  • alignment – ensure the S/4HANA Cloud
  • procurement and business process framework aligns with the client's corporate
  • business goals.
  • ●Solution design
  • leadership – lead solution design for
  • Sales & Distribution, SCM, and Sourcing & Procurement in S/4HANA Public
  • Cloud environments.
  • PMO

& Governance

  • ●PMO leadership – act as PMO Lead for integration and implementation
  • programs across domestic and international projects.
  • ●Governance structures – establish and run project governance
  • structures, including steering committee reporting, status tracking, and
  • escalation management.
  • ●Process streamlining – analyze existing workflows to streamline
  • business processes and enable client teams to operate independently post
  • go-live.
  • Team

Leadership

  • ●Team management – manage and mentor a team of SAP S/4HANA consultants
  • delivering domestic and international projects.
  • ●Capability building – build delivery capability across the
  • team through coaching, knowledge sharing, and structured upskilling.
  • 5.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • ●Primary client
  • contact – serve as the primary point
  • of contact for client stakeholders on project status, risks, and architectural
  • decisions.

●Executive

presentations – present solutions,

project updates, and business cases to senior client and internal leadership.

Illustrative

Engagement Experience Expected

  • Candidates should be able to
  • demonstrate delivery experience comparable to the following engagement types
  • (industry and geography shown at category level; no client or individual
  • names):

Industry

/ Geography

Deployment

Role

Scope

Core

Responsibilities

Solution Architect (SD/MM)

  • Managed timelines and
  • architectural alignment for a company code merger; owned the end-to-end
  • solution architecture blueprint for SD and MM

Manufacturing (Southeast

Asia)

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise

Project Manager &

Solution Architect (MM & Integration)

  • Provided architectural
  • governance across SD, SCM, and Sourcing & Procurement; aligned the
  • procurement framework with corporate business goals

Medical Devices (East Asia)

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud

Lead Solution Architect

(SD, SCM, Sourcing & Procurement)

  • Delivered architectural
  • governance across SD, SCM, and Sourcing & Procurement; ensured solution
  • alignment with business objectives

Utilities (India)

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud –

AMS

PMO Lead & Solution

Architect

  • Led PMO operations and
  • architectural oversight for an MM implementation; streamlined workflows to
  • enable independent client operations

Required

Experience & Technology Exposure

  • Overall experience: 13+ years
  • of SAP implementation experience across S/4HANA (SD, MM) and SAP Business
  • ByDesign, with 15+ full life-cycle, end-to-end SAP implementation projects
  • completed and 15+ years of combined IT and people/team management experience.
  • SAP Applications (hands-on or architecture-level
  • exposure across all of the below)

●SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud

●SAP S/4HANA On-Premise

●SAP ECC

●SAP Business ByDesign

Functional

Modules

●Sales & Distribution

(SD)

●Materials Management

(MM)

●Supply Chain Management

(SCM)

●Sourcing &

Procurement

●Customer Relationship

Management (CRM)

●Supplier Relationship

Management (SRM)

●Project Management (PM, within SAP ByDesign)

Additional

Experience

  • ●Demonstrated experience
  • managing both domestic and international project teams and stakeholders
  • ●Prior experience operating as both Project Manager and Solution
  • Architect on the same engagement
  • ●Strong track record of presenting to and influencing senior client
  • stakeholders
  • ●Fluent in business English, spoken and written; additional languages are
  • an advantage for international engagements

Skills

& Competencies

●Executive

  • communication – strong presentation
  • and executive communication skills.
  • ●Analytical rigor – structured problem-solving and analytical thinking
  • under delivery pressure.

●Business-to-technical

  • translation – ability to translate
  • business goals into technical solution architecture.
  • ●People leadership – team leadership, mentoring, and capability-building
  • mindset.
  • ●Cross-cultural delivery – comfort operating across cultures and time
  • zones on international engagements.
  • ●Ownership – high ownership and accountability for delivery
  • outcomes.
  • ●Productivity tools – proficient in Microsoft Office 365.

Certifications

& Education (Preferred, Not Mandatory)

●SAP Certified – S/4HANA

Public Cloud

●SAP Certified – Business ByDesign

●SAP Certified Solution

  • and Presales Consultant
  • ●PMP, PRINCE2, or an
  • equivalent project management certification (added advantage)
  • ●Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business
  • Administration, or a related field

Location

& Work Mode

Reporting

  • Line: Reports to the Practice Head / Delivery Head of the SAP Practice. Work
  • Mode & Travel: Hybrid/onsite as per engagement requirements; willingness to
  • travel domestically and internationally for client engagements, including
  • short-to-medium term onsite deployments.

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