Project Lead & Consultant

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At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we’ll bring out the best in you. We’re builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what’s next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You’ll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What’s in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

SAP is looking for a Project Lead Consultant. As a Project Lead and Consultant in SAP’s Data Management & Landscape Transformation (DMLT) team, you will lead the delivery of the data migration and transformation workstream in strategic customer projects. You’ll combine hands-on consulting expertise with strong project leadership to ensure smooth execution, alignment, and customer satisfaction throughout all phases of the engagement.

• Lead and manage the DMLT workstream within complex SAP transformation projects — ensuring scope, timeline, quality, and budget are achieved.
• Define, plan, and track all DMLT-related project activities and deliverables across the full lifecycle.
• Act as the main point of contact for all DMLT topics within the customer project and orchestrate collaboration across Solution Architects, Delivery@Scale teams, and regional or global stakeholders.
• Validate project plans, resource needs, and efforts during pre-sales and delivery phases to ensure readiness and feasibility.
• Conduct DMLT internal kick-off meetings, define project charters and RACIs, and align with other project streams and customer leads.
• Drive stakeholder management and ensure clear and consistent communication between SAP, customer, and partner teams.
• Manage DMLT project scope, change requests, and dependencies — ensuring controlled execution and formal customer sign-off at key milestones (Q-Gates).
• Track project progress, consumption, and effort forecast, and provide regular project updates (burn rate, PPC, forecast, risk).
• Manage risk, issue, and escalation processes jointly with Solution Architects (RAID Management).
• Oversee cutover preparation and execution for DMLT scope (in collaboration with the Cutover Manager if applicable).
• Ensure all project documentation is maintained and project closure activities are completed (lessons learned, document archiving, success story).
• Collaborate closely with Delivery@Scale (D@S) managers to coordinate offshore and nearshore resources effectively.
• Actively contribute to improving delivery excellence by sharing learnings, templates, and best practices within DMLT.
  
  

What You Will Bring

Content Focus (ideally 3-5 topics mentioned below):

• 3–7 years of experience in SAP consulting, project management, or delivery of data migration and transformation projects.
• Solid understanding of SAP system landscapes, data migration approaches, and transformation methodologies (ideally within S/4HANA transition programs).
• Proven experience in leading project workstreams or full projects, preferably in multi-country or large-scale SAP transformation initiatives.
• Strong familiarity with project management standards (scope, planning, risk, issue, and change management) and the ability to translate them into practical execution.
• Hands-on experience with SAP migration tools and methods (e.g., Migration Cockpit, Data Services, or equivalent) is a strong plus.
• High level of business process understanding across key areas such as Finance, Logistics, or HR; ability to connect data needs with process implications.
  
  

Business Acumen

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills — able to engage confidently with customers, SAP leadership, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate risks and manage complexity.
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken); additional languages (especially German) are an asset.
• High level of self-motivation, ownership, and accountability — capable of driving results in a dynamic, distributed, and global organization.
• Willingness to travel (10–30%) across EMEA and occasionally globally.
• Strong communication skills to articulate points clearly and facilitate discussions effectively
• Active listening skills to understand participants’ viewpoints and manage group dynamics.
• Emotional intelligence to navigate different personalities and manage conflicts.
• Organizational and time-management skills to keep sessions productive and on track.
• Neutrality and objectivity to avoid taking sides or influencing outcomes unfairly
  
  

Meet your Team

Data Management and Landscape Transformation (DMLT) is a global Service Delivery organization within SAP’s Board Area Customer Service & Delivery, with more than 300 consultants worldwide.

We help our customers define their data and transformation strategies, plan and execute complex business and technology transformations, and shape their path into the digital economy.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: 439608 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: