SAP Programme Director

4 weeks ago


Manchester, New Hampshire, United Kingdom Tata Consultancy Services Full time

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Role: SAP Programme Director

Job Type: Permanent (Hybrid)

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Ready to utilise your skills in SAP Programme Management?

Join us as a SAP Program Director.

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.


• Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.


• Gain access to endless learning opportunities.


• Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products to life.

The Role

As a SAP Programme Director, you will oversee multiple SAP projects and make sure they align with customers' overall goals and strategy. The customer has several ongoing projects in SAP including BAU projects as well as transformation projects that involve moving away from legacy technologies to SAP strategic solution. Among other SAP projects, the customer team looks forward to partnering with TCS for planning and working with them to deliver S/4 HANA migration, S4 Finance transformation for their business teams. The role of SAP programmer director will be pivotal to making this happen.

Key responsibilities:


• Oversee the day-to-day management of the SAP programs, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.


• Report detailed status updates to IT and Business leadership team.


• Build strong and enduring CXO relationships.


• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues to ensure successful project outcomes.


• Innovate to build continuous improvement in delivery with strong program governance.


• Build high performing teams that can work flexibly incorporating hybrid remote working models.


• Create SOWs and manage contracts and commercials with a focus on budget control and forecast management, on time milestone completion and billing.


• Work very closely with the TCS team on a day-to-day basis and enable the team to resolve roadblocks, provide oversight and escalation.


• Resource planning, develop team skill matrix and manage team workload.


• Drive continuous improvement activities across the SAP platform (cost, quality, critical incident management, communications).

Your Profile

Key Skills/ Knowledge/Experience


• Stakeholder Influence: Excellent communication and relationship building skills to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels (CXO, programme team, cutover team, OCM team, sponsor team).


• Technical know-how: Should have overarching knowledge (in depth not expected) of SAP modules e.g. CAR, UDF, SD, Conditional contracts, MM, MDG, MDM etc.


• Programme Management: Experience in managing scope, resources, budgets, and risks to deliver SAP transformation projects/programmes on time and within budget. Certifications such as PMP or PgMP are preferred.


• Strategic Vision - A strong track record of delivering transformation programmes that drive measurable business outcomes


• Strong Analytics Ability - Makes systematic and rational judgments based on relevant information and supports the same with facts. Identifies potential issues/opportunities in complex situations and foresees implications of proposed solutions.

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We believe in building and sustaining a culture of equity and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our diversity and inclusion motto is 'Inclusion without Exception'. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected across our workforce implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.

You'll find a welcoming culture and many internal volunteering and social networks to join (these are optional). Our diversity, inclusion and social activities include 12 employee networks such as gender diversity, LGBTQIA+ & Allies, mental health, disability & neurodiversity inclusion and many more, as well as health & wellness initiatives and sports events and we sponsor the London Marathon.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com with the subject line: "Adjustment Request" or call TCS London Office 02031552100 to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.

Next Steps

Due to a high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.

Join us and do more of what matters. Apply online now.



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