Head of SAP Solutions - 6098

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience

Location: Cambridge, hybrid 40% - 60% office based

Contract: Full time, permanent, 35 hours per week

Join Our Team as Head of SAP Solutions! Lead the strategic transformation of SAP solutions, driving innovation and excellence in technology management at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to drive innovation and excellence in technology management. As the Head of SAP Solutions, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our SAP systems, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of our organisation. We are currently implementing critical business changes into our ECC v6 system and are planning for future upgrades.

What You'll Do:

• Strategic Leadership: Take charge of our internal technology solutions for SAP, setting a clear strategic roadmap and leading the transformation agenda.
• Project Management: Oversee the delivery of critical projects. Manage key third-party vendors ensuring successful project execution.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with senior including Executive Board and Global Leadership Team levels. Instil confidence in SAP's delivery for the business, both on a day-to-day basis and in the delivery of changes.
• Operational Improvements: Collaborate closely with the CTO on operational improvements in central technology teams. Contribute to the central technology management team, driving continuous improvement and innovation.
• People Management: Lead and inspire the managers of several technical teams, including global and offshore staff. Develop and maintain an appropriate skills base across the applications teams, ensuring optimal resource utilisation.
• Technology Management: Manage the end-to-end delivery of application solutions, from initiation to planning, delivery, and transition to live service. Oversee live service operations for SAP solutions, develop solution roadmaps, and manage budget items specific to the team.
• Compliance and Governance: Ensure adherence to internal compliance rules and controls, including ABC, Internal & External Audit, and IT governance. Maintain the highest standards of compliance and governance in all aspects of your work.

If you are passionate about technology and expert in SAP, thrive in a dynamic environment, and are ready to make a significant impact, we want to hear from you!

About you:

You are a dynamic and visionary leader with a strong technical background in SAP and extensive experience in senior technology management roles. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a proven track record of managing complex projects and leading diverse teams. Your ability to balance a heavy workload and conflicting priorities, coupled with your strong analytical skills and business acumen, sets you apart. You excel in stakeholder engagement, building constructive relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders across the organisation. Your thought leadership on SAP direction and your ability to communicate and present to senior-level executives make you a trusted advisor. You are passionate about continuous improvement and have experience working with offshore staff and businesses. Your expertise in managing significant budgets, overseeing third-party vendors, and ensuring compliance with internal rules and controls is essential. You are committed to delivering high levels of customer satisfaction and driving operational improvements.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now. We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Thursday 3rd July. Interviews are scheduled to take place during and after this date. Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Why join us:

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.