Senior SAP Engagement Manager in Manchester

As an SAP Engagement Manager, you will lead engagements to transform our client’s businesses throughout the full lifecycle of a project. The SAP Engagement Manager role is diverse and can involve up front input into the pre-sales cycle to delivery of the project or programme. The activities include contract schedules, planning, mobilising, and leading the implementation of SAP and related software in Agile and Waterfall environments.

About our UK SAP Practice Team: Capgemini UK is a leading SAP Integration Partner, helping our clients navigate through complex SAP transformations. Capgemini UK has 1000 + SAP practitioners across UK & India and are ranked #1 for SAP S/4HANA® certifications in UK and globally. We work closely with our clients to transform their business together using the latest SAP products and architecture, a deep knowledge of industries and markets, and innovative delivery methodologies.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your role:

• Be involved in the sales process working to help shape new propositions
• Manage the handover from the sales to delivery team
• Deliver against the contract, managing scope, delivering to cost and quality and to the client’s satisfaction.
• Provide clear and concise status and project reporting both to the client and internally to Capgemini
• Manage and motivate a high performing team, supporting them with continued development
• Manage the client relationship at Senior Management level (CxO-1 or above)
• Responsible for delivery governance, managing risks and quality, achieving engagement financial and delivery KPIs.
• Manage the key delivery processes of commercial management, financial management and stakeholder management
• Maintaining the required level of Capgemini EM Certification level for your grade, and the scale and complexity of the projects that you are required

Your skills and experience:

• Experienced with all aspects of SAP delivery through to hand over to early life support
• Understand and used Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Able to demonstrate your skills and previous experience, working on SAP projects across different industries and clients
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence at all levels
• Experience of managing large global and distributed teams
• Enjoy mentoring and developing junior talent as well as sharing knowledge across the team and the wider SAP practice

We are a Disability Confident Employer. Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Your Security Clearance: To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 12 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini: Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.