SAP Data Strategist
hace 3 días
London
Role: Senior Industry Principal / SAP Data Strategist Technology: SAP Data Strategy Location: UK, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain Duration: Permanent Job Description Are you a seasoned SAP professional with deep experience in enterprise transformation and global deployments? Do you want to operate at a larger scale and influence end-to-end business transformation? This role offers the opportunity to shape future-ready enterprise solutions through high-impact S/4HANA programs. As a Senior Industry Principal / Solution Architect, you will engage across the full transformation lifecycle, collaborating closely with business and IT leaders to define, design, and deliver data-driven, value-focused solutions. Key Responsibilities • Generate consulting-led opportunities and thought leadership with key clients, • Co-create next-generation business models and end-to-end processes to drive competitive advantage and cost leadership, • Design and synthesize end-to-end processes across planning, sales, procurement, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, plant maintenance, and customer service, • Define transformation roadmaps using SAP best practices, SAP S/4HANA, SaaS LoB solutions, and partner platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Microsoft), • Identify digitization and automation opportunities using AI, Blockchain, IoT, RPA, and advanced analytics, • Lead assessments, due diligences, and transformation workshops, • Support clients in building transformation business cases and value realization models, • Engage directly with senior business stakeholders and communicate in business-led language, • Develop business blueprints, PoCs, transformation plans, change impact assessments, and learning content, • Facilitate and moderate large cross-functional workshops to define vision, requirements, gaps, and risks, • Deliver S/4HANA MVPs, templates, pilots, and scalable enterprise solutions, • Drive business buy-in and adoption of delivered solutions, • Contribute to joint product roadmaps with partners such as SAP and Microsoft, • Provide an independent, experience-based perspective aligned with SAP and broader vendor product strategies Leadership & Stakeholder Responsibility You will be supported by a global “A-Team” of experts from the Infosys talent pool. As a senior leader, you will: • Mentor, guide, and develop team members across geographies, • Act as a hands-on, approachable, and reliable leader, • Ensure solution quality, transparent feedback, and delivery excellence, • Represent Infosys as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, • Bring best-in-class industry practices, data metrics, and multiple solution options to enable informed decision-making, • Deliver harmonized and optimized enterprise solutions aligned with business value Required Knowledge & Skills • Enterprise data design expertise: CDM, LDM, PDM, data standardization and harmonization, • Data-driven organization design, including data governance frameworks, roles, and operating models, • Data platform selection and architecture for aggregation, analytics, reporting, and monetization, • Strong familiarity with the SAP product portfolio and SAP consulting landscape, • Deep functional expertise (Finance & Controlling / Manufacturing / Logistics / Sales) or technical expertise (ABAP, UI5, Integration, Security, Basis), • Strong IT and SAP architecture knowledge, • Business acumen across industries, value chains, financial metrics, and emerging trends, • Proven C-level and senior stakeholder engagement capabilities, • Extensive experience in IT-enabled transformation and operations, • 14+ years of hands-on SAP consulting experience, • Participation in at least 5 end-to-end SAP implementations (new offerings), • Experience as Architect or Program/Track Lead, • Exposure to at least two project types: Greenfield, Brownfield, or Hybrid, • Transformation preparation / Phase 0 experience, • SAP toolchain usage or administration experience, • Valid SAP certification(s), • Strong client-facing presence, communication, and presentation skills, • Solution proposal development and estimation expertise, • Ability to multitask, work collaboratively, and lead with a winning mindset