About the Company:
Headquartered in California, U.S.A., GSPANN provides consulting and IT services to global clients. We help clients transform how they deliver business value by helping them optimize their IT capabilities, practices, and operations with our experience in retail, high-technology, and manufacturing. With five global delivery centers and 2000+ employees, we provide the intimacy of a boutique consultancy with the capabilities of a large IT services firm.
Role: SAP Practice Head
Job Location: Hyderabad/Gurugram
Description
GSPANN is hiring an SAP Practice Head to lead and scale enterprise SAP capabilities, driving strategy, delivery excellence, and business growth across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and RISE with SAP programs. This leadership role will own end-to-end P&L, oversee large-scale SAP transformations, build high-performing teams, and ensure strong governance and client satisfaction.
Role and Responsibilities
- Own and manage the end-to-end SAP Practice Profit and Loss (P&L), including revenue growth, margins, utilization, and cost optimization.
- Define and execute the SAP practice strategy and roadmap across SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC) support, SAP S/4HANA migrations, RISE with SAP, and Application Management Services (AMS).
- Develop annual operating plans, workforce (headcount) strategies, and capability investment roadmaps.
- Ensure high-quality delivery across SAP ECC core modules and SAP S/4HANA transformation programs, including Greenfield (new implementation), Brownfield (system conversion), and Landscape Transformation approaches.
- Lead large and complex SAP programs, including implementations, system conversions, rollouts, and Managed Services engagements.
- Establish strong delivery governance, manage risks proactively, and drive high Customer Satisfaction (CSAT).
- Provide thought leadership on SAP transformation strategies, including SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transitions, RISE with SAP commercial and technical models, and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), Integration Suite, SAP Fiori, and Cloud Application Lifecycle Management (Cloud ALM).
- Advise clients on transformation approaches, business case development, and migration strategies, including phased versus big-bang implementations.
- Partner with SAP and hyperscalers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), to drive joint business opportunities.
- Collaborate with Sales, Client Partners, and Marketing teams to shape SAP deals, respond to Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and build differentiated solution offerings.
- Act as executive sponsor and solution authority for large and strategic pursuits.
- Develop industry-specific SAP solutions, accelerators, and value propositions.
- Build and scale high-performing SAP teams across functional domains such as Finance (FI), Controlling (CO), Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Production Planning (PP), Warehouse Management (WM), Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Plant Maintenance (PM), and Human Resources (HR), as well as technical areas including Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP), BASIS administration, Security, and Integration.
- Drive hiring strategy, enable skill transformation from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, implement certification programs, and build leadership succession plans.
- Mentor senior SAP leaders, solution architects, and delivery managers.
- Act as the executive interface for key SAP clients and stakeholders.
- Build long-term strategic relationships with Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), Chief Operating Officers (COOs), and business leaders.
- Identify and drive account growth, transformation opportunities, and long-term value creation initiatives.
Skills and Experience
- 18+ years of SAP experience, including 5+ years in leadership roles managing large SAP practices or portfolios is expected.
- Demonstrate strong experience across SAP ECC multi-module environments, SAP S/4HANA transformations, and RISE with SAP programs.
- Possess a strong background in Information Technology (IT) services or system integration (SI) environments.
- Exhibit deep understanding of SAP architectures, including SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, RISE with SAP models, and Application Management Services frameworks.
- Apply working knowledge of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and integration technologies such as Process Integration/Process Orchestration (PI/PO) and Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), along with Security and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC).
- Demonstrate exposure to cloud infrastructure platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.
- Exhibit a strong ownership mindset for financial performance (P&L) and business growth.
- Demonstrate executive presence and strong client-facing communication skills.
- Balance delivery excellence with business growth and strategic expansion.
- Exhibit strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration capabilities.
- Hold SAP certifications in SAP S/4HANA, architecture, or functional domains (preferred).
- Demonstrate experience working with SAP directly or within the SAP partner ecosystem.
- Expertise in working with global delivery models and multi-geography clients is desirable.
Why choose GSPANN
We GSPANNians are at the heart of the technology that we pioneer. We do not service our customers, we co-create.
With the passion to explore solutions to the most challenging business problems, we support and mentor the technologist in everyone who is a part of our team. This translates into innovations that are path-breaking and inspirational for the marquee clients, we co-create a digital future with.
GSPANN is a work environment where you are constantly encouraged to sharpen your abilities and shape your growth path, We support you to become the best version of yourself by feeding your curiosity, providing a nurturing environment, and giving ample opportunities to take ownership, experiment, learn and succeed.
We're a close-knit family of more than 2000 people that supports one another and celebrates successes, big or small. We work together, socialize together, and actively serve the communities we live in.
We invite you to carry forward the baton of innovation in technology with us.
At GSPANN, we do not service. We Co-create.
Discover your inner technologist - Explore and expand the boundaries of tech innovation without the fear of failure.
Accelerate your learning - Shape your career while scripting the future of tech. Seize the ample learning opportunities to grow at a rapid pace
Feel included - At GSPANN, everyone is welcome. Age, gender, culture, and nationality do not matter here, what matters is YOU
Inspire and Be Inspired - When you work with the experts, you raise your game. At GSPANN, you're in the company of marquee clients and extremely talented colleagues
Enjoy Life - We love to celebrate milestones and victories, big or small. Ever so often, we come together as one large GSPANN family
Give Back - Together, we serve communities. We take steps, small and large so we can do good for the environment, weaving in sustainability and social change in our endeavors.
We invite you to carry forward the baton of innovation in technology with us.
Let's Co-create.
