Summary: The SAP Portfolio Lead role involves overseeing the strategic direction and management of SAP projects to ensure alignment with business objectives. The position requires extensive experience in project management, stakeholder engagement, and resource planning, with a focus on delivering quality outcomes. The role is fully remote and classified as inside IR35, indicating a structured employment arrangement. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a proven track record in managing complex SAP portfolios.

Key Responsibilities:

• Having an overarching view of the future direction, roadmap and exploitation of SAP as the Client's asset, to enable IT to demonstrate the value of SAP to the business
• Managing the incoming pipeline of work to enable a smooth flow of prioritised business objectives to be achieved
• Work with the Client's stakeholders to understand and analyse business requirements turning opportunities into deliverable statements of work
• Overall management and control of SAP projects identified within the agreed SAP portfolio where responsibility for delivery is assigned
• Own all aspects of delivery, including budget, quality, customer satisfaction and solution assurance
• Ensure related resource planning, deliverables and team expectations are appropriately managed
• Work extensively with the teams and 3rd parties where necessary in multiple locations to ensure successful delivery

Key Skills:

• Proven experience (10+ years) in project/programme management and delivery is essential.
• Experience of project and finance reporting tool
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to influence and drive consensus among diverse to think clearly and present ideas and plan in a concise and effective manner.
• Experience of working and leading project teams including third party vendors, Business Analysts, Test team, SMEs.
• Experience of effectively managing 3rd party vendors is essential.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is essential.

Salary (Rate): 850

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT