SAP Practice Head

About GSPANN
Headquartered in Milpitas, California (U.S.A.), GSPANN provides consulting and IT services to global clients, ranging from mid-size to Fortune 500 companies. With our experience in retail, high-technology, and manufacturing, we help our clients to transform and deliver business value by optimizing their IT capabilities, practices, and operations. Counting on our ten offices, including four global delivery centers, and approximately 1400 employees globally, we offer the intimacy of a boutique consultancy with capabilities of a large IT services firm

Location-Bay Area, California Job Type-Fulltime

Role Overview

The SAP Practice Head will be responsible for owning, scaling, and transforming the SAP practice across traditional SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and RISE with SAP engagements.
This role combines technology leadership, delivery excellence, P&L ownership, and gotomarket collaboration.

The individual will act as a trusted advisor to clients, drive SAP modernization programs, and build a futureready SAP capability aligned with hyperscalers and SAP s cloud roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

1. Practice & P&L Ownership

• Own endtoend SAP Practice P&L, including revenue growth, margins, utilization, and cost optimization.
• Define practice strategy and roadmap across ECC support, S/4HANA migrations, RISE with SAP, and AMS.
• Build annual operating plans, headcount plans, and capability investments.

2. Delivery & Program Leadership

• Ensure highquality delivery across:
• SAP ECC (all core modules)
• SAP S/4HANA (Greenfield, Brownfield, Landscape transformation)
• RISE with SAP engagements
• Oversee large, complex SAP programs including:
• Implementations
• Conversions
• Rollouts
• Managed Services (AMS)
• Drive delivery governance, risk management, and client satisfaction (CSAT).

3. SAP Technology & Architecture Leadership

• Provide thought leadership across:
• SAP ECC S/4HANA transition strategies
• RISE with SAP commercial and technical models
• SAP BTP, Integration Suite, Fiori, and Cloud ALM
• Guide clients on:
• Transformation approach selection
• Business case creation
• Phased vs. bigbang migrations
• Partner with SAP and hyperscalers (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform) on joint opportunities.

4. GoToMarket & PreSales

• Work closely with Sales, Client Partners, and Marketing to:
• Shape SAP deals
• Respond to RFPs
• Build differentiated solution offerings
• Act as executive sponsor / solution authority in large pursuits.
• Create industryspecific SAP offerings and value propositions.

5. Talent & Capability Building

• Build and scale highperforming SAP teams across:
• Functional (FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, WM, EWM, PM, HR, etc.)
• Technical (ABAP, BASIS, Security, Integration)
• Drive:
• Hiring strategy
• Skill transformation from ECC to S/4HANA
• Certification programs
• Leadership bench and succession planning
• Mentor senior SAP leaders, architects, and delivery managers.

6. Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as executivelevel interface for key SAP clients.
• Build longterm strategic relationships with CIOs, CTOs, COOs, and business leaders.
• Proactively identify account expansion and transformation opportunities.

Key Skills & Experience

Experience

• 18+ years of SAP experience, with 5+ years in a leadership role managing large SAP practices or portfolios.
• Proven experience across:
• SAP ECC (multimodule)
• SAP S/4HANA transformations
• RISE with SAP programs
• Strong background in IT services / system integrator environment.

Technical & Functional Expertise

• Deep understanding of:
• SAP ECC and S/4HANA architectures
• RISE with SAP commercial and technical constructs
• SAP AMS models
• Exposure to:
• SAP BTP
• Integration (PI/PO, CPI)
• Security & GRC
• Cloud infrastructure and operations

Leadership & Business Skills

• Strong P&L ownership mindset
• Executive presence and clientfacing credibility
• Ability to balance delivery rigor with growth ambition
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP certifications (S/4HANA, Architecture, or Functional)
• Experience working with SAP directly or SAP partner ecosystem
• Exposure to global delivery models and multigeography clients

Success Measures (First 12 18 Months)

• Stabilize and grow SAP revenue and margins
• Build a strong S/4HANA & RISE with SAP pipeline
• Strengthen leadership bench within the SAP practice
• Improve delivery predictability and CSAT
• Establish the organization as a credible SAP transformation partner

Why This Role Is Critical

This role is pivotal in transitioning the SAP practice from a traditional ECCcentric model to a cloudfirst, transformationled SAP business, aligned with where SAP and customers are headed.

Working at GSPANN GSPANN is a diverse, prosperous, and rewarding place to work. We provide competitive benefits, educational assistance, and career growth opportunities to our employees. Every employee is valued for their talent and contribution. Working with us will give you an opportunity to work globally with some of the best brands in the industry. The company does and will take an affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on their physical or mental disability status. GSPANN is an equal opportunity employer for minorities/females/veterans/disability.