SAP Solution Architect / Lead Consultant

About the role

Talan is seeking an experienced SAP Solution Architect / Lead Consultant to support the delivery and development of strategic SAP engagements across the UK and Ireland. This is a senior, client-facing role combining solution architecture, functional leadership, delivery oversight and account management. The successful candidate acts as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them define, implement and optimise SAP solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a senior SAP advisor and primary point of contact for key clients, building relationships with business, technology and programme stakeholders.
• Manage incoming requirements, assess priorities, coordinate delivery resources and oversee the engagement pipeline.
• Lead solution assessments, requirements gathering and end-to-end SAP solution design, translating business needs into scalable solutions.
• Provide functional leadership across one or more SAP domains, define solution roadmaps and support S/4HANA implementation, migration, optimisation and continuous improvement.
• Prepare statements of work, functional specifications and delivery estimates.
• Lead functional workstreams across design, configuration, testing, deployment and post-go-live support, coordinating consultants, technical teams, developers and integration specialists.
• Ensure quality of deliverables, manage delivery risks and dependencies, and support knowledge transfer and client capability development.
• Mentor SAP consultants, contribute to Talan's SAP capabilities and reusable assets, and support recruitment, capability building, proposals and pre-sales activities.

Required profile

• Significant experience as an SAP Solution Architect / Lead Consultant.
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and enterprise SAP environments.
• Deep expertise in one or more SAP functional domains such as Finance and Controlling, Procurement and Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Supply Chain and Logistics, Manufacturing, Warehouse Management, Asset Management, Human Capital Management or Customer Experience.
• Experience delivering SAP implementation, transformation or optimisation programmes.
• Experience in complex, multi-site or international organisations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.

Required skills

• SAP S/4HANA
• Desirable: SAP certification, SAP BTP, Fiori, Integration Suite or SAP Analytics Cloud
• Desirable: experience leading large-scale or multi-vendor SAP programmes
• Desirable: Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies