SAP Solution Architect / Lead Consultant
Talan · London, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 24 Oct 2026.
Overview
In this role you will drive SAP strategy and delivery for strategic engagements across the UK and Ireland. You act as a trusted advisor to clients, translating business needs into scalable SAP solutions and leading cross-functional delivery. You’ll shape roadmaps, oversee multi-site initiatives and guide teams through SAP S/4HANA implementations and optimisations. This position blends solution architecture, functional leadership and account management within a dynamic, client‑facing environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as senior SAP advisor and primary client contact
- Build relationships with business, technology and programme stakeholders
- Manage requirements, priorities and delivery resources
- Oversee engagement pipeline, utilisation and future client needs
- Identify opportunities to expand client relationships
- Lead solution assessments and end-to-end SAP solution design
- Translate requirements into scalable SAP solutions
- Provide functional leadership across SAP domains
- Define solution roadmaps aligned with strategy and best practices
- Support S/4HANA implementation, migration, optimisation and continuous improvement
- Prepare statements of work and delivery estimates
- Lead functional workstreams across design, configuration, testing, deployment and post-go-live
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure quality of deliverables
- Manage risks, dependencies and issues
- Support knowledge transfer and long-term client capability development
- Mentor SAP consultants and contribute to capability development
- Support proposals, client presentations and pre-sales activities
Key requirements
- 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 (Finance & Controlling; Procurement & Materials Management; Sales & Distribution; Supply Chain & Logistics; Manufacturing; Warehouse Management; Asset Management; Human Capital Management; Customer Experience)
- Experience delivering SAP implementation, transformation or optimisation programmes
- Strong business process design and solution architecture understanding
- Experience in complex, multi-site or international organisations
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills
- stakeholder management
- leadership
- communication
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP BTP
- Fiori
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