Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
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Your role and responsibilities
We are seeking a visionary Chief SAP Basis Architect to shape our clients SAP strategy, spearhead innovative technological solutions, and lead a team of top-tier SAP technology professionals. This role demands a rare blend of technical mastery, strategic thinking, and exceptional leadership skills.
1. Strategic SAP Technology Vision: Develop and communicate a comprehensive SAP technology roadmap aligned with our clients business objectives.
2. Innovation and Best Practices: Lead the identification and implementation of innovative SAP solutions and best practices that drive business value and competitive advantage.
3. Team Leadership and Development: Oversee the work of multiple Principal and Senior SAP Basis Consultants, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance.
4. Client-Facing Engagement: Serve as the chief advisor to our most strategic clients, providing expert guidance on SAP technology strategy, architecture, and roadmaps.
5. Partnership and Vendor Management: Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with SAP and other key technology vendors, ensuring access to the latest SAP innovations and resources.
6. Enterprise Architecture and Governance: Define and enforce SAP architecture principles, standards, and governance across the organization.
7. Thought Leadership: Represent the organisation in industry forums, contribute to thought leadership publications, and stay abreast of emerging SAP trends and technologies.
8. Change Management: Lead and manage organisational change associated with major SAP initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and high user adoption rates.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Qualifications and Skills:
1. Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience can also be considered in lieu of a degree.
2. Unparalleled expertise as an SAP Basis Consultant, with extensive experience in SAP ECC, SAP HANA, and/or SAP S/4HANA.
3. In-depth understanding of SAP Basis administration, including system monitoring, performance tuning, security management, and backup/recovery procedures.
4. Comprehensive knowledge of SAP NetWeaver, SAP Solution Manager, and other related technologies.
5. Proven track record of architecting and implementing complex, large-scale SAP solutions.
6. Exceptional problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to balance short-term project needs with long-term strategic goals.
7. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, capable of influencing C-suite executives and managing high-stakes client relationships.
8. Proven ability to manage enterprise-wide projects, coordinate cross-functional teams, and navigate complex organizational dynamics.
9. Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
This position requires a Chief SAP Basis Architect with a level of expertise who can craft our organisation's SAP technology strategy, inspire innovation, and lead our highest-performing SAP professionals. If you are a globally recognized SAP thought leader with a passion for shaping the future of enterprise technology, we encourage you to apply.
Applicants must have a NV1 clearance.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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