Project Principal Consultant - SAP S/4HANA Programs

About the role

SAP Services and Delivery for Middle East South, based in Dubai, is looking for a Project Principal Consultant to lead large, complex SAP S/4HANA and cloud programs for major enterprises across the Middle East. The role takes accountability from inception through on-time, on-budget completion and involves regional travel.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and control scope, schedule, resources, cost, quality and people; lead quality assurance gate reviews in line with SAP Activate and keep documentation audit-ready.
• Establish governance, manage steering committees and advise customer sponsors, project teams and partners, handling status, risk and escalations with senior executives.
• Own forecasts, margin, change requests and large project budgets, and produce management reporting for internal and customer audiences.
• Position and deliver SAP Business AI use cases, including SAP Joule and embedded AI across S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and Ariba, and coach teams on safe and practical use.

Required profile

• More than ten years of core SAP project and program management experience, leading at least five large programs of 20+ people for six months or longer.
• At least three engagements with budgets of USD 2 million or more, recent delivery in the Middle East and experience in Oil and Gas, Utilities or FMCG.
• Functional knowledge across at least two S/4HANA areas such as Finance, Supply Chain or HR.
• PMP or equivalent, SAP Activate Project Manager certification and certification in at least one major SAP module.
• Fluent English; Arabic is an advantage.

Required skills

• Cloud projects on SuccessFactors, Ariba or CX, and partner-led implementations.
• Practical use of AI in SAP delivery, with responsible privacy and confidentiality practices.
• Preferred: SAP Business AI, SAP BTP or SAP Joule enablement, Agile, RISE with SAP, cloud migrations, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Signavio or process mining.
• Tools such as MS Project, Jira and SAP Cloud ALM.