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Location: Chennai, India
Job Description
The SAP Functional Lead will be responsible for leading SAP implementation and enhancement projects while ensuring alignment with business objectives and enterprise IT standards. This role requires collaboration with business stakeholders, IT teams, system integrators, and project teams to deliver scalable SAP solutions, drive process improvements, and support ongoing operational excellence.
The successful candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, experience managing cross-functional teams, and the ability to communicate complex concepts effectively to both technical and business audiences.
·•Leadership & Project Delivery
Lead SAP implementation projects from requirements gathering through go-live and hypercare support.
Drive design discussions and ensure timely resolution of functional and technical issues.
Lead teams through requirement workshops, Fit-Gap analysis, solution design, testing, deployment, and end-user training.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and system integrators to ensure successful project delivery.
Foster a positive, collaborative, and high-performance team culture.
Solution Design & Configuration
Work with system integrators to design, document, and deliver SAP configurations and customizations.
Manage enhancements, interfaces, reports, workflow solutions, and data conversion activities.
Ensure application development environments and tools support business requirements and integration needs.
Evaluate and recommend new SAP features, technologies, and release enhancements aligned with enterprise IT strategy.
Business Analysis & Documentation
Maintain Jira project artifacts and ensure accurate tracking of project status and deliverables.
Create and manage use cases, user stories, functional specifications, process flows, and business requirements documentation.
Communicate project progress, risks, and issues effectively to stakeholders.
Testing & Release Management
Plan, coordinate, and support functional, integration, security, and user acceptance testing.
Lead defect resolution and validation activities.
Support release management, cutover planning, deployment, and post-production stabilization.
Coordinate data profiling, extraction, cleansing, migration, and validation activities.
Continuous Improvement & Support
Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance business processes and SAP system efficiency.
Support operational sustainability and team capability development.
Design, validate, and support business and operational reporting solutions.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
Proven experience leading SAP implementations or major SAP transformation projects.
Strong knowledge of SAP business processes and system functionality.
Experience conducting Fit-Gap analysis, requirements gathering, testing, and user training.
Experience working with system integrators, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
Hands-on experience with Jira or similar Agile project management tools.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills.
Experience with Agile, iterative, and test-driven delivery methodologies.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated leadership and team management experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience with IERP implementations (clarification required on specific platform).
Experience managing large-scale SAP deployments across multiple business functions.
Knowledge of SAP reporting solutions and report design/testing.
Experience supporting release management, data migration, and post-go-live support activities.
Job Info
Job Identification
70484
Job Category
Enterprise Technology
Posting Date
11/03/2026
Apply Before
11/05/2026
Degree Level
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Job Schedule
Full time
Locations
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
(Hybrid)
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In Chennai (hybrid).
It is a full time job.
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