SAP Engagement Director

About the job you’re considering

As Engagement Director, you will operate at the pinnacle of Capgemini’s Public Business Unit—a trusted leader shaping the future of enterprise scale, technology enabled public sector transformation. You will be at the helm of major client engagements, leading large portfolios or complex transformation programmes where SAP and other enterprise platforms play a significant role, steering strategic business growth and orchestrating high impact delivery that touches millions of lives across the UK.

This is not just a leadership role—it is an opportunity to influence the direction of national services by partnering directly with senior stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor on transformation strategy, platform direction, and delivery approach.

This is not just a leadership role—it’s an opportunity to influence the direction of national services by partnering directly with senior Public Sector stakeholders, earning their trust as a strategic advisor.

If you are ready to make a lasting mark—delivering transformation at scale, growing the business, and building trusted relationships at the highest levels—this is your opportunity. Join us and help define what excellence looks like for the UK public sector.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time. For this role it is expected that you will work from the London, Worthing or Telford office 3 days per week.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

• •Programme Delivery : Lead the delivery of complex, enterprise scale transformation programmes leading Client Engagement and Financial, Commercial and Delivery. Ensure successful design, delivery, migration, and transition while maintaining service continuity across mission critical services.
• •Solution Development: Shape and refine Capgemini’s public sector propositions, integrating digital, data, and emerging technology capabilities to address client challenges.
• •Strategic Growth: Drive business development activity across HMRC and the wider public sector, including enterprise and SAP enabled transformation opportunities. Lead major bids, renewals, and service expansions.
• •Stakeholder Management: Navigate complex stakeholder environments internally and externally, acting as a senior transformation leader with executive clients. Shape discussions on platform strategy, delivery approach, and long term sustainability.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

• •Delivery Excellence - You bring a strong track record in leading complex, high value engagements, typically £20m+ transformation programmes, underpinned by sharp commercial instincts and proactive risk management. You hold end to end accountability for programme outcomes, including financial performance, delivery quality, and risk.
• •Enterprise Platform & SAP Leadership - You have senior level leadership experience delivering large scale enterprise transformation programmes, including SAP enabled environments. This may include SAP or wider ERP centric change, where SAP formed a core component of the overall solution. You understand how enterprise platforms drive operating model change, business outcomes, and long term sustainability.
• •Digital & Technology Acumen - You are a digital transformation leader with strong experience of enterprise scale delivery, including SAP enabled platforms, integration with legacy estates, data migration, and complex cutover activity. You are fluent in both agile and waterfall delivery approaches and understand how to balance pace, risk, and regulatory compliance in large public sector environments.
• You will have significant experience in programme, service and/or transition management, leading complex, multi supplier environments where enterprise platforms such as SAP are integral to delivery.
• •Sector Knowledge - Strong public sector experience is desirable, with deep understanding of operating models, regulatory landscapes, and the unique demands of organisations in the Public Sector. You have delivered large scale technology or ERP enabled transformation within central government or similarly regulated environments.

Essential

• •Senior leadership experience delivering large scale enterprise or ERP enabled transformation programme,
• •Accountability for complex programme P&L, commercial performance, and delivery outcomes
• •Experience leading engagements in public sector or highly regulated environments

Desirable Skills

• •Experience delivering transformation in SAP enabled environments
• •Exposure to SAP S/4HANA, ECC, or major ERP platforms
• •Experience working closely with SAP architects, systems integrators, or platform vendors

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• •Declare they have a disability, and
• •Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role

Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

• Your wellbeing
• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

• Impactful Experiences
• You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll us