Manager, SAP Project Manager / SCRUM Master, SAP Delivery Services, Technology & Transformation

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte's strategy is to be the market leader in SAP enabled Transformations. We are recruiting exceptional individuals to provide leadership and expertise to sell and deliver groundbreaking, digital S/4HANA and SAP-enabled Business Transformation Programmes.

Deloitte has a long-standing relationship with SAP. We advise, implement, and operate transformational solutions in SAP that creates world-class business capabilities across organisations. We are the global number one delivery SAP delivery partner with over 200 Implementations delivered to date. Deloitte are also working together with SAP to develop a roadmap of digital use cases.

You will be part of a diverse team that challenges itself to provide innovative solutions to high profile, complex projects. Working alongside excelled colleagues from around the firm and across the globe, Deloitte is an environment where you and your career can flourish.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

As a SAP Delivery Services - SAP Project Manager / SCRUM Master your role will involve:

• Provide dedicated support to workstreams within SAP ERP Implementations / SAP-enabled transformation projects, demonstrating a proactive and eager approach to owning processes and learning.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders as directed, providing timely updates and escalating issues appropriately.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate and present ideas clearly and concisely.
• Proactively contribute to problem-solving efforts within the team, showing adaptability in responding to changing project needs
• Work within our Multi-Disciplinary Model, across different member firms, geographies, and service lines.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of project management methodologies and their application within ERP implementations. Familiarity with SAP Activate or similar frameworks is desirable.
• Support the application of Project Management and SAP Best practices and standards across the project.
• Actively Participate in practice development activities that support sales and internal capability development.
• Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Lead and facilitate all Scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, ensuring productivity, adherence to principles, and maximised team effectiveness.
• Coach and Mentor Agile Teams: Guide and coach the Project Team and Product Owner on Scrum practices, Agile principles, self-organisation, and cross-functionality, fostering a culture of continuous learning, transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
• Impediments Resolution: Proactively identify and remove obstacles, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure smooth workflow and maintain focus on Sprint goals.
• Collaboration & Communication: Promote effective communication and collaboration within the Scrum Team and with external stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging Retrospectives to identify enhancements in processes and team dynamics, implementing actionable changes.
• Adaptive Delivery & Client Focus: Operate effectively within diverse project delivery models, adapting methodologies (including Agile and hybrid approaches) to meet client needs and project requirements.
• Agile Advocacy: Champion Agile values and principles, helping stakeholders understand and embrace agile methodologies for a responsive working environment.
• Progress Reporting: Monitor and communicate key Agile metrics (velocity, burndown), providing transparency on team performance and progress for future planning.
• Backlog Refinement: Organise and facilitate Product Backlog Refinement, ensuring effective collaboration to break down, estimate, and clarify items for future Sprints.

This role will involve travel to client location depending on project requirements.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

To be successful in this role you are required to demonstrate the following:

Essentials:

• Master Facilitation & Coaching: Excel at leading Scrum ceremonies and coaching teams on Agile principles.
• Proactively Remove Impediments: Identify and swiftly resolve blockers before they impact the team.
• Protect Team Focus: Shield the team from distractions and unprioritized requests.
• Partner with Product Owner: Collaborate closely to refine the Product Backlog and maximize value.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Lead retrospectives and challenge high-performing teams to excel.
• Foster Collaboration & Transparency: Build an environment of open communication and trust.
• Be a Servant Leader: Empower the team, remove barriers, and support their ownership.
• Utilize Data for Insights: Use Agile metrics to understand performance and guide improvements.
• Champion Agile Principles: Advocate for Agile values and drive organizational change.
• Understanding of the following Project Management Tools - Confluence, JIRA, MS Project, MS Office.

Desirables:

• SAP Activate or equivalent Certification.
• Certified Scrum Master
• Advanced Certified Scrum Master
• SAFe Scrum Master

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That's what connects us. That's what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we'll make an impact that matters.

Enterprise, Technology and Performance

Our clients want to achieve maximum value from digital transformation investments in Finance, Supply Chain and IT operations. That's where we come in. By taking a holistic view of performance improvement, including strategy, process design and technology enablement, we support the smooth operation of transformations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further details as you progress through the recruitment process, or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"I'm surrounded by an endless network of support and mentorship, with great opportunities to get involved in areas that interest me. In my experience as a woman in this industry, it's exciting to see the field evolving and proud to be contributing to its growth & development." - Fiona, Technology and Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in one of our UK Offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So, we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So, we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers.

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