Role – Senior Industry Principal
Technology – SAP S/4 HANA
Location – Germany
Job Description
Today, the corporate landscape is dynamic and the world ahead is full of possibilities! None of the amazing things we do at Infosys would be possible without an equally amazing culture, the environment where ideas can flourish and where you are empowered to move forward as far as your ideas will take you.
At Infosys, we assure that your career will never stand still, we will inspire you to build what’s next and we will navigate further together. Our journey of learnability, values and trusted relationships with our clients continue to be the cornerstones of our organization and these values are upheld only because of our people.
Your Role
As a
SAP Factory Lead, you will play a pivotal leadership role in driving large‑scale, industrialized SAP rollouts across multiple clusters and geographies. Operating at the intersection of delivery, governance, and stakeholder management, you will be responsible for orchestrating SAP delivery factories to ensure predictable, high‑quality, and scalable deployments.
This role requires a strong blend of SAP delivery expertise, factory‑based operating model experience, and senior stakeholder management. You will be instrumental in establishing standards, driving reuse, optimizing capacity, and ensuring seamless coordination between factories, program leadership, business stakeholders, and system integrators.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and govern one or more SAP rollout factories within an industrialized, factory‑based delivery model
- Own end‑to‑end execution of cluster rollouts, ensuring adherence to global templates, standards, and timelines
- Coordinate across multiple factories to ensure synchronized delivery
- Act as the primary point of contact between factory teams, program leadership, regional stakeholders, system integrators, and business units
- Establish and continuously refine factory operating models, delivery playbooks, KPIs, and governance mechanisms
- Ensure optimal resource planning, capacity management, and skills alignment across factories
- Drive reuse of assets, automation, accelerators, and best practices to improve speed, quality, and cost efficiency
- Proactively identify delivery risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and drive mitigation plans across factories
- Ensure compliance with quality, security, and regulatory standards throughout the rollout lifecycle
- Support transition from pilot deployments to steady‑state, high‑throughput industrialized rollout mode
- Mentor and coach factory managers, workstream leads, and senior consultants to build a strong delivery leadership bench
- Provide transparent status reporting, executive dashboards, and escalation management to senior stakeholders
Skills
Experience & Expertise-
Extensive SAP delivery experience, with significant exposure to large, multi‑country or multi‑cluster programs
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Proven experience in factory‑based or industrialized delivery models (SAP S/4HANA preferred)
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Strong understanding of SAP global template deployment, rollout governance, and localization strategy
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Hands‑on experience managing multiple parallel SAP deployments at scale
Leadership & Stakeholder Management-
Demonstrated ability to lead senior, cross‑functional, and geographically distributed teams
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Strong executive presence with the ability to influence and align senior business and IT stakeholders
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Experience working with global system integrators, internal delivery teams, and offshore/onshore factories
Delivery & Operational Excellence-
Deep understanding of SAP implementation methodologies (Activate, hybrid Agile/Waterfall)
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Strong program management, dependency management, and risk management capabilities
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Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills under complex delivery conditions
Tools & Ways of Working-
Familiarity with SAP Activate, Solution Manager, Cloud ALM, and industrialized DevOps concepts
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Experience with automation, accelerators, test factories, and data migration factories is a strong plus
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Comfortable operating in matrixed, multi‑vendor, and multicultural environments
Soft Skills-
Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, execution‑focused mindset
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Excellent communication skills — able to translate complex delivery topics into executive‑level insights
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High resilience, adaptability, and ownership mindset suited to transformation programs
Overview
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation.
With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
All aspects of employment at Infosys are based on merit, competence and performance. We are committed to embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Infosys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 