Project Principal Consultant

What you'll bring You have more than ten years of core SAP project and program management experience and a proven record of leading at least five large programs, each involving teams of more than twenty people for six months or longer. You are a career program manager rather than a solution or functional lead moving into project management, and you have owned at least three engagements with budgets of USD 2 million or more. Your experience includes recent delivery in the Middle East and work in at least one of the Oil and Gas, Utilities or FMCG industries, supported by functional knowledge across at least two S/4HANA areas such as Finance, Supply Chain or Human Resources. You have delivered at least two cloud projects using platforms such as SuccessFactors, Ariba or CX and have acted as a trusted advisor on partner-led implementations. You can demonstrate practical examples of using AI in SAP delivery or project management, while applying responsible practices for privacy, confidentiality and human review. You hold PMP or an equivalent qualification, SAP Activate Project Manager certification and certification in at least one major SAP module. SAP Business AI, SAP BTP or SAP Joule enablement, an Agile qualification, experience with RISE with SAP and cloud migrations, and exposure to SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Signavio or process mining strengthen your fit. You communicate fluently in English, with Arabic capability considered an advantage, and you are confident working with C-level executives, large multi-party teams, enterprise project management tools and commercially binding project documentation. What you'll build You will lead large, complex SAP S/4HANA and cloud programs for major enterprises across the Middle East, taking accountability from inception through on-time and on-budget completion. You will plan and control scope, schedule, resources, cost, quality and people, lead quality assurance gate reviews in line with SAP Activate, and keep decisions, records and documentation audit-ready. You will establish effective governance, manage steering committees and drive the decisions needed to keep delivery on track, while advising customer sponsors, project teams and partners and handling status, risk and escalations directly with senior executives. You will align with SAP product management where roadmap items affect scope or timelines. Commercially, you will own forecasts, margin, change requests and large project budgets, apply statements of work, order forms and contract terms throughout delivery, and produce clear management reporting for internal and customer audiences. You will also position and deliver SAP Business AI use cases, including SAP Joule and embedded AI across S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and Ariba. This includes assessing customer readiness across data quality, process maturity, security and change impact, using AI to improve reporting, meeting records, RAID analysis, document review and test planning, and coaching teams and partners to use AI safely and practically. Where you belong You will be part of SAP Services and Delivery for Middle East South, based in Dubai with regional travel, and will provide leadership across complex customer, partner and SAP delivery environments. The role relies on your ability to act as a trusted advisor, bring structure to high-stakes transformation programs and motivate large, multi-party teams while maintaining precise communication and documentation. You will combine strategic judgement with commercial discipline, using tools such as MS Project, Jira and SAP Cloud ALM to sustain delivery control. You will also help teams distinguish where AI can create practical value and where established programme controls and human judgement remain essential. If you are motivated by leading some of the region's largest SAP transformations and want to raise the predictability, quality and pace of delivery, this role offers the opportunity to do so at scale.