Senior Application Consultant

About the job you're considering

Are you ready to take a strategic leadership role on one of the largest SAP implementations globally? Do you want to shape solutions that underpin critical UK infrastructure while driving innovation and transformation?

Our SAP Packaged Based Solutions Practice delivers and drives the evolution of the SAP platform for one of our public sector clients, the most extensive deployment of its kind worldwide. As we continue to grow, we are seeking senior leaders who combine strong client engagement skills with functional expertise to lead complex programmes and inspire high-performing teams. You will shape solutions at the forefront of public-sector technology, influencing outcomes that impact millions of citizens, while working in a collaborative environment that invests in your development and leadership journey.

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.

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

In this role, you'll take ownership of complex deliveries, leading teams and shaping solutions that drive transformation across our client's SAP platform. You will work with senior clients, delivery teams and architects to shape solutions, guide delivery, and ensure change lands safely in a highly regulated environment. Your role will span the full lifecycle, from early design and mobilisation through to implementation and transition into live service, with a clear focus on quality, governance and measurable outcomes. Experience in SAP delivery would be valuable we are equally interested in any experience leading complex solution implementations across complex environments.

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver end-to-end solutions, from shaping requirements and design through build, test, deployment and handover.
• Run client workshops and governance forums, turning complex business and operational needs into clear templated solutions.
• Provide delivery oversight and solution governance, ensuring designs are compliant, supportable and aligned to agreed standards.
• Ensure quality and proactively manage risks, mitigating delivery challenges and supporting a smooth transition to live services.
• Build strong client relationships through credible interactions.
• Develop and support consultants and wider teams strengthening the overall capability of the group
• Contribute to broader strategic thinking, advising on roadmap priorities, service improvement opportunities and transformation choices.

Your skills and experience

• Strong experience leading complex technology delivery, ideally across large, business-critical platforms in regulated or public sector environments.
• Excellent consulting skills, with the ability to lead client discussions, shape solution thinking, and turn complex requirements into clear, credible delivery content.
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and able to build confidence quickly through clear communication, and strong client handling.
• A track record of owning work through the full lifecycle, from early shaping and design through build, testing, implementation and transition into live service.
• Commitment to developing others through coaching and building high-performing teams.
• Experience working on major enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle or similar would be valuable.
• Knowledge of SAP TRM, PSCD, FI-CA, S/4HANA, BRIM or BTP would be helpful, but we are equally interested in people with transferable experience delivering solutions at scale and the consulting skills to learn quickly.
• Professional certifications and relevant financial or accountancy knowledge would be an advantage.

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?

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.

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more,

You'll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You'll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

Capgemini. Make it real.

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 use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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