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KPMG US · 5 hours ago

Director, SAP BDC AI/ML Lead

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

KPMG is a leading advisory firm that focuses on delivering innovative solutions to clients. The Director, SAP BDC AI/ML Lead will champion innovation within the SAP practice, manage business development, and lead large-scale SAP BDC programs to ensure on-time delivery while driving strategic conversations with senior stakeholders.

Financial Services

No H1B

Responsibilities

Champion innovation within the SAP practice by developing BDC-based blueprints and technical reference material, Data & AI/ML-powered assets, leveraging Joule for intelligent automation, and representing KPMG at external conferences to build market eminence, and incorporate KPMG's functional and industry depth to co-innovate with SAP, creating differentiating market offerings in Data and AI

Manage business development by identifying opportunities, crafting proposals, and presenting integrated enterprise solutions that highlight the value of SAP Business Data Cloud and its technical ecosystem including SAP BTP, SAP Datasphere, Databricks, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), integration with SAP Business Suite (S/4HANA and LoB solutions), and other relevant tools and platforms aligned with clients' broader technology stacks and transformation objectives

Lead SAP-centric Data & Analytics tool selection and perform current-state assessment and discovery to define the to-be technology strategy, build the business case, and develop a transformation roadmap aligned with client objectives, and plan and manage large-scale SAP BDC programs to ensure on-time delivery, proactively addressing risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints across workstreams

Oversee program design and architecture, guide clients through key design decisions by advising on options and their implications, and oversee backlog planning, build, testing, data cutover, deployment, and hypercare, and manage global delivery teams to execute complex initiatives involving hundreds of development objects

Drive pricing strategy during sales pursuits, oversee project financials including forecasting, billing, and margin management, and consistently deliver EAC at or above the committed margin, and assess current-state architecture and design future-state solutions by integrating SAP BDC and technical services—including SAP BTP, Databricks, Enterprise Analytics and hyperscaler platforms, and AI/ML—into the client's broader enterprise technology landscape

Lead SAP BDC tenant strategy, integration strategy, data conversion strategy, reporting and analytics strategy, and enhancement strategy leveraging SAP BTP and complementary technologies, with a particular focus on transitioning clients from legacy SAP technology to BDC, and lead strategic conversations with senior stakeholders to define the future-state vision for managing business performance across financial, operational, engagement, and workforce dimensions, leveraging SAP BDC and Joule / AI capabilities to deliver actionable insights aligned with growth and transformation objectives

Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualification

SAP BDCSAP BTPSAP AnalyticsAI/MLData strategiesProgram managementBusiness developmentStakeholder communicationRisk managementLeadership

Required

Minimum ten years of recent external management consulting experience delivering SAP advisory and implementation services across multiple industries, including at least two full lifecycle SAP Analytics implementations and demonstrated excellence in Datasphere and latest SAP Analytics technologies

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required

Experience in sales and business development including identifying opportunities, crafting proposals, and presenting integrated SAP Analytics (BDC and predecessor components) solutions aligned with client transformation goals, and proven experience in leading large-scale transformation programs involving complex architecture, global delivery teams, and extensive development scope

Deep technical expertise in SAP BDC and SAP BTP, with hands-on experience in RICEFW development, CDS Views, Workflows, IDOCs, OData services, Fiori apps, BADIs, and BAPIs, and strong understanding of integration, data strategies, and intelligent automation across SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Databricks, Joule, and AI/ML platforms within enterprise environments

Demonstrated ability to assess current-state architecture and design scalable, future-state solutions that integrate SAP technologies with broader enterprise platforms and data ecosystems, and experience in developing tenant strategy, data conversion strategy, reporting and analytics strategy, and enhancement strategy for SAP BDC implementations

Strong program management skills including planning, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder communication across global teams, and exceptional leadership in delivery execution including backlog planning, sprint management, build, test, cutover, deployment, and hyper care phases

Ability to travel up to 50–80%

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)