VP Delivery - Natural Resources

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a VP Delivery – Natural Resources based in Canada.

We are seeking a strategic and experienced executive to lead SAP consulting and delivery services for clients across the natural resources sector, including mining, metals, energy, and other asset-intensive industries. In this senior leadership role, you will shape delivery strategy, oversee complex enterprise transformation programs, and build trusted relationships with client executives. You will drive operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and profitable growth while strengthening delivery capabilities across a global organization. Working closely with sales, technology, and industry leaders, you will identify business opportunities and develop solutions that address evolving client needs. You will also lead geographically distributed teams, optimize financial performance, and establish consistent standards for quality, governance, and risk management. This is an opportunity to influence business strategy and deliver meaningful transformation across critical industries.

Accountabilities:

Define and execute the SAP delivery strategy for the natural resources sector, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and market opportunities.

• Strengthen the organization's position as a trusted SAP transformation partner for clients in mining, metals, energy, and other asset-intensive industries.

• Collaborate with technology and competency leaders to incorporate SAP innovations, industry standards, and leading practices into client solutions.

• Oversee complex SAP programs and projects, ensuring delivery meets client expectations, contractual commitments, quality standards, timelines, and financial targets.

• Maintain alignment between delivery activities and client business outcomes, expected benefits, and value-realization objectives.

• Act as executive sponsor for strategic engagements, providing leadership during escalations, critical decisions, and project recovery initiatives.

• Build and maintain strong executive-level client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor on SAP solutions, services, and transformation priorities.

• Drive client satisfaction through proactive communication, effective governance, and timely resolution of issues.

• Establish consistent delivery methodologies, governance frameworks, and quality standards across the project portfolio.

• Identify and pursue opportunities for SAP consulting, implementation, optimization, and managed services within the natural resources sector.

• Partner with sales and account management teams to support client retention, account expansion, proposals, solution development, and commercial strategy.

• Lead pre-sales activities, including delivery planning, resource allocation, project estimation, risk assessment, and executive presentations.

• Develop repeatable industry solutions and scalable delivery capabilities to strengthen market competitiveness.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing SAP delivery organization, fostering excellence, innovation, collaboration, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Support career development, succession planning, knowledge sharing, and employee engagement across geographically distributed teams.

• Optimize staffing, skills, and delivery models across onshore, nearshore, offshore, and development-center teams.

• Oversee the operational and financial performance of the natural resources delivery portfolio in collaboration with global practice leadership.

• Monitor revenue, margins, utilization, backlog, forecasts, delivery costs, and project profitability, taking corrective action when necessary.

• Identify and address margin erosion, scope changes, resource constraints, and operational inefficiencies.

• Provide regular financial and operational reports to executive leadership, highlighting performance, risks, trends, and improvement actions.

• Define and monitor key performance indicators covering delivery quality, client satisfaction, utilization, profitability, and project health.

• Implement quality assurance processes to ensure reliable, scalable, and high-quality SAP solutions.

• Identify and mitigate technical, operational, commercial, financial, security, and client-related risks across the project portfolio.

• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, internal policies, applicable regulations, industry requirements, and delivery standards.

• Promote effective change management, testing, data governance, security, documentation, and operational readiness.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

• More than 15 years of experience in enterprise technology consulting, SAP delivery, or a comparable business environment.

• Significant experience delivering large-scale IT programs or services for global organizations.

• Proven track record of leading complex transformation programs and managing geographically distributed teams.

• Strong understanding of consulting delivery models, program governance, implementation methodologies, and quality management.

• Demonstrated experience managing delivery portfolios, budgets, forecasts, profitability, and commercial risks.

• Strong executive communication, client relationship management, negotiation, and leadership capabilities.

• Experience supporting business development, account growth, solution design, proposals, and commercial negotiations.

• Professional proficiency in English, with the ability to lead client-facing implementation activities across multiple regions.

• Experience in asset management, maintenance, supply chain, procurement, project management, finance, production, or field operations is an asset.

• Previous experience working with a global systems integrator, technology consulting firm, or managed services provider is preferred.

• An advanced degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, or a related field is considered an advantage.

• SAP, project management, program management, or relevant industry certifications are beneficial.

• Interest in innovation, continuous improvement, and modern delivery approaches, including automation and AI-enabled services.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation above market averages.

• Flexible working arrangements, including remote work.

• Opportunities to work internationally from time to time.

• Attractive benefits package, including company retirement plans and a range of healthcare services.

• Modern and collaborative working environment.

• Open feedback culture, relatively flat organizational structures, and motivated colleagues.

• Individual career planning and ongoing professional development.

• Continuous on-the-job training, coaching, and learning opportunities.

• Opportunity to contribute to innovative technology projects and large-scale SAP transformation initiatives across global industries.

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We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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