Head of Department - SAP Services

Ballerup, DK, 2750 Aalborg, DK, 9000

At KMD, we build digital solutions used by millions of people around the world. These solutions are the digital foundations of our most important institutions, from governments and public services to financial industries and private companies. Our mission is to ensure that they are reliable, accessible, and efficient.
We believe that the future is what you make it. So a career at KMD is a career with purpose and freedom. One where you’ll have a direct hand in improving the lives of people, while being empowered with the resources and autonomy to shape the course of your own professional journey.

Are you passionate about leading and motivating other people? Are you motivated by the idea of leading a competent full-stack team of subject matter experts? Can you thrive in a consultancy organization that delivers big It-projects, which are critical for our society? Then you might be our new Head of Department in SAP Services.

We are looking for a Head of Department with great commitment, dedication, and drive, who wants to take responsibility for our project teams and deliveries. You should get energy and motivation from working in an ambitious organization, where we constantly challenge ourselves to mature our practices, methodologies and team coherence. We are on a growth journey in a complex environment; hence we need to ensure quality in our deliveries while we scale our business. It’s important that you find energy in driving project-processes and contentious improvements across our deliveries. We are looking for a candidate who can establish a culture that motivate, inspire and drive our professionalism.

About us

We are a versatile group consisting of more than 60 colleagues. Our team includes both recent graduates and experienced subject matter experts who take on various roles, including project managers, developers, SAP consultants, and IT architects. What unites our work is ensuring the operation, maintenance, and ongoing development of a large and society critical IT solution. Therefore, we are a department working towards shared goals while handling very different tasks and skill sets.

Across our team, we work with concrete and complex business processes that are critical to society. Close dialogue with our customers is essential, just as it is to engage with their business, organizational structure, and strategic goals. Our main purpose is to support and execute on our customers business goals in a collaborative partnership-oriented setup.

About the job

You will have a pivotal role in our department with the responsibility of large IT-projects, improving team coherence, personal motivation, and driving the implementation of more uniform business/project processes. The role encapsulates, leadership, strategic and commercial vision, and process optimization. The individual is tasked with a full-stack responsibility of ensuring the resources, capabilities and competencies to deliver on all end-to-end project phases.

Your responsibilities:

• Ensuring successful project execution: Define project goals and strategies, oversee all phases of execution, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

• Team leadership and motivation: Build a strong, cohesive team by inspiring and motivating individuals, fostering collaboration, and creating an inclusive environment where everyone thrives.

• Securing the right competencies and capabilities: Identify and acquire the necessary skills and resources, ensure continuous training and development, and align competencies with the strategic needs of the organization.

• Collaborating with clients to understand their business goals: Build strong relationships with clients, actively engage to understand their objectives, and ensure project outcomes are aligned with their long-term strategies and needs.

• Process improvement and optimization: Analyze and refine project management and business processes to enhance efficiency, consistency, and scalability across projects.

• Stakeholder management and sparring with senior team members: Act as a trusted advisor to senior profiles, provide strategic input on key decisions, and facilitate communication between teams and stakeholders to align expectations and priorities.

About you

Ideally you are an expert in IT-project execution, you understand various project management methodologies and can showcase significant practical experience. You have a proven track record of successful managerial roles from either IT consultancy, operations or AMS-deliveries.

We would love to hear from you, if you recognize the following personal qualities:

• 10+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years proven experience in a managerial role, empowering teams for better efficiency and productivity.

• Working with other leaders to ensure our efforts are aligned with the organizational strategy. Setting the strategy and driving those strategies to build strong teams and better performance.

• Having skills in leadership, cross team collaboration, defining and controlling processes, driving quality agendas, and delivering projects.

• Handle escalations and resolve conflicts.

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• Mentor and coach individual team members on their career growth path.

• Take ownership of project deliveries, backlog, and possesses the ability to prioritize.

• Excellent communication skills to articulate.

• Demonstrated strategic and analytical skills, including the ability to analyze business and technical problems.

• Have extensive understanding of application management services.

Are you interested?

We hope that you can recognize yourself in our application and that you want to be a part of our business area. If you have further questions about the position, please contact Customer & Deliver Director Lasser Høgh at [email protected].

For this position, we prefer that you send a detailed CV and short motivated application. We hold regular interviews, so please send us your application today.

Benefits:
Want to know more about the role? Feel free to contact hiring manager: Lasse Høgh Pedersen - [email protected]

KMD (an NEC company) is committed to providing equal opportunities. Hence, we invite all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. At KMD all aspects of employment and cooperation including the decision to hire/cooperate with will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected under local anti-discrimination legislation.