Customer Evolution Manager overseeing client relationships, service health, and SAP AMS operations at Talan, an international Data and AI transformation consultancy. Driving continuous improvement, governance, and account growth.
Responsibilities
Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for assigned SAP clients
Own client relationships, service health, and commercial account performance across RUN operations and Evolution initiatives
Understand client business drivers, operating calendars, and roadmaps
Support renewals, satisfaction, and retention by monitoring contract terms, scope evolution, and consumption
Lead daily delivery by planning activities, assigning tickets, coordinating resources, and resolving issues to meet SLA and SLO commitments
Oversee monitoring, preventive maintenance, SAP S/4HANA Cloud release readiness, and priority incident management
Conduct post-incident reviews and ensure root-cause follow-through
Govern services through meetings, performance reporting, and management of risks, escalations, quality, budgets, invoicing, and margin
Move accounts from stabilization toward continuous improvement using the Continuous Value Operations model
Maintain an improvement backlog covering automation, recurring incident elimination, process simplification, clean-core alignment, and adoption gaps
Identify and qualify Evolution and consulting opportunities and provide business context to Sales and Customer Solution teams
Coach and develop consultants assigned to the portfolio
Adjust workload, participate in staffing decisions, and support service continuity through skills development, knowledge transfer, and succession planning
Lead new-client transitions into AMS after go-live, including knowledge transfer, hypercare handover, and steady-state governance
Establish and maintain structured client knowledge bases covering technology landscapes, processes, custom developments, incidents, procedures, governance, and release history
Embed documentation into workflows and ensure significant incidents and changes update the knowledge base before closure
Use Talan’s AI delivery tools daily, drive adoption, contribute cases, prompts, and improvement ideas, and stay current on SAP capabilities including Joule
Requirements
At least seven (7) years of relevant ERP experience, including significant SAP delivery exposure
Proven experience in SAP Application Management Services, managed services, or a comparable ongoing delivery environment
Demonstrated experience owning client relationships at operational and management levels
Experience running governance, handling escalations, supporting renewals, and developing accounts
Strong command of ITIL-aligned incident, problem, and change management practices and SLA governance
Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA
Familiarity with RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP delivery models
Experience managing delivery budgets, margin, and multidisciplinary consultant teams
Experience with workload allocation and staffing decisions
Experience coaching and developing consultants, including feedback, performance management, and skills development
Bachelor’s degree required; Information Technology or related field preferred
Good oral and written communication skills in English
Canada-based work eligibility/location
Occasional travel across North America, typically under 15% of working time
Experience serving Canadian mid-market clients, particularly in consumer packaged goods, retail, metals, or mining is an asset
Experience transitioning clients from SAP S/4HANA go-live into steady-state AMS is an asset
Hands-on experience with AI-enabled service delivery and structured knowledge management is an asset
Experience with SAP Cloud ALM, Solution Manager, or comparable platforms is an asset
ITIL 4 Foundation or equivalent certification is an asset
SAP certification in an S/4HANA functional or technical area is an asset
PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification is an asset
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