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Get Access To All JobsSAP Cloud ERP Professional Services Functional Lead
Chicago, IL – Remote Job (Travel on needed basis)
12+ months contract
Role Overview
SAP Cloud ERP professional services functional lead Own the functional design, configuration, stabilization, and optimization of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services processes for a project-based enterprise. Focus on customer project lifecycle, work packages, staffing-relevant project structures, time/cost capture integration, project billing, profitability, and operational controls while partnering closely with Finance and adjacent workforce/resource systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the post-go-live functional roadmap and configuration backlog for SAP Professional Services/customer project capabilities.
- Configure and support customer project structures, project stages, work packages, roles, planned effort/cost/revenue inputs, and project lifecycle controls within deployed scope.
- Own functional design for project billing preparation, billing plans, billing elements, project billing requests, and handoffs to billing/accounting.
- Support project financial planning, actual cost/revenue visibility, project margin analysis, and integration with Finance and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Define and maintain project master-data standards, templates, derivation rules, validation controls, and governance.
- Partner with resource-management and time systems to ensure project, role, assignment, budget, and time data are fit for downstream processing.
- Analyze production defects involving customer projects, project billing, time/cost postings, master data, workflow, or integration dependencies.
- Lead functional acceptance criteria, test scenarios, regression packs, and business validation for Professional Services changes.
- Maintain end-to-end process documentation from project setup through time/cost capture, billing, revenue recognition, and closure.
- Drive fit-to-standard decisions and minimize unnecessary custom extensions around project operations.
- Support business teams during billing cycles, project setup peaks, period-end activities, and critical incidents.
- Review SAP release changes affecting Professional Services and determine business impact, test scope, and adoption opportunities.
- Coordinate functional dependencies with Finance, Billing, HR/time, resource management, CRM/engagement systems, data, and integration teams.
- Lead backlog refinement and prioritize changes based on operational risk, business value, and go-live stabilization needs.
- Provide quality oversight for SI-delivered configuration, test evidence, and production fixes.
SAP / Product-Specific Responsibilities
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services / customer project management capabilities.
- Plan Customer Projects and project lifecycle concepts, work packages, billing elements, billing plans, and project billing.
- Manage Project Billing and related billing request/document handoffs.
- Integration with Event-Based Revenue Recognition, General Ledger/Controlling, time recording, expenses, and enterprise resource-management solutions.
- SAP Fiori role-based applications, configuration lifecycle, and Public Cloud release adoption.
Operational Responsibilities
- Own stabilization of customer-project and project-billing processes, with clear severity and SLA-based triage.
- Monitor recurring errors in project setup, time/cost postings, billing preparation, project closure, and integrated master data.
- Maintain business-ready operating procedures, support playbooks, known-error records, and release regression scenarios.
- Drive continuous improvement in project setup cycle time, billing readiness, data quality, and user adoption.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Professional Services operations, Project/Engagement Management, Finance/Controllership, Billing, Revenue Accounting, HR/time, resource management, Data, Integration, Security, QA/Release, and implementation partners.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline. 8+ years of SAP project systems/professional-services functional experience, including S/4HANA-era delivery. Hands-on configuration experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer project processes strongly preferred. Strong understanding of project-based services economics, time/cost capture, billing, margin, and revenue-recognition dependencies. Experience supporting production operations after ERP go-live.
Required Technical / Functional Skills
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer projects.
- Project lifecycle, work packages, project billing, billing plans, project master data, and project financial controls.
- Integration with Finance/Controlling and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Time/expense and resource-management integration concepts.
- Fiori applications, testing, defect triage, configuration governance, and release impact assessment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in consulting, accounting, engineering, legal, or other project-based professional-services firms.
- Experience integrating SAP with workforce/resource planning or time systems such as Deltek Replicon and Dayshape.
- Current SAP credential aligned to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services or related implementation learning is preferred.
SAP Cloud ERP Professional Services Functional Lead
Chicago, IL – Remote Job (Travel on needed basis)
12+ months contract
Role Overview
SAP Cloud ERP professional services functional lead Own the functional design, configuration, stabilization, and optimization of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services processes for a project-based enterprise. Focus on customer project lifecycle, work packages, staffing-relevant project structures, time/cost capture integration, project billing, profitability, and operational controls while partnering closely with Finance and adjacent workforce/resource systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the post-go-live functional roadmap and configuration backlog for SAP Professional Services/customer project capabilities.
- Configure and support customer project structures, project stages, work packages, roles, planned effort/cost/revenue inputs, and project lifecycle controls within deployed scope.
- Own functional design for project billing preparation, billing plans, billing elements, project billing requests, and handoffs to billing/accounting.
- Support project financial planning, actual cost/revenue visibility, project margin analysis, and integration with Finance and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Define and maintain project master-data standards, templates, derivation rules, validation controls, and governance.
- Partner with resource-management and time systems to ensure project, role, assignment, budget, and time data are fit for downstream processing.
- Analyze production defects involving customer projects, project billing, time/cost postings, master data, workflow, or integration dependencies.
- Lead functional acceptance criteria, test scenarios, regression packs, and business validation for Professional Services changes.
- Maintain end-to-end process documentation from project setup through time/cost capture, billing, revenue recognition, and closure.
- Drive fit-to-standard decisions and minimize unnecessary custom extensions around project operations.
- Support business teams during billing cycles, project setup peaks, period-end activities, and critical incidents.
- Review SAP release changes affecting Professional Services and determine business impact, test scope, and adoption opportunities.
- Coordinate functional dependencies with Finance, Billing, HR/time, resource management, CRM/engagement systems, data, and integration teams.
- Lead backlog refinement and prioritize changes based on operational risk, business value, and go-live stabilization needs.
- Provide quality oversight for SI-delivered configuration, test evidence, and production fixes.
SAP / Product-Specific Responsibilities
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services / customer project management capabilities.
- Plan Customer Projects and project lifecycle concepts, work packages, billing elements, billing plans, and project billing.
- Manage Project Billing and related billing request/document handoffs.
- Integration with Event-Based Revenue Recognition, General Ledger/Controlling, time recording, expenses, and enterprise resource-management solutions.
- SAP Fiori role-based applications, configuration lifecycle, and Public Cloud release adoption.
Operational Responsibilities
- Own stabilization of customer-project and project-billing processes, with clear severity and SLA-based triage.
- Monitor recurring errors in project setup, time/cost postings, billing preparation, project closure, and integrated master data.
- Maintain business-ready operating procedures, support playbooks, known-error records, and release regression scenarios.
- Drive continuous improvement in project setup cycle time, billing readiness, data quality, and user adoption.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Professional Services operations, Project/Engagement Management, Finance/Controllership, Billing, Revenue Accounting, HR/time, resource management, Data, Integration, Security, QA/Release, and implementation partners.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline. 8+ years of SAP project systems/professional-services functional experience, including S/4HANA-era delivery. Hands-on configuration experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer project processes strongly preferred. Strong understanding of project-based services economics, time/cost capture, billing, margin, and revenue-recognition dependencies. Experience supporting production operations after ERP go-live.
Required Technical / Functional Skills
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer projects.
- Project lifecycle, work packages, project billing, billing plans, project master data, and project financial controls.
- Integration with Finance/Controlling and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Time/expense and resource-management integration concepts.
- Fiori applications, testing, defect triage, configuration governance, and release impact assessment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in consulting, accounting, engineering, legal, or other project-based professional-services firms.
- Experience integrating SAP with workforce/resource planning or time systems such as Deltek Replicon and Dayshape.
- Current SAP credential aligned to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services or related implementation learning is preferred.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Business Development Lead
Document your degree's field alignment
PERM requires your degree to align with the specific Business Development Lead role. Gather transcripts showing coursework in business, marketing, or economics, and request a credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S.
Target employers with active PERM filings
Search OFLC disclosure data to identify companies that have filed PERM applications for business development and sales roles. Employers already running PERM processes for similar positions are far more likely to sponsor a new hire without internal education costs.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility early
If your role requires only a bachelor's degree, most employers will file under EB-3. If you hold a master's degree or can justify an advanced degree requirement for the position, EB-2 shortens your wait for applicants from most countries.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Filter Business Development Lead roles by green card sponsorship history on Migrate Mate. You'll see which companies have a track record of PERM filings for this job category, cutting research time before you apply.
Negotiate green card sponsorship into your offer
Once you have a written offer, confirm in writing that the employer will initiate PERM within an agreed timeframe, typically your first year. Verbal assurances aren't binding, and USCIS processing timelines mean delays in filing directly extend your path to a green card.
Prepare for the prevailing wage determination step
Before filing PERM, your employer submits a prevailing wage request to DOL. Cross-check the expected wage for your metro area using the OFLC Wage Search and O*NET occupation data so you can flag any mismatch before it delays your case.
Green Card Business Development Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Business Development Lead role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
It depends on the degree requirement the employer writes into the job description. If the role requires a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field, EB-3 is the standard path. If the employer can justify that the position genuinely requires a master's degree or its equivalent, EB-2 becomes available. Your specific credentials and how the employer defines the role both affect which category applies.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
An H-1B visa is a temporary work visa, usually valid for three years with one extension, and subject to an annual lottery. PERM green card sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no cap concerns at the EB-3 level for most countries. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes several months, followed by I-140 adjudication, then adjustment of status or consular processing. You're building toward a permanent outcome rather than renewing temporary status.
What documents should I prepare before a Business Development Lead employer starts PERM?
Pull together your degree transcripts, any professional certifications relevant to business development, and an up-to-date resume showing progressive responsibility. If your degree is from outside the U.S., get a credential evaluation completed in advance. Your employer's immigration counsel will also need a detailed description of your job duties and the minimum requirements for the role, so having clear documentation of your qualifications speeds up that step.
Where can I find Business Development Lead jobs with green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for Business Development Lead roles where the employer has a history of green card and PERM sponsorship. This filters out postings where sponsorship is theoretically possible but the company has no track record of following through, so you spend your time on employers who have already sponsored similar roles.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is filed but before I get my green card?
Once your I-140 has been approved and your priority date is current or close to becoming current, you may have portability rights under AC21 that allow you to change employers in the same or a similar occupational classification. Early in the process, before I-140 approval, leaving your sponsoring employer typically requires starting PERM over with a new employer. Confirm the specifics with an immigration attorney before making any job change.