Track 01Hybrid · Arabic and English
Foundational
- Audience
- Recent graduates. HR professionals moving into technology.
- Duration
- 8 weeks, part-time
- Outcome
- A working foundation in SAP SuccessFactors, ready for the associate consultant track.
Propel Academy
The academy behind the SAP SuccessFactors bench
Raptors' training programme for SAP SuccessFactors consultants, taught in Cairo by people who still deliver. Three tracks, from graduate to associate consultant.
The pipeline
Where Raptors consultants come from
Propel Academy is the route into the Raptors delivery bench. A recent graduate, or a professional moving into technology, enters the foundational track, progresses to the associate consultant track, and is assessed at every module against the rubric Raptors applies to its own consultants. The programme trains the consultants Raptors places on customer projects, so the bench a customer meets on an engagement is one Raptors trained itself. The programme is run from Raptors headquarters in Cairo.
Why it exists
Built for our own bench first
Consultants who can deliver SAP SuccessFactors are scarce across the region, and Raptors felt that shortage on its own projects. Propel began as the internal academy that answered it. It opened to external applicants because a shortage of this size is not one company's to close, and because a wider pool of trained consultants serves the customers Raptors works with.
Tracks
Three tracks, one progression
Each track has a defined audience, a fixed length and a stated outcome. The foundational and associate consultant tracks run as cohorts. The customer track runs on request.
Track 02Twelve trainees at most
Associate Consultant
- Audience
- Foundational graduates. Junior consultants.
- Duration
- 12 weeks, full-time
- Outcome
- Associate consultant capability across SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Time Tracking and one specialisation module.
Track 03On request, year-round
Customer Track
- Audience
- HR teams at organisations running SAP SuccessFactors.
- Duration
- 1 to 4 weeks, scoped per organisation
- Outcome
- Operational competence on the SAP SuccessFactors modules the organisation has live.
The method
Taught the way delivery runs
Theory, then a real delivery case
Every session pairs product theory with a case drawn from a Raptors delivery. Trainees work hands-on in a sandbox tenant, and every module closes with a competency assessment scored against the rubric Raptors uses for its own consultants.
Instructors
Every instructor holds an active SAP certification and has at least four years in live delivery. The people teaching are the people still doing the work.
Class size
Twelve trainees at most per cohort, so that the room stays interactive and every assessment is individual.
Format
Hybrid. Cohort days run in person at Raptors headquarters in Cairo; the remaining sessions run remotely. Recordings stay available to the cohort for the length of the track.
Languages
English across every module. The foundational track adds Arabic, for trainees building a consulting vocabulary for the first time.
Assessment
Competency-based. The Propel certificate is earned by demonstrating capability at each module's assessment, not by attendance. It is issued by Raptors and is not an SAP certification.
Cohorts
Cohorts run quarterly
The foundational and associate consultant tracks each start a new cohort once a quarter. The customer track is scheduled on request with the organisation. Applications for the next foundational and associate consultant cohorts are open, and the Propel team confirms the start date with each accepted applicant.
Apply
Who can apply, and how
The foundational track requires a university degree and a demonstrated interest in SAP. The associate consultant track requires completion of the foundational track or equivalent prior experience. If you meet the requirements for either track, talk to us and the Propel team will follow up to arrange a screening interview.
Foundational track
A university degree and a demonstrated interest in SAP.
Associate consultant track
Completion of the foundational track, or equivalent prior experience.
Talk to us about the team behind your project
A first call covers who Raptors would place on your engagement, how they were trained and assessed, and whether the customer track fits your own HR team.