External Talent Is No Longer Temporary
SAP, Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
SAP argues contractors and consultants are now a strategic workforce layer requiring integrated planning, not reactive hiring.
Amber Roth, VP of GTM for SAP Fieldglass, argues that external talent has become a strategic component of the workforce rather than a stopgap.
With 74% of employers struggling to find skilled workers, organizations are moving from reactive contractor hiring to integrated planning that treats external and internal staff as one ecosystem.
The piece highlights the difficulty of maintaining visibility into contingent workers spread across departments and the role of AI in predictive workforce planning and anticipating skill gaps.
SAP Fieldglass is positioned as the tooling layer that provides that visibility. The broader argument is that flexible, blended workforce models build organizational resilience.