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# SAP S/4 HANA Programme Manager

- **Company:** Focus on SAP
- **Location:** Wrexham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** RAID, SAP (Applications), RISE with SAP, SAP S/4HANA
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2879233277-sap-s4-hana-programme-manager

## About the Role

* Significant experience leading complex SAP programmes in a customer-side leadership capacity, with accountability for business and technology outcomes.
 * Proven ownership across the full programme lifecycle from assessment and business case through mobilisation, execution, cutover, go-live and stabilisation.
 * Strong executive stakeholder management, with the ability to influence senior leaders, challenge assumptions and drive timely decision-making.
 * Proven experience managing SAP, System Integrators and multiple third-party vendors, establishing clear governance, commercial and delivery accountability.
 * Strong expertise across programme governance, financial management, planning, RAID, dependencies, risk and benefits realisation.
 * Proven ability to integrate business, functional, technical, data, testing, change and operational workstreams into a single delivery plan.
 * Strong Business Change Management and organisational readiness experience, translating complex SAP impacts into clear business actions.
 * Excellent communication, negotiation, facilitation and executive-level reporting skills., Applicants must be a UK resident and holds a valid right to work status.

## Description

Role - We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Programme Manager to provide customer-side leadership for a business-critical S/4HANA upgrade programme.
You will own the programme end-to-end, from assessment, business case and mobilisation through delivery, cutover, go-live and stabilisation, acting as the primary point of accountability across Business, IT, SAP, the System Integrator and third-party partners.
This senior role requires strong SAP programme leadership, executive stakeholder management, vendor governance and business change expertise, ensuring technical delivery translates into successful business outcomes and organisational readiness., * Programme Leadership & Governance

 + Own the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA upgrade, including scope, roadmap, budget, governance, risks, dependencies and benefits.
 + Lead from the customer side, providing clear accountability across Business, IT, SAP, System Integrators and third-party partners.
 + Establish programme governance, steering forums, integrated planning, RAID management, financial controls and executive reporting.
 * Transformation & Delivery
 + Shape the business case, investment roadmap and funding submissions, translating technical findings into clear business impacts, options and decisions.
 + Direct assessment across business processes, integrations, custom code, security, data, testing and operational readiness.
 + Coordinate SAP RISE readiness, testing, business validation, cutover, go-live, hypercare and transition into support.
 + Ensure assessment outputs translate into an executable programme with validated resources, timelines, costs and acceptance criteria.
 * Stakeholder, Vendor & Change Leadership
 + Engage senior stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain and Technology, securing timely decisions and business ownership.
 + Hold SAP, System Integrators and third-party vendors accountable for delivery, quality, commercials and outcomes.
 + Lead business change, communications, training, adoption and organisational readiness, ensuring successful transition to the upgraded platform.


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