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# Executive Program Leader, SAP S/4HANA Transformation

- **Company:** Eliassen Group
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $260,000 - $291,200
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Code Coverage, Data Conversion, Data Migration, SAP (Applications), Systems Integration, Information Technology, SAP S/4HANA, Data Management
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/743a2543-128b-4b45-b0fd-2dc7495740db/executive-program-leader-sap-shana-transformation

## About the Role

* Executive-level leadership presence with credibility among senior executives, steering committees, and board-level stakeholders.
 * Proven success leading multiple enterprise SAP S/4HANA transformations through deployment and hypercare.
 * Deep understanding of:
 * SAP architecture and solution design
 * Integration strategy and execution
 * Data migration and master data management (MDM)
 * Cutover planning and go-live readiness
 * Environment and landscape management
 * Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale delivery and technical risk.
 * Strong decision-making and escalation management skills.
 * Ability to distinguish genuine technical risks from distractions and maintain focus on business outcomes.
 * Experience navigating complex stakeholder environments and organizational dynamics.
 * A hands-on transformation leader capable of directing large SAP programs and driving accountability across teams., * Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field required.
 * Master's degree (MBA, MIS, Engineering, or related discipline) preferred.
 * SAP certifications and/or relevant program management certifications (PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent) are highly desirable.
 * Equivalent combination of education, executive leadership experience, and successful SAP S/4HANA transformation delivery will be considered.

## Description

Reporting directly to executive sponsors and steering committee leadership, this individual will serve as the independent authority responsible for delivery readiness, technical risk management, and program execution., * Direct the SAP S/4HANA program with executive authority, reporting to the executive sponsor and SteerCo.

 * Own program-level build, test, and cutover readiness including defect trends, test coverage, environment availability, interfaces, and data conversions.
 * Manage solution and architecture decision processes and drive escalation and resolution of technical issues.
 * Validate that the technical critical path and plan reflect reality and enforce technical quality gates and exit criteria.
 * Challenge leadership and internal SAP teams when decisions stall or commitments slip and make accountability visible.
 * Pressure-test assumptions, estimates, and technical recommendations on their merits and separate genuine risk from noise.
 * Safeguard design integrity and scope across workstreams and control unresolved scope disguised as design decisions.
 * Lead cutover and go-live readiness and oversee hypercare transition.
 * Communicate status and risks to executive leadership and SteerCo with clarity and consequence-based timelines.
 * Act as a change agent by identifying passive resistance, influencing without authority, and applying authority when required.Provide executive leadership and governance for a complex SAP S/4HANA transformation program.
 * Own program readiness across build, testing, integrations, data migration, environments, and cutover planning.
 * Drive architecture and solution decisions while removing roadblocks and escalating critical issues when necessary.
 * Establish and enforce technical quality gates, deployment readiness criteria, and milestone accountability.
 * Hold internal teams, implementation partners, and stakeholders accountable for commitments and delivery outcomes.
 * Challenge assumptions, timelines, estimates, and recommendations to ensure successful execution.
 * Identify and mitigate program, technical, and organizational risks before they impact delivery.
 * Protect design integrity and manage scope across multiple workstreams.
 * Lead cutover planning, go-live execution, and transition into hypercare support.
 * Communicate program status, risks, decisions, and dependencies to executive leadership and steering committees.
 * Influence stakeholders across all organizational levels and drive transformational change.