SAP Program Manager - S/4HANA Transformation

We are seeking an experienced SAP Program Manager to lead a large-scale transformation involving SAP S/4HANA, SAP GTS E4H, data migration, enterprise integrations, testing, cutover, and business readiness. The role owns end-to-end governance, integrated planning, stakeholder alignment, financial and vendor oversight, risks and dependencies, deployment readiness, and coordination across business, functional, technical, data, testing, and global delivery teams.

Program Leadership & Governance

• Provide overall leadership and establish the governance structure, delivery operating model, decision rights, and escalation paths.
• Define objectives, scope, milestones, deliverables, success criteria, ownership, and accountability across workstreams.
• Lead steering committees, program reviews, leadership updates, and executive decision forums.

SAP Transformation Delivery

• Manage delivery across SAP S/4HANA, SAP GTS E4H, data, integrations, testing, security, change management, and deployment.
• Coordinate design, configuration, development, testing, migration, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, SAP-recommended practices, and business outcomes.

Integrated Planning & Execution

• Maintain the integrated program plan, critical path, milestones, dependencies, resources, quality, and benefits.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, delivery metrics, and corrective actions.
• Govern change requests and assess impacts on cost, schedule, resources, quality, and outcomes.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Act as the primary contact for executives, IT leadership, business teams, delivery teams, and implementation partners.
• Facilitate cross-functional decisions and communicate status, risks, dependencies, and recommendations.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, vendor performance, contracts, deliverables, and service levels.

Risk, Issue & Financial Management

• Maintain RAID and decision logs and drive mitigation, escalation, and closure.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, resource plans, effort, utilization, vendor costs, and financial performance.

• Monitor compliance, security, operational, and go-live risks and ensure readiness gaps are resolved. Testing, Cutover & Deployment Governance

• Provide governance for SIT, UAT, regression, performance testing, defect closure, and business readiness.
• Review cutover strategy, mock-cutover outcomes, readiness criteria, and contingency plans.
• Lead executive go/no-go discussions and oversee hypercare and transition to steady-state support.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 15+ years of SAP consulting or enterprise transformation experience.
• 8+ years of SAP program or project leadership experience.
• Experience managing at least three full-life-cycle SAP implementations.
• Proven leadership of large, multi-workstream SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.
• Strong experience with global onsite-offshore delivery models.
• Strong executive communication, financial, commercial, vendor, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP S/4HANA transformation and SAP GTS implementation experience.
• PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, SAP Activate, or equivalent certification or practical experience.
• Experience with Agile, SAFe, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methods.
• Experience in global manufacturing, technology, supply chain, or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, SAP Cloud ALM, Solution Manager, or similar tools.