SAP S/4HANA Program Management and Governance

Job Family:Technology ConsultingTravel Required:Up to 10%Clearance Required:NoneWhat You Will Do:We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to serve as a Governance Lead supporting an SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation. This role will provide independent oversight and coordination across multiple vendors and workstreams, ensuring alignment of requirements, solution design, and delivery execution.The Governance Lead will act as a trusted advisor to the client, responsible for program visibility, process compliance, executive reporting, and ensuring that delivery activities meet expectations for scope, schedule, budget, and quality.Program Governance & Oversight:Provide independent oversight of SAP S/4HANA program delivery across system integrators and vendors, ensuring alignment to approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.Integrated Coordination:Coordinate across functional, technical, data, integration, testing, and change workstreams to ensure consistency of requirements, design decisions, and delivery outcomes.Stakeholder Management & Client Advisory:Serve as a primary interface with client leadership, providing objective guidance, facilitating decision-making, and maintaining alignment across business and IT stakeholders.Vendor & SI Management:Monitor vendor and system integrator performance against contractual commitments, deliverables, timelines, and quality standards.Program Reporting & Executive Dashboards:Develop and maintain program dashboards, metrics, and reporting to support executive decision-making, budget tracking, and status visibility.Planning, Risk & Issue Management:Oversee integrated program plans, identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and support mitigation and escalation as appropriate.Quality & Delivery Assurance:Ensure deliverables are complete, consistent, and aligned to requirements, with appropriate rigor across design, build, testing, and deployment phases.Cutover & Readiness Oversight:Provide oversight of business readiness, cutover planning, and go-live execution to support a successful transition to S/4HANA.What You Will Need:12+ years of program/project management experienceExperience in ERP or large-scale enterprise transformationsExperience operating in a governance / oversight / PMO role (not solely SI delivery)Experience coordinating with system integrators and multiple vendorsProven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive alignment across complex programsStrong experience with:Executive-level reporting and stakeholder managementProgram governance and decision frameworksBudget tracking, financial reporting, and performance metricsWhat Would Be Nice To Have:Bachelors degreeDemonstrated experience supporting or leading SAP ECC to S/4HANA implementations or conversions - Highly preferredExperience in transportation, logistics, or similar asset-intensive industriesSAP certification (e.g., SAP Activate) and/or PMP certificationExperience supporting large-scale, multi-vendor transformation programsFamiliarity with tools such as Jira or similar program tracking/reporting platformsThe annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$216,000.00. 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