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SAP S/4HANA Program Director Transformation & Program Recovery Contract: 9 Months + Potential Extension Location: Remote Travel Required for Go-Live Travel: Last weekend of November and second week of December Job description: We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Program Director / Senior Program Manager to lead the recovery, stabilization, and successful delivery of a highly visible enterprise transformation program. This is a senior leadership role supporting a complex transformation involving SAP S/4HANA ERP modernization, Salesforce enhancements, and enterprise data & analytics initiatives . The program is currently facing execution challenges involving testing, design risks, schedule pressures, and deployment readiness. We need a seasoned SAP transformation leader who can quickly assess program health, establish accountability, develop a recovery strategy, and drive the program through testing, cutover, go-live, deployment, and hypercare . This is not a traditional Project Manager role . The ideal candidate has successfully led and recovered large, complex SAP transformation programs and is comfortable working directly with executive stakeholders, system integrators, business leaders, and technology teams.

• Lead recovery and stabilization of a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation program .
• Assess program health, testing readiness, design risks, dependencies, governance, and deployment readiness.
• Develop and execute actionable program recovery and remediation plans .
• Lead SAP activities across SIT/UAT, mock conversions, cutover planning, deployment, go-live, and hypercare .
• Establish clear ownership, accountability, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
• Manage and hold system integration partners and consulting vendors accountable for staffing, quality, deliverables, testing, and timelines.
• Lead executive governance, steering committee meetings, risk reviews, and program health reporting.
• Coordinate across SAP ERP, Salesforce, Data & Analytics, business, and technology workstreams .
• Manage program budgets, forecasts, vendor spend, labor costs, software commitments, and variance reporting.
• Drive issue resolution and executive decision-making during critical testing and deployment phases.
• Provide hands-on leadership during cutover, go-live, and post-production stabilization.

• 10+ years of progressive Program Management / Transformation leadership experience.
• Director-level experience leading complex enterprise technology programs.
• Extensive experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations and ERP modernization programs .
• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs valued at $50M+ .
• Demonstrated experience recovering, stabilizing, or turning around high-risk / underperforming programs .
• Strong knowledge of SAP Activate, ASAP, or equivalent SAP implementation methodologies .
• Deep experience with SIT, UAT, testing management, mock conversions, cutover, deployment readiness, go-live, and hypercare .
• Experience managing major system integrators, consulting firms, and multi-vendor delivery teams .
• Strong program financial management experience including budgeting, forecasting, vendor spend, and variance analysis.
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills with experience working with VP and C-suite stakeholders .
• Ability to operate effectively under significant schedule and delivery pressure.
• Strong leadership, governance, risk management, and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Experience leading SAP S/4HANA transformations within large or highly regulated enterprises.
• Experience managing complex ERP + CRM + Data/Analytics transformation programs.
• Salesforce program exposure is highly desirable.
• Organizational Change Management / Business Transformation experience.
• Experience leading major SAP deployment and cutover events involving multiple vendors and executive stakeholders.

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