Digital Transformation Delivery Lead

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage multi-wave rollout plans across multiple entities, aligning scope, resources, timelines, and dependencies.
• Define readiness criteria and governance gates for each SAP Activate phase.
• Establish standardized deployment methodologies, templates, and delivery assets to support scalable rollouts.
• Lead all SAP Activate phases, including Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Hypercare.
• Conduct fit-to-standard workshops and manage localization requirements and change control.
• Oversee configuration, integrations, testing, data migration, cutover activities, business readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations to ensure successful delivery.
• Own data migration strategy and execution, including mapping, cleansing, validation, mock loads, governance, and cutover planning.
• Utilize SAP Migration Cockpit and related ETL/data quality tools to support successful migrations.
• Manage implementation partners, system integrators, and third-party vendors against agreed deliverables and SLAs.
• Collaborate with business leaders, process owners, PMO teams, and key users to support adoption and business readiness.
• Lead governance forums, reporting, KPI tracking, budgeting, quality reviews, and audit activities.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, regulatory, and industry requirements.
• Lead and mentor delivery teams while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive process optimization, automation opportunities, and reusable delivery assets.

& Experience

• 12+ years of SAP implementation experience, including at least three full-cycle SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs and multi-entity ERP rollouts across 10+ legal entities.
• Strong expertise in SAP Activate methodology and implementation lifecycle delivery.
• Extensive experience in data migration, governance, cleansing, cutover planning, and migration tools.
• Experience managing international implementation partners and system integrators.
• Hands-on knowledge of at least two core business process domains.
• Strong program management, stakeholder management, budgeting, reporting, and risk management skills.
• Experience within engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or similar industrial environments.

Preferred

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline.
• MBA, MSc, PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certifications are advantageous.
• Experience with SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Jira, MS Project, and test automation tools.