SAP Program Director

Program Director – SAP Business Transformation (EPC) Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Program Director – SAP Business Transformation to provide strategic delivery leadership for a large-scale, multi-year SAP transformation program within a global Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) organization. The role will hold end-to-end accountability for program delivery, serving as the senior client-facing leader and primary counterpart to the client's project management, technology and executive leadership teams.

The Program Director will drive the transformation from initial scoping and strategic planning through solution design, implementation, integration and subsequent delivery phases. The individual must combine deep SAP program leadership with strong EPC domain expertise, enterprise transformation experience and the ability to manage complex, multi-vendor delivery environments.

1. Program Delivery & Transformation Leadership

• Own end-to-end delivery of the SAP transformation program, from initial assessment, scoping and planning through implementation and subsequent phases.
• Establish program objectives, delivery strategy, operating model, milestones and success measures.
• Own the integrated program plan and critical path, ensuring effective management of scope, schedule, budget, risks and quality.
• Drive execution across multiple work streams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and transformation outcomes.

• Lead cross-functional integration across engineering, procurement, construction, project controls, supply chain and finance.
• Translate complex EPC business processes into SAP solution architecture and implementation decisions.
• Provide strategic oversight of SAP Project System (PS) and S/4
  
  HANA project management capabilities.
• Ensure alignment across critical EPC processes, including:
• Project setup, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and cost breakdown structures.
• Engineering change management and configuration control.
• Procurement, subcontractor and contract management.
• Project progress measurement and performance tracking.
• Progress billing and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Engineer-to-order (ETO) order fulfilment.
• Ensure seamless integration between project execution processes and enterprise finance, supply chain and technology platforms.

• Establish and operate a multi-party governance framework involving the client, SAP, advisory partners and system integration partners.
• Define clear workstream ownership, decision rights, accountability, dependencies and escalation mechanisms.
• Drive governance through tools such as Azure Dev Ops or Jira, ensuring transparent tracking of milestones, risks, actions, issues, dependencies and escalations.
• Maintain real-time program visibility and proactively communicate delivery status, risks and mitigation plans to client leadership.
• Apply SAP Activate methodology and structured program management disciplines throughout the transformation lifecycle.

• Act as the senior relationship owner and primary escalation point for client executive stakeholders.
• Lead executive steering committees, operational reviews and program governance forums.
• Build trusted relationships with business, technology and project management leadership.
• Anticipate and resolve critical issues before they escalte to executive sponsors.
• Communicate complex program challenges, delivery risks and strategic decisions effectively to senior stakeholders.

• Build, develop and lead a high-performing onsite and offshore delivery organization.
• Establish the program leadership structure, including workstream leads, functional leaders, technical architects and delivery managers.
• Drive collaboration across geographically distributed teams and multiple delivery partners.
• Develop leadership capability, strengthen delivery accountability and maintain a performance-driven program culture.

• Mandatory Requirements Candidates must demonstrate evidence of the following experience to be considered:
• Dimension Mandatory Experience
• EPC Domain Expertise
• Minimum 5 years of experience delivering SAP transformations within an EPC contractor or an owner-operator's capital projects function.
• SAP Functional & Technical Footprint
• Deep expertise in SAP Project System (PS) or S/4
  
  HANA Project Management, including…