Director, Enterprise Planning & Portfolio Management; SAP SAC​/SAP EPPM

Position Summary

Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for.

• Lead the enterprise implementation strategy for SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAP EPPM across Xcel Energy.
• Establish a long‑term enterprise planning and portfolio management roadmap aligned with corporate strategy and S/4
  
  HANA transformation objectives.
• Drive modernization of financial planning & forecasting, capital & operating expense governance, and human capital planning.
• Ensure alignment between enterprise planning capabilities and other strategic initiatives related to reliability, affordability, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and clean energy transition goals.

• Build integrated enterprise capabilities to support planning and governance in capital investments over a five‑year horizon.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and PMO teams to improve investment prioritization, forecasting accuracy, scenario modeling, and portfolio visibility.
• Establish enterprise standards for project governance, capital forecasting, schedule management, and financial performance tracking.

• Oversee end‑to‑end implementation delivery, including strategy, design, build, testing, deployment, integration, and operational stabilization.
• Ensure tight integration between SAC, EPPM, SAP S/4
  
  HANA, enterprise data platforms, and reporting environments.
• Lead vendor and systems integrator relationships, including scope management, delivery oversight, and accountability for outcomes.
• Drive adoption of modern planning capabilities, including predictive forecasting, executive dashboards, analytics, and scenario modeling.

• Serve as the executive‑facing technology and business leader for enterprise planning transformation initiatives.
• Communicate program progress, risks, investment priorities, and value realization outcomes to senior leadership and governance committees.
• Build strong cross‑functional relationships across Finance, Operations, HR, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and IT organizations.

• Lead enterprise change management efforts to ensure the successful adoption of new planning processes and technologies.
• Establish governance structures, training strategies, operating models, and support frameworks.
• Drive process standardization and enterprise‑wide alignment around planning and forecasting methodologies.

• Partner with enterprise data and analytics teams to establish scalable, AI‑ready planning and forecasting capabilities.
• Support development of advanced analytics, predictive forecasting, and future AI‑enabled decision support capabilities using enterprise planning data.
• Promote high‑quality enterprise data governance and integrated reporting structures.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in large‑scale ERP, enterprise planning, or digital transformation initiatives.
• 5+ years leading enterprise SAP implementations or major transformation programs.
• Experience implementing or managing SAP SAC, SAP EPPM, SAP BPC, SAP S/4
  
  HANA, or related enterprise planning technologies.
• Demonstrated success leading large cross‑functional teams and enterprise‑wide initiatives.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing large consulting/vendor partnerships and enterprise program budgets.

• Experience with in utilities, energy, infrastructure, or other asset‑intensive industries.
• Experience supporting large‑scale capital portfolio management and financial planning processes.
• Familiarity with enterprise forecasting, workforce planning, project portfolio governance, and operational planning.
• Experience integrating enterprise planning…