SAP Program Manager

SAP Programme Manager - S/4 HANA

Location: UK, Hybrid

Contract: 6-12 months, with potential extensions

We are seeking an experienced SAP Programme Director to lead a major SAP S/4HANA upgrade and transformation programme from assessment and business case development through to implementation, cutover, go-live and stabilisation.

This is a senior customer-side leadership role, acting as the single point of accountability across business teams, SAP, system integrators and third-party partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA programme, including scope, roadmap, budget, governance and benefits.
• Lead programme strategy, business case development, funding and investment approvals.
• Manage senior stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain and Technology.
• Lead and govern system integrators, SAP and third-party vendors.
• Establish programme governance, reporting, decision rights, RAID management and escalation routes.
• Integrate business, functional, technical, data, testing, change and operational workstreams.
• Oversee SAP RISE readiness and associated application, infrastructure and integration dependencies.
• Lead test strategy, business validation, cutover, go-live decision-making and hypercare.
• Drive business change, communications, training and organisational readiness.
• Challenge assumptions, manage risks and dependencies, and provide clear recommendations to senior leadership.
• Ensure programme outputs translate into an executable plan with validated resources, costs, timelines and acceptance criteria.

Essential Experience

• Significant experience leading complex, business-critical SAP programmes in a customer-side leadership capacity.
• Proven ownership from assessment and business case through execution, cutover and stabilisation.
• Strong executive stakeholder management and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing system integrators, SAP and multiple third-party vendors.
• Strong commercial, financial, governance, planning, risk and dependency management capability.
• Ability to integrate multiple programme workstreams into a single delivery plan.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation and executive reporting skills.
• Strong understanding of business change and organisational readiness.

Desirable

• Direct experience delivering SAP S/4HANA upgrades or major SAP transformations.
• SAP RISE or cloud-hosted SAP experience.
• Knowledge of SAP Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain.
• Experience within logistics, distribution, warehousing or operationally intensive environments.
• Experience developing business cases and benefits realisation plans.
• MSP, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent programme management qualification.