SAP Transformation Program Manager (CONTRACT - 6 Months)

SAP Transformation Program Manager (CONTRACT - 6 Months)

Location: Watertown, MA

Pay Rate: $117 - 126/hr

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Own and co-lead the integrated SAP transformation roadmap, coordinating Fit-for-Growth and multiple small- to large-scale initiatives across Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics and shared services.
• Provide program leadership for acquisition integrations, SAP RISE, SAP GRC, SAP Signavio, integrations, enhancements and other strategic SAP initiatives.
• Drive portfolio governance and execution discipline by establishing a single operating cadence across SAP initiatives, workstreams, milestones, decision points and leadership forums.
• Sequence priorities and manage dependencies across Finance, Operations, Procurement and Logistics, Sales and Order-to-Cash, Security, Technical, Data and Integration workstreams.
• Own integrated program planning, coordinating scope, schedules, resources, budgets, risks, issues, assumptions, decisions and cross-functional dependencies across the transformation.
• Partner with business process owners and SAP capability leads to translate business priorities into executable SAP initiatives, releases and implementation plans.
• Drive executive and Steering Committee reporting, providing clear visibility into overall program health, accomplishments, financial status, key decisions, risks, dependencies and required leadership interventions.
• Manage RAID and escalation governance, proactively resolving cross-program risks, resource constraints, scope conflicts and competing priorities before they impact delivery.
• Own capacity and resource planning across internal SAP subject matter experts, business teams, contractors, implementation partners and other transformation resources.
• Establish business case and value-realization tracking, ensuring initiatives remain connected to measurable financial, operational, control, scalability and productivity outcomes.
• Drive transformation readiness and adoption by coordinating testing, cutover, business readiness, communications, training, change management, hypercare and transition into sustainable operational ownership.
• Develop and maintain program standards, dashboards, KPIs, governance materials and reporting mechanisms that improve visibility, consistency, accountability and delivery discipline.
• Ensure SAP initiatives comply with applicable cybersecurity, ITGC, quality, validation, data governance and enterprise architecture requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, delivery retrospectives and refinement of SAP program and portfolio management practices.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience leading enterprise ERP, SAP, digital transformation or business transformation programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing large, cross-functional SAP programs involving Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales and enterprise integrations.
• Strong understanding of SAP platforms and capabilities, including SAP S/4HANA, SAP RISE, SAP GRC, SAP Signavio, SAP security and controls, master data and integration landscapes.
• Proven experience leading program governance, integrated planning, portfolio management, executive reporting, budget oversight, resource planning and stakeholder communications.
• Experience managing external implementation partners, system integrators, consultants and distributed delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of waterfall, agile and hybrid program delivery methodologies and experience applying the appropriate model to complex enterprise initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, communicate and resolve risks, issues, dependencies, resource conflicts and competing priorities in complex organizational environments.
• Experience supporting acquisition integrations, global process harmonization, organizational change management and large-scale technology deployments preferred.
• Strong financial acumen with experience developing business cases, managing program budgets and tracking value-realization outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation and executive presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• PMP, PgMP, SAP Activate, Agile, Prosci or similar professional certification preferred.