Technical Program Manager - S/4 Digital Transformation Cutover
Location : Santa Clara , CA - 4 days onsite
Duration : 6 months with extensions
Technical Program Manager - S/4 Digital Transformation Cutover, Systems &
Environments
Contract role for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA digital transformation program. This TPM will own the integrated planning,
tracking, and execution discipline across systems/environment readiness and enterprise cutover activities, ensuring test
cycles, mock loads, cutover rehearsals, go-live, and hypercare are delivered with clear ownership, risk visibility, and
executive-ready status reporting.
Role Scope
• Lead the combined Systems & Environments TPM and Cutover TPM function for the S/4 transformation program,
partnering with PMO, functional workstreams, Basis/inf rastructure, data migration, testing, release management,
security/access, business process owners, and external implementation partners.
• Drive readiness across SAP S/4 and connected enterprise applications, including relevant ECC, S/4, GTS, EWM,
MDG, APO/IBP, PLM, Coupa, TM/EWM, data migration, reporting, and other satellite-system dependencies.
• Support major program cycles such as mock loads, string testing, SIT, UAT, cutover rehearsals, go -live preparation,
production cutover, and hypercare stabilization.
Required Experience
• 10+ years of TPM/project management experience in large ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or enterprise digital transformation
programs.
• Hands-on experience managing cutover planning/execution, environment readiness, release/transport coordination,
and testing or data-migration dependencies in complex SAP landscapes.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA program phases, Basis/environment concepts, integrated business processes,
mock cycles, SIT/UAT, go-live readiness, and hypercare.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional teams without direct authority, manage global/onshore/of fshore stakeholders,
and create order in high-pressure execution windows.
• Excellent executive communication, meeting facilitation, issue resolution, vendor coordination, and detailed followthrough;
must be comfortable owning the tracker and pushing actions to closure.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Smartsheet/MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint/Teams, and
dashboard/status reporting.