Change Manager - Technical Governance

ecsme; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

ecsme seeks a senior Change Manager – Technical Governance to govern techno-functional changes across enterprise platforms. The role requires leading governance for high-risk changes, standardizing processes, and aligning with security and compliance standards.

Initial offshore work with potential travel; the candidate should demonstrate strong ERP, ITSM/ITIL, and stakeholder management experience in large, regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Senior experience leading techno-functional change governance in large enterprises.
• Proven ERP techno-functional change management at scale.
• Strong understanding of ERP architectures, integrations, infrastructure, and release management.
• Deep expertise in ITSM/ITIL and enterprise governance models.

Responsibilities

• Govern end-to-end techno-functional change across enterprise application platforms (e.g., Oracle ERP, ServiceNow, Informatica, Unifier).
• Review, challenge, and approve technical designs, architecture decisions, and implementation plans.
• Chair executive-level Change Advisory Boards (CAB) with a focus on technical risk, governance, impact and resilience.
• Drive enterprise-wide standardization of change processes across large, complex organizations' application landscape.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, audit, regulatory, and operational requirements.
• Oversee complex change landscapes involving multiple vendors, systems, and delivery models.
• Define and track governance KPIs, risk indicators, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Techno-functional governance

ERP change management at scale

ERP architectures & integrations

ITSM/ITIL governance

Executive stakeholder influence

Tools

Oracle ERP

ServiceNow

Informatica

Unifier

Job description

Role Purpose

Primarily offshore but open to travel or may need to travel the initial month or so to understand landscape and stakeholders. Need a good candidate with strong technical, ERP, and change management experience.

Change Manager – Technical Governance is the accountable authority for governing technical change across enterprise application environments. This role ensures all changes are architecturally sound, risk‑managed, standardized, and aligned to enterprise technology, security, and compliance standards.

Accountability & Authority

Acts as the final governance authority for high‑risk and complex techno‑functional changes.

Enforces enterprise change standards and governance controls across all ERP programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Govern end‑to‑end techno‑functional change across enterprise application platforms (e.g., Oracle ERP, ServiceNow, Informatica, Unifier, etc).
• Review, challenge, and approve technical designs, architecture decisions, and implementation plans.
• Chair executive‑level Change Advisory Boards (CAB) with a focus on technical risk, governance, impact, and resilience.
• Drive enterprise‑wide standardization of change processes across large, complex organizations' application landscape.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, audit, regulatory, and operational requirements.
• Oversee complex change landscapes involving multiple vendors, systems, and delivery models.
• Define and track governance KPIs, risk indicators, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Experience & Capability

• Senior experience leading techno‑functional change governance in large, complex enterprises.
• Proven background managing ERP techno‑functional change at scale.
• Strong understanding of ERP architectures, integrations, infrastructure, and release management.
• Demonstrated success establishing standardized, repeatable enterprise change frameworks.
• Deep expertise in ITSM/ITIL and enterprise governance models.
• Executive‑level stakeholder influence and decision‑making capability.

Desirable

• ERP and integrated systems exposure is a great advantage.
• Experience in highly regulated or global operating environments.