Global ERP Transformation Director

Sage; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Hybrid work

Life assurance

Travel insurance

Private medical

Tuition support

Snacks in office

Lifestyle reimbursement

Loans (season ticket)

Job summary

Sage is seeking a Global ERP Program Director to lead a major, cloud-based global ERP transformation. You will report to the CFO and collaborate with the CIO to deliver a unified financial system across regions, ensuring data integrity and disciplined project delivery.

You’ll guide governance, risk, vendor oversight and change management for a multi-year programme. This role requires senior influence, strong communication, and a track record of delivering complex ERP implementations.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading large-scale ERP transformations across regions.
• Ability to influence C-suite and board-level stakeholders.
• Skilled at driving global process harmonisation while ensuring regulatory and financial controls.
• Able to lead cross-functional teams and reduce organisational friction.
• Experience in programme governance, risk management and vendor oversight (> $20m).
• Knowledge of modern ERP platforms, cloud architectures, data migration and multi-phase delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a single global ERP instance with a trusted financial system and high-quality data.
• Establish a global programme governance model for fast, transparent decision-making.
• Create and maintain an integrated programme plan across design, build, testing, data, integrations, change and deployment.
• Drive global process standardisation with global-first, local-by-exception principles.
• Lead organisational change and adoption activities to ensure user readiness ahead of go-live.
• Manage systems integrators and external partners with accountability for delivery and knowledge transfer.
• Proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies to keep the programme on track.

Skills

ERP transformations

Influence C-suite

Global process harmonisation

Cross-functional leadership

Governance & risk management

Cloud-based ERP platforms

Job description

Sage is seeking a Global ERP Program Director to lead a major, cloud-based global ERP transformation. You will report to the CFO and collaborate with the CIO to deliver a unified financial system across regions, ensuring data integrity and disciplined project delivery.

You’ll guide governance, risk, vendor oversight and change management for a multi-year programme. This role requires senior influence, strong communication, and a track record of delivering complex ERP implementations.