Program Director

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop

Phone

Training resources

Discounts within Tata network

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is seeking a Program Director to lead large multi-workstream SAP S/4HANA transformations from mobilization through to go-live and post-implementation support in a hybrid Manchester-based role.

You will drive governance, risk management and client advisory, coordinating resources, budgets and timelines while developing cross-functional teams across onshore and offshore locations.

Qualifications

• ERP programme management experience, including S/4HANA transformation leadership.
• Proven delivery of multi-phase SAP programmes (e.g., £20M+) in complex enterprises.
• Experience with Greenfield, Brownfield and Bluefield SAP migrations.
• Mobilisation, governance setup, and executive stakeholder alignment.
• Experience across global delivery models with blended teams.
• Strong knowledge of S/4HANA technical architecture and cutover planning.
• Collaboration with clients and third-party delivery organisations.
• Programme risk management, dependency mapping and benefits realization.
• Understanding integration challenges across platforms (Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Ariba).

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformations from mobilization to go-live and post-implementation support.
• Establish governance frameworks, chair steering committees, ensure compliance with standards.
• Advise CIOs, CFOs and senior stakeholders on SAP-enabled transformations.
• Manage relationships with C-suite sponsors and stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams onshore and offshore.
• Support programme P&L management, contracts and resource planning.
• Apply Activate/Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid methodologies and ensure delivery assurance.
• Collaborate with client-side SIs, integrators and vendors.
• Contribute to business development, proposals and thought leadership.

Skills

ERP programme management

S/4HANA transformation

SAP S/4HANA knowledge

Global delivery models

Executive stakeholder alignment

Raising programme risk management

Programme cutover planning

Tools

S/4HANA

Job description

Role: Program Director

Location: Manchester

Contract: Permanent

Mode of Working: Hybrid

Are you looking to leverage your skills inEnterprise Solutions Unit?

We have a great opportunity for you - Program Director!

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

The Role

The Program Director will lead multi-workstream programmes across all phases, establishing robust governance structures, shaping delivery strategies, and ensuring successful execution aligned to client business objectives and commercial parameters. The role oversees multiple transformational initiatives, including ERP implementations and business process improvements, while coordinating timelines, resources, budgets, and capacity planning.

Accountable for programme execution quality, the Program Director manages programme-level status, metrics, risks, scope, and value realisation. Operating one level below the Engagement Partner, the role provides day-to-day leadership to senior client stakeholders and cross-functional delivery teams, leveraging deep business and technical expertise to ensure stakeholder satisfaction and successful outcomes.

In addition to delivery leadership, the Program Director plays a key role in the growth of the TCS Consulting practice. This includes driving business development, shaping and contributing to proposals, producing thought leadership, and representing TCS at industry events, reinforcing TCS’s position as a trusted transformation partner with C-suite credibility.

This role will require some technical understanding of S/4 HANA and its implementation on RISE

Your responsibilities:

• Programme Leadership: Own the successful delivery of large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformations, from mobilization through to go-live and post-implementation support.
• Governance & Risk Management: Establish programme governance frameworks, chair steering committees, and ensure compliance with internal and client delivery assurance standards.
• Client Advisory: Act as a strategic advisor to CIOs, CFOs, and senior business stakeholders on SAP-enabled transformation programmes.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and sustain trusted relationships with C-suite stakeholders and programme sponsors.
• People & Team Leadership: Lead and develop cross-functional delivery teams including business, functional, technical, and change management resources (onshore and offshore).
• Commercial Management: Support the management of the programme P&L, contractual commitments, resource planning, and delivery forecasting.
• Methodology and Delivery Assurance: Apply best-practice methodologies (e.g., Activate, Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) and ensure effective DevOps or project-based release structures.
• Partner Collaboration: Collaborate with client-side SIs, Business Integrators and third-party vendors.
• Practice Development: Support business development activities, including pre-sales, proposal writing, and client presentations. Mentor future leaders within the ERP practice.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Professional experience in ERP programme management, with experience in S/4HANA transformation leadership roles.
• Proven track record of delivering £20M+ multi-phase SAP programmes in regulated, complex enterprise environments (e.g., retail, public sector, telco, financial services).
• Experience in both Greenfield, Brownfield and Bluefield SAP migrations.
• Expertise in programme mobilization, governance setup, and executive-level stakeholder alignment.
• Familiarity with operating across global delivery models, managing blended teams across geographies.
• |Strong knowledge of the technical aspects of S/4 HANA
• Demonstrated ability to work in partnership with clients and third-party delivery organisations (e.g., SNP, hyperscalers, managed services).
• Strong command of programme-level risk management, dependency mapping, and benefits realization.
• Deep understanding of S/4HANA functional architecture, programme cutover planning, and integration challenges across platforms (e.g., Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Ariba).
• Experience engaging in QA and assurance reviews, as part of either delivery or turnaround roles.

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at [e-mail] if you would like to opt in.

Due to the high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.