Practice Director

HCL Technologies Sweden AB; Sweden; Presencial; SEK 2.200.000 - 3.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

SAP is seeking a SAP Program Manager at Director level to lead strategic governance and end-to-end delivery of large-scale SAP transformations. You will steer multi-year initiatives, drive S/4HANA migrations, and orchestrate cross-functional teams across global entities and vendors.

This executive role reports to C-level stakeholders and requires strong financial stewardship. In this role you will shape roadmaps, manage budgets, risk, and change management while partnering with Enterprise

Formación

• C‑Suite advisory: influence CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and BU heads on digital transformation strategies.
• OCM: drive global behavioural change and adoption across organisations.
• Conflict resolution: navigate matrixed politics and vendor disputes.
• SAP delivery: deep knowledge of SAP Activate, Agile/SAFe, hybrid governance.
• Financials: manage $10M+ CapEx/OpEx budgets and ROI.
• Risk & quality: governance gates and risk mitigation across global rollouts.

Responsabilidades

• Strategic Governance: establish SAP operating frameworks, roadmaps, and delivery centre models globally.
• Enterprise Transformation & Delivery: own full-lifecycle SAP initiatives from inception to hypercare.
• Financial & Commercial Management: P&L accountability and budget optimization.
• Vendor & Ecosystem Orchestration: oversee SIs, SOWs, SLAs, and contracts.
• Architecture & Innovation Leadership: validate design paradigms, migrations and integrations (SAP BTP, ERP).
• Talent Direction: mentor senior PMs and technology leaders.

Conocimientos

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

OCM (Organizational change management)

Conflict resolution

SAP delivery frameworks

S/4HANA core architectures

SAP BTP & data integrations

Cross-module familiarity FI/CO, SD, MM

Strategic sourcing & SI management

Global resource modeling

Herramientas

SAP Activate

S/4HANA

SAP BTP

Descripción del empleo

The SAP Program Manager (Director Level) is a high-visibility executive leader responsible for driving the strategy, governance, and end-to-end delivery of large-scale, global SAP transformation programs. Acting as the senior delivery executive, this role aligns multi-million-dollar technology investments with core business objectives, leading cross-functional teams through complex migrations (such as SAP S/4HANA transitions, RISE with SAP, and cloud integrations). The Director manages multi-vendor ecosystems, spearheads organizational change management, and maintains direct accountability to C-level stakeholders for program budgets, risk mitigation, and digital innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Governance: Establish and govern standardised SAP operating frameworks, roadmaps, and delivery centre models across global entities. Lead steering committees and provide executive visibility into milestone achievements, resource constraints, and technical risks.
• Enterprise Transformation & Delivery: Own the full-lifecycle delivery of complex, multi-year SAP initiatives from inception through hypercare, utilizing modern frameworks like SAP Activate methodology.
• Financial & Commercial Management: Exercise full P&L accountability for the program, optimizing resource deployment models (onshore/offshore mix) and eliminating margin erosion or budget overruns.
• Vendor & Ecosystem Orchestration: Oversee major System Integrators (SIs) and external consultants (e.g., Big Four firms), managing Statements of Work (SOWs), contract compliance, and service-level tracking.
• Architecture & Innovation Leadership: Partner with Enterprise Architects to validate design paradigms, data migrations, and integrations across SAP BTP, core ERP, and adjacent third-party platforms. Drive modern optimisation practices, including automation and GenAI application tracking.
• Talent Direction: Directly manage and mentor senior Project Managers, functional leads, and technical tower leads, actively building high-performance competency centres.

Skill Requirements

Executive Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• C-Suite Advisory: Proven ability to influence and align Chief Executive Officers, CFOs, CIOs and business unit heads on complex digital transformation strategies.
• Organizational Change Management (OCM): Mastery in driving global behavioural change, training adoption and communication strategies to minimize business disruption.
• Conflict Resolution: Expert capability to navigate matrixed corporate politics, align competing regional business goals and resolve high-stakes vendor disputes.
• SAP Delivery Frameworks: Deep practical knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, Agile, Scaled Agile (SAFe) and hybrid Waterfall frameworks.
• Large-Scale Financial Acumen: Advanced proficiency in managing $10M+ CapEx/OpEx program budgets, financial forecasting, and realisation of Business Case ROI.
• Risk & Quality Assurance: Skilled in designing rigorous governance gates, proactive risk-mitigation frameworks and compliance tracking for global rollouts.

Technical & Functional Mastery

• S/4HANA & Digital Core: Comprehensive conceptual understanding of SAP S/4HANA core architectures (Greenfield/Brownfield) and central deployment models (Public Cloud, Private Cloud and RISE with SAP).
• Enterprise Integration & BTP: Understanding of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) for custom extensions, data analytics, and cross-application integration with non-SAP legacy systems.
• Cross-Module Familiarity: High-level functional fluency across primary enterprise streams including Record-to-Report (FI/CO), Order-to-Cash (SD), and Procure-to-Pay (MM/PP).
• Strategic Sourcing: Expert skills in managing major System Integrators (SIs), negotiating complex Statements of Work (SOWs), and structuring performance-linked SLAs.
• Global Resource Modeling: Expertise in defining optimal onshore/offshore delivery ratios to balance delivery velocity with budgetary controls.