IFS Consultant - Team Lead

AFFLUENT SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software solutions provider in Singapore is seeking an experienced IFS Team Lead to oversee the delivery of IFS ERP initiatives. The role includes managing a team, ensuring smooth go-lives, and maintaining security governance. Candidates should have extensive experience in IFS ERP environments and proven leadership skills. The position promises opportunities to lead cross-functional teams and implement best practices in ERP delivery.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience in IFS ERP environments, with at least 3+ years in a Team Lead or Delivery Lead role.
• Strong understanding of IFS security models and frameworks.
• Experience managing enterprise-scale ERP implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of consultants.
• Manage go-live and release management activities.
• Oversee change and release governance processes.

Skills

Leadership capabilities

IFS ERP expertise

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication skills

Job description

Job Description: IFS Team Lead – ERPImplementation & Security (SBM Offshore / Similar Environment)

We areseeking an experienced IFS Team Lead to oversee end-to-end delivery of IFS ERP initiatives, including full-cycle implementations, system revamps, andongoing environment governance. The ideal candidate will manage a high-performing technical team, partner with cross-functional stakeholdersglobally, and lead all aspects of change management, testing, releasegovernance, and IFS security.

This rolerequires deep expertise in IFS ERP, strong leadership capabilities, and provenexperience driving successful go-lives in complex enterprise environments.

KeyResponsibilities

TeamLeadership & Delivery Management

• Lead and mentor a team of sixfunctional/technical consultants across two major workstreams:
  IFS ERP Implementation and IFS System Revamp Programs.
• Manage full resource planningincluding interviewing, onboarding, performance assessment, andoffboarding.
• Provide accurate resource andeffort estimates for releases and go-lives to support planning,forecasting, and stakeholder alignment.

Go-Live & Release Management

• Produce detailed runbooks foreach go-live and coordinate all associated activities.
• Track and report program statusin steering forums, leadership meetings, and operational reviews.
• Manage escalations, ensuringrapid resolution and minimal business disruption.
• Oversee hypercare support forall releases, guiding the team in issue resolution, solution validation,and environment stabilization.

Change & Release Governance

• Represent the team in CAB(Change Advisory Board), reviewing and presenting change requests.
• Ensure rigorous pre-CABassessment of all changes to maintain system stability, compliance, andquality.
• Review changes submitted bycross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with release standards andsecurity policies.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships withglobal project managers, functional leads, and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate end-to-end SIT(System Integration Testing) and UAT (User Acceptance Testing)cycles, ensuring readiness, communication, and alignment acrossparticipating teams.
• Work closely with ChangeManagement to prepare user lists, security setups, and BDR (Business DataRoles) configurations for each release.

IFS ERPSecurity & Access Governance

• Serve as Competency Lead forIFS Security, contributing to capability building, training, andenterprise-wide support for IFS security practices.
• Own end-to-end ERP security andaccess governance across all non-Production IFS environments.
• Review and approve accessrequests, ensuring alignment with Segregation of Duties (SoD)policies, Oracle constraints, and industry best practices.
• Advise on Production governanceand security model improvements.

ContinuousImprovement & Documentation

• Capture lessons learned aftereach deployment and drive continuous improvement initiatives across teamsand processes.
• Enhance documentationstandards, operational readiness, and repeatability of go-live activities.

RequiredSkills & Experience

• 7–12 years of experience in IFSERP environments, with at least 3+ years in a Team Lead or DeliveryLead role.
• Strong understanding of IFSsecurity models, permission sets, base profiles, and SoD frameworks.
• Proven experience managingenterprise-scale ERP implementations and environment governance.
• Expertise in releasemanagement, CAB processes, change governance, and hypercare management.
• Strong stakeholder managementskills with experience working in global, cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manageSIT/UAT cycles and align multiple teams toward delivery.
• Excellent communication,leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Experience preparing runbooks,resource plans, risk logs, and status dashboards.

PreferredQualifications

• Prior experience in anoffshore/global delivery model.
• Certified or trained inleadership frameworks such as Connected Manager (Harvard BusinessPublishing) or similar.
• Experience designing enterprisesecurity architecture for IFS or similar ERP systems.
• Exposure to ITIL practices orholding ITIL Foundation certification.

Key AchievementsExpected in This Role

• ·Deliver high-quality, on-timego-lives with minimal escalations.
• ·Maintain strong cross-regionalstakeholder satisfaction and collaboration.
• ·Ensure robust ERP securityposture and compliant access governance.
• ·Drive team capabilitydevelopment and best-practice adoption across the ERP.