Director, SAP S/4HANA Deployment & Global Transformation

Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

Portland (OR)

Remote

USD 170,000 - 190,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company contributions

Paid vacation, holidays and personal

Health, dental, vision benefits

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC is seeking a Director of Country Deployment Lead USA to oversee the enterprise-wide deployment of the ELEVATE Global Template as part of a major SAP S/4HANA program. This role bridges global leadership and US country execution with focus on standardization, regulatory alignment, and operations readiness.

The position may be remote with preference for Chicago area; includes a 16% target annual bonus and participation in incentive plans.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in business administration, business informatics, IT management, industrial engineering or comparable field required; master's degree preferred.
12+ years of experience in ERP delivery, deployment management or transformation leadership within complex enterprise environments; 12+ years preferred for senior global scope.
Proven experience with SAP S/4HANA or large SAP ERP rollouts, ideally in multi-country, multi-site or multi-business environments.
Strong understanding of SAP landscape components, core S/4HANA processes/modules, data migration, testing, integrations, extensions, authorizations and cutover concepts.
Experience in Pharma/Life Science or another regulated/validated industry; familiarity with GxP, validation, quality gates and audit expectations is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to lead business readiness, UAT, cutover, go-live, hypercare and transition to business-as-usual operations.
Experience with SAP Activate and agile/hybrid delivery models is preferred.
PMP, PRINCE2, SAP certification or equivalent program/deployment certification advantageous.
Excellent written and verbal English; German or other regional languages are a plus. Willingness to travel according to rollout needs, including critical cutover and go-live phases.
International travel 35% and at times could be 1-2 months in a specific country.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership for the end-to-end deployment of SAP S/4HANA and ELEVATE program solutions across assigned countries, business units, and deployment waves, ensuring successful execution from planning and localization through go-live, stabilization, and transition to support organizations.
Direct the translation of the approved Global Template into scalable deployment strategies and execution plans, balancing global standardization objectives with local business, regulatory, compliance, and operational requirements while maintaining governance over deviations and design integrity.
Establish and lead deployment governance frameworks, including decision-making structures, accountability models, readiness assessments, escalation pathways, quality controls, and performance monitoring to ensure consistent execution across global deployments.
Drive organizational readiness and adoption strategies by aligning business leaders, mobilizing regional, country and local resources, overseeing deployment planning activities, and ensuring effective training, communication, risk mitigation, and contingency planning.
Provide cross-functional leadership across Local Process Owners, IT, Validation, Data Migration, Testing, Integration, Change Management to ensure alignment, execution excellence, and achievement of deployment milestones and quality standards.
Oversee deployment quality and readiness, ensuring successful execution of data migration, integrations, security and authorization models, testing cycles, user acceptance testing, cutover preparations, and go-live readiness reviews in accordance with SAP S/4HANA standards and program governance requirements.
Lead enterprise cutover planning and execution activities, ensuring clear accountability, effective issue resolution, disciplined command-center operations, and informed go/no-go recommendations to senior program and business leadership.
Provide executive leadership during hypercare and stabilization phases, ensuring rapid issue resolution, business continuity, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and successful transition to long-term support and sustainment organizations.
Proactively identify, assess, and manage deployment risks, issues, dependencies, and scope impacts, providing clear and concise reporting, recommendations, and escalation pathways to program leadership and executive stakeholders.
Drive continuous improvement of deployment methodologies, governance processes, tools, templates, and best practices by capturing lessons learned and incorporating insights across successive deployment waves.
Champion ELEVATE program communications, engagement initiatives, and culture-building activities in partnership with Change Management to strengthen stakeholder alignment and transformation adoption.
Serve as a mentor and advisor to country and local deployment resources, building organizational capability and promoting best practices in large-scale ERP transformation and deployment management.
Ensure deployment activities meet applicable audit, validation, compliance, and regulatory requirements by maintaining appropriate documentation, controls, and evidence supporting program governance and quality standards.