Global SAP Transformation Program Lead

Accenture; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Boston is seeking a Senior Program Management Lead to orchestrate large-scale SAP transformations. You will unify business, functional, technical, deployment, testing, data, and change teams under a single plan, driving delivery with phase gates, readiness, and governance across global teams.

You will leverage AI-first approaches, GenAI and automation to improve decision-making, transparency, and value realization while coaching delivery teams and partnering with executives to

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of total professional experience in SAP consulting, enterprise technology, or business transformation.
• Minimum of 8 years leading large-scale SAP programs or enterprise ERP transformations in a program or workstream lead capacity.
• Minimum 3 full end-to-end SAP implementation lifecycles, with at least 1 SAP S/4HANA transformation.
• At least 2 years experience in a delivery or account management role with direct P&L, budget, or contractual accountability.
• Demonstrated experience managing programs of $5M+ in total project value.

Responsibilities

• Establish fit-for-purpose governance, operating models, delivery frameworks for large SAP transformations.
• Serve as the Program Management Lead across all program workstreams with scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, dependencies, outcomes.
• Own and maintain the integrated program plan and manage critical path activities.
• Lead phase gate and readiness management with go/no-go decisions for leadership.
• Drive alignment across functional, technical, deployment, testing, data, and change teams.
• Establish executive governance forums and provide actionable insights for leadership decisions.
• Act as trusted advisor to client executives and sponsors on leading practices.
• Identify, assess, and manage program risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies with mitigation plans.
• Monitor program financials, resources, forecasting, delivery performance and value realization.
• Champion AI-first delivery by leveraging GenAI, automation and analytics to improve delivery quality and productivity.
• Build relationships with client stakeholders and Accenture leadership to ensure program success.
• Support origination and sales pursuits with delivery experience to help win new business.
• Contribute to evolution of SAP delivery methodologies and accelerators.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

SAP S/4HANA

GenAI

AI-enabled delivery

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Accenture in Boston is seeking a Senior Program Management Lead to orchestrate large-scale SAP transformations. You will unify business, functional, technical, deployment, testing, data, and change teams under a single plan, driving delivery with phase gates, readiness, and governance across global teams.

You will leverage AI-first approaches, GenAI and automation to improve decision-making, transparency, and value realization while coaching delivery teams and partnering with executives to