SAP S/4HANA ERP Transformation Lead

Ford; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision, and

prescription drug coverage

Flexible family care days

Paid parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Energy is seeking an accomplished Senior Manager to lead large-scale SAP S/4HANA program delivery, focusing on ERP deployment, integration, and multi-workstream governance. The role partners with business and tech leaders to drive measurable outcomes, improve customer experience, and enable the Ford Energy Digital strategy.

The role requires extensive program governance, risk management, and change leadership across global teams, with up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• 8+ years of experience in SAP program management, ERP delivery leadership, or large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives
• Proven leadership of multi-workstream SAP transformation programs within complex enterprise environments & integrations – S4 HANA, EWM, YL, Sales Force, etc
• Demonstrated expertise in program governance, PMO leadership, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Experience managing global System Integrators, vendors, contracts, and delivery performance metrics.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated SAP S/4HANA migration program plan, critical path, milestones, dependencies, and overall delivery roadmap.
• Lead program governance, PMO execution, stage gates, sprint reviews, executive reporting, RAID management, and decision forums.
• Drive proactive risk, issue, dependency, and change management across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Manage Systems Integrator (SI) performance against scope, schedule, quality, and agreed delivery KPIs.
• Establish and oversee quality gate governance, including entry and exit criteria for SIT, UAT, regression testing, mock cutovers, and production readiness.
• Lead cutover planning, release readiness, hypercare execution, and transition to steady-state support operations.

Job description

Ford Energy is seeking an accomplished Senior Manager to lead large-scale SAP S/4HANA program delivery, focusing on ERP deployment, integration, and multi-workstream governance. The role partners with business and tech leaders to drive measurable outcomes, improve customer experience, and enable the Ford Energy Digital strategy.

The role requires extensive program governance, risk management, and change leadership across global teams, with up to 50% travel.