SAP Transformation Delivery Lead (Associate Director)

Accenture; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 151,000 - 414,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture's SAP practice seeks an accomplished SAP transformation senior leader who can deliver enterprise SAP programs, align cross-functional teams, manage risk, and realize measurable business outcomes.

You will lead global delivery organizations, drive strategy, governance, and value realization, and advance delivery through AI, automation, and data-driven methods while traveling as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of SAP Delivery, Program Management, Transformation Leadership, or Consulting experience.
• Minimum of 6 years experience in Leadership roles (Delivery Lead, Program Manager, Program Director, or Delivery Executive) for SAP transformation programs supporting Consumer, Goods & Services companies
• Minimum of two end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations with accountability for planning, execution, deployment, and business outcomes.
• Experience managing large global SAP delivery teams (100+ resources) across multiple geographies and delivery centers.
• Experience leveraging AI, GenAI, automation, or analytics capabilities to improve SAP delivery effectiveness and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large SAP transformation programs, serving as the primary delivery leader accountable for execution, quality, financial performance, and business outcomes.
• Partner with senior client executives to define transformation strategies, program roadmaps, governance models, and value realization objectives.
• Establish and lead global delivery organizations across business, functional, technical, integration, data, testing, deployment, change management, and support workstreams.
• Drive program planning, mobilization, estimation, staffing, governance, financial management, and execution across all phases of SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Manage program risks, issues, dependencies, scope, and stakeholder expectations while ensuring alignment to program objectives and delivery commitments.
• Lead executive governance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder communications, providing transparent reporting and actionable recommendations.
• Ensure adoption of SAP leading practices, Accenture delivery methodologies, quality standards, and governance frameworks to improve delivery outcomes.
• Guide teams through major program milestones including design, build, testing, deployment planning, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to support.
• Drive delivery innovation by leveraging AI, GenAI, automation, and analytics to improve productivity, quality, risk management, and delivery efficiency.
• Build trusted relationships with client executives and become a strategic advisor on SAP transformation, delivery excellence, and business value realization.
• Support account growth through delivery excellence, executive relationship development, opportunity identification, and participation in sales and pursuit activities.
• Support sales origination, proposal development, solution shaping, and business case creation for future SAP transformation opportunities.
• Develop delivery assets, accelerators, and leading practices while mentoring the next generation of SAP program and delivery leaders. Travel may be required for this role.

Skills

SAP Delivery

Program Management

Transformation Leadership

Stakeholder management

Delivery leadership

AI in delivery

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Accenture's SAP practice seeks an accomplished SAP transformation senior leader who can deliver enterprise SAP programs, align cross-functional teams, manage risk, and realize measurable business outcomes.

You will lead global delivery organizations, drive strategy, governance, and value realization, and advance delivery through AI, automation, and data-driven methods while traveling as needed.