SAP Transformation Program Lead AI-Driven Delivery

Accenture PLC; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Program Management Lead to orchestrate large SAP transformations, unifying business, functional, technical, deployment, testing, data, and change teams under a single plan.

You will drive phase gates, readiness, and governance, lead cross-functional teams, and partner with client executives to deliver value with AI-enabled strategies and robust delivery discipline.

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.

Responsibilities

• Establish fit-for-purpose program governance, operating models, delivery frameworks, and tools for large SAP transformations tailored to the client environment.
• Serve as the Program Management Lead, providing day-to-day leadership across all program workstreams, ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Own and maintain the integrated program plan, managing critical path activities and dependencies, milestone achievement, resource planning, and program health.
• Lead phase gate and readiness management across the program with go/no-go decisions for leadership.
• Lead your team across functional, technical, deployment, testing, data, and change teams to maintain momentum and quality.
• Establish and lead executive governance forums, preparing actionable insights and recommendations for client and Accenture leadership.
• Act as a trusted advisor to client executives and program sponsors, guiding toward leading practices and shaping decisions.
• Drive clear and timely decision-making by synthesizing complex information into actionable recommendations.
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage program risks and dependencies with mitigation plans.
• Monitor and manage program financials, resource utilization, forecasting, delivery performance, and value realization metrics.
• Champion AI-first delivery practices leveraging GenAI, automation, analytics, and digital accelerators to improve delivery and governance.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA transformation

Program management

Global delivery

GenAI / AI-enabled delivery

Stakeholder management

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Power BI

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Program Management Lead to orchestrate large SAP transformations, unifying business, functional, technical, deployment, testing, data, and change teams under a single plan.

You will drive phase gates, readiness, and governance, lead cross-functional teams, and partner with client executives to deliver value with AI-enabled strategies and robust delivery discipline.