Senior Director, SAP Transformation Delivery

McKesson; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 175,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson, a Fortune 10 healthcare company, seeks a Senior Director, SAP Transformation Delivery to lead a large-scale SAP ECC-to-S/4HANA migration. You will drive governance, delivery oversight, and cross-functional collaboration across multiple workstreams to realize measurable business outcomes.

Role requires executive collaboration, risk management, and a track record of successful enterprise transformations within complex environments. Hybrid or remote work arrangements may be available.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of professional SAP/program management experience.
• 6+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated SAP S/4HANA migration program plan, milestones, and delivery roadmap.
• Lead program governance, PMO execution, stage gates, sprint reviews, and executive reporting.
• Drive risk, issue, dependency, and change management across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Manage Systems Integrator performance against scope, schedule, quality, and KPIs.
• Lead cutover planning, release readiness, hypercare, and transition to steady-state support.

Skills

SAP program management

Enterprise transformation

Governance & PMO

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Activate

Job description

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McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

McKesson is seeking an accomplished Senior Director, SAP Transformation Delivery to lead large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives focused on SAP ECC-to-S/4HANA migration. This executive-level role will provide strategic leadership, governance, and delivery oversight for a complex, multi-workstream ERP transformation program. The successful candidate will drive program execution, manage delivery risks, lead cross-functional collaboration, and ensure successful transition from planning through deployment, hypercare, and steady-state operations.

This role partners closely with business stakeholders, technology leaders, systems integrators, and executive sponsors to deliver measurable business outcomes while advancing McKesson’s transformation objectives.

What You’ll Do

• 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.
• Partner with senior business and technology leaders to align program outcomes with strategic priorities and enterprise objectives.
• Develop high-performing teams while fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.

Minimum Requirements- Degree or equivalentexperience. Typically requires13+ years of professionalexperience and 6+ years ofdiversified leadership, planning,communication, organization,and people motivation skills (orequivalent experience)

Critical Skills

• 15+ 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.
• Deep experience delivering full lifecycle SAP ECC-to-S/4HANA migrations, including Bluefield or Selective Data Transition approaches.
• 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.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience leading large-scale ERP modernization programs within healthcare, distribution, pharmaceutical, supply chain, or highly regulated industries.
• Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, Agile delivery practices, and enterprise release management frameworks.
• Experience overseeing SIT, UAT, regression testing, deployment readiness, and cutover execution.
• Financial management experience, including program budgeting, forecasting, investment planning, and value realization.
• Experience leading organizational change management and business adoption activities.
• Familiarity with cloud transformation, SAP ecosystem solutions, enterprise architecture, and integrated business processes.
• Advanced communication and executive presentation skills.
• SAP certifications preferred.

Travel / Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Position may require periodic travel to McKesson offices, implementation sites, and vendor locations.
• Hybrid or remote work arrangements may be available based on business needs.
• Ability to participate in extended planning sessions, executive reviews, and occasional time-zone-flexible meetings supporting global teams.
• Standard office and computer-based work environment.

Candidate must be authorized to work in the U.S, now or in the future, without the support from McKesson.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$174,800 - $291,400

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [e-mail] or (Canada) [e-mail]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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