Senior SAP Business Process Owner

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks a Senior SAP Business Process Owner to drive end-to-end SAP S/4HANA processes, govern master data, and enable measurable performance. You will map processes, create SOPs, and validate solutions with business and IT teams.

You will lead UAT, collaborate with site stakeholders, and design training while ensuring regulatory compliance. A strong foundation in SAP and data management is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 12+ years SAP experience.
• 10+ years in business process and SAP functional roles, including ownership of end-to-end processes.
• Experience applying AI tools to business or technical work.
• Deep SAP S/4HANA knowledge or ECC with migration experience across modules.
• Demonstrated master data expertise and advanced Excel capability.
• Lean/Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM, or SAP certification.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, documentation, and continuous improvement of assigned end-to-end SAP S/4HANA processes.
• Maintain process maps, work instructions, SOPs, and visual job aids.
• Define and enforce master data quality rules and governance practices.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications and validate technical solutions.
• Lead user acceptance testing, including scenario design, authorization validation, and defect triage.
• Define, monitor, and report KPIs for the process domain.
• Design and deliver role-based training while supporting adoption of processes and system changes.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations and guidelines.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Process governance

Data quality

UAT leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Master data governance

Advanced Excel

AI tools in business

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 12+ years SAP experience

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Excel

Job description

As a Senior SAP Business Process Owner, you will provide business ownership for one or more end-to-end SAP S/4HANA process domains, helping align business operations, system capabilities, and master data governance. You will work across business and technology teams to establish consistent processes, support adoption of new ways of working, improve data quality, and enable measurable process performance. Through process stewardship and collaboration with key stakeholders, you will help ensure SAP solutions effectively support operational needs and continuous improvement.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Own the design, documentation, and continuous improvement of assigned end-to-end SAP S/4HANA processes.

Maintain process maps, work instructions, SOPs, and visual job aids.

Define and enforce master data quality rules and governance practices.

Translate business needs into functional specifications and validate technical solutions.

Lead user acceptance testing, including scenario design, authorization validation, and defect triage.

Partner with function champions and site subject matter resources to identify issues and verify solutions.

Define, monitor, and report key performance indicators for the process domain.

Design and deliver role-based training while supporting adoption of process and system changes.

Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Your Background

Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Business, Information Systems, or a related field; or 12+ years of hands-on SAP experience and demonstrated passion for the platform in lieu of a degree.

10+ years in business process, operations, marketing and sales, or SAP functional roles, including 5+ years with accountable ownership of an end-to-end process.

Experience applying AI tools to business or technical work and experience leading user acceptance testing and cutover or hyper-care activities on a major SAP program.

Deep hands-on SAP S/4HANA knowledge, or ECC with migration experience, in at least one core module with the ability to work across related modules.

Demonstrated master data expertise, advanced Excel capability, and the ability to specify and validate data extracts.

Lean/Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM, or SAP certification.

More About Us

You will have opportunities to expand your knowledge, work across functions, and collaborate with teams supporting complex business processes and SAP technologies.

Work on innovative energy technologies that support business process transformation and operational effectiveness.

Collaborate with experienced professionals across business and technology functions.

Access learning and development opportunities to build technical and business capabilities.

Receive health and retirement benefits available to eligible employees.

Benefit from paid leave and workplace flexibility programs.

Location Remote - Pennsylvania, United States of America;
Remote - North Carolina, United States of America

Job type Full time

Work arrangement Hybrid

Experience Experienced

Job function Quality Management

Contract Regular

Publication date 2026-08-29

Reference number R0138121

About Hitachi Energy

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.

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