Senior SAP Delivery Lead for Transformation & AI

Accenture; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an accomplished SAP transformation senior leader to drive large-scale SAP programs, aligning business, functional, technical, data, testing, and change teams toward measurable outcomes.

You will navigate ambiguity, manage large, global delivery organizations, and ensure value realization across strategy through deployment and stabilization. The role emphasizes AI, GenAI, automation, analytics to modernize delivery and accelerate transformation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of SAP Delivery, Program Management, Transformation Leadership, or Consulting experience.
• Minimum of 6 years experience in Leadership roles for SAP transformation programs.
• Minimum 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).
• Minimum of 2 years experience in SAP implementation methodologies, governance, testing, deployment, data migration, change management, and operational readiness.
• Minimum of 2 years experience managing program financials, executive stakeholders, and complex delivery risks.
• Experience supporting business development, proposal efforts, solution shaping, or pursuit activities for SAP transformation opportunities.
• Experience leveraging AI, GenAI, automation, or analytics to improve SAP delivery effectiveness and outcomes.
• Prior consulting or advisory experience in enterprise transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large SAP transformation programs, accountable for execution, quality, financial performance, and business outcomes.
• Partner with senior client executives to define transformation strategies, roadmaps, governance models, and value realization objectives.
• Establish and lead global delivery organizations across multiple workstreams (business, functional, technical, data, testing, deployment, change management, and support).
• Drive program planning, mobilization, estimation, staffing, governance, financial management, and execution across SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, scope, and stakeholder expectations while aligning to objectives and delivery commitments.
• Lead executive governance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder communications with transparent reporting.
• Ensure adoption of SAP best practices and Accenture methodologies to improve delivery outcomes.
• Guide teams through major milestones: design, build, testing, deployment, go-live, hypercare, transition to support.
• Drive delivery innovation using AI, GenAI, automation, and analytics to improve productivity and quality.
• Build trusted client relationships and become a strategic advisor on SAP transformation and value realization.
• Support account growth through delivery excellence, executive relationship development, and sales participation.
• Support sales origination, proposal development, solution shaping, and business case creation for future SAP opportunities.
• Develop delivery assets and accelerators while mentoring next-generation SAP leaders. Travel may be 0–100%.

Skills

SAP Delivery

Program Management

Transformation Leadership

Consulting

Stakeholder Management

Global Delivery

Delivery Governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience

Job description

Accenture is seeking an accomplished SAP transformation senior leader to drive large-scale SAP programs, aligning business, functional, technical, data, testing, and change teams toward measurable outcomes.

You will navigate ambiguity, manage large, global delivery organizations, and ensure value realization across strategy through deployment and stabilization. The role emphasizes AI, GenAI, automation, analytics to modernize delivery and accelerate transformation.