Senior SAP Program Management Leader

Accenture

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Accenture is seeking a strong PMO leader for SAP transformation programs in New York, capable of translating objectives into actionable delivery plans and coordinating across multiple workstreams. You will drive governance, reporting, and stakeholder alignment while leveraging Jira, Azure DevOps, Power BI, and GenAI-enabled tooling to boost efficiency.

You will lead and coach teams, manage dependencies, and act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders, delivering high-quality

Qualifications

Experience leading PMO for SAP transformation programs.
Ability to translate program objectives into actionable plans and coordinate across workstreams.
Proven track record delivering governance, reporting, and stakeholder management for large-scale programs.

Responsibilities

Lead a PMO function or program management workstream, ensuring effective governance activities, reporting, planning, communications, and stakeholder management processes.
Establish and continuously improve ways of working, tools, governance processes, and reporting structures tailored to client needs and aligned with SAP delivery leading practices and Accenture methodologies.
Partner across delivery leadership, enablement teams, and workstreams to operationalize Accenture program management frameworks and toolsets, including Jira, Azure DevOps, Power BI, standardized templates, governance routines, and reporting cadences that enable consistent operational execution.
Manage and coordinate program activities across multiple workstreams, helping ensure alignment on scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, issues, and overall program objectives.
Coordinate phase gate and readiness activities across workstreams, validating progress against defined entry and exit criteria, tracking required evidence, identifying readiness gaps, and driving owners to closure ahead of key milestones and governance decisions.
Lead your team with clear direction, coaching, and hands-on support, removing obstacles, fostering accountability, and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
Serve as a trusted advisor to client and internal stakeholders within your area of responsibility, providing recommendations, communicating program insights, and supporting effective decision-making.
Drive timely decision-making by synthesizing complex information, presenting clear options and recommendations, and coordinating stakeholders to achieve alignment and action.
Develop, maintain, and monitor integrated plans, dashboards, status reports, action logs, risk registers, and other PMO artifacts that provide transparency into program performance and health.
Identify risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies proactively, performing root-cause analysis, recommending mitigation strategies, and driving resolution through appropriate governance channels.
Support executive governance meetings and steering committees by preparing materials, analyzing program data, highlighting key decisions, and communicating actionable insights.
Apply AI, GenAI, automation, and analytics capabilities to modernize PMO operations, streamline reporting, improve planning accuracy, enhance governance processes, and increase overall delivery effectiveness.
Monitor program metrics and performance indicators, providing insights and recommendations that help