Senior SAP S/4HANA Launch & MP&L Program Lead

RiseMe; Glendale (KY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Energy, a Ford Motor Company subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, seeks a Senior Manager to lead a large-scale SAP S/4HANA program and ensure successful ERP deployment across multiple workstreams.

You will drive governance, risk management, change management, and data governance while coordinating with senior leaders, systems integrators, and business partners to achieve measurable commercial outcomes. Up to 50% travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ 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 & integrations – S4 HANA, EWM, Salesforce, etc.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Develop robust change management strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new systems and processes by end-users.
• 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.
• Establish the operating model: design and roll out the enterprise-wide MDM governance framework, business rules, and lifecycle policies from the ground up.

Skills

Program governance

PMO leadership

Risk management

Dependency management

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Multi-workstream leadership

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP EWM

Salesforce

SAP Activate

Agile methodologies

Job description

Ford Energy, a Ford Motor Company subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, seeks a Senior Manager to lead a large-scale SAP S/4HANA program and ensure successful ERP deployment across multiple workstreams.

You will drive governance, risk management, change management, and data governance while coordinating with senior leaders, systems integrators, and business partners to achieve measurable commercial outcomes. Up to 50% travel may be required.