As Delivery Lead – Digital Transformation, you will play a critical role in driving the rollout of standardized digital processes and solutions across more than thirty business entities within a large, diverse high-tech, aerospace, and defense group. You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery lifecycle, from Discovery through to Go-Live and Hypercare, ensuring the successful deployment of the group’s Digital Transformation program.
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This role leads cross-functional teams and external service providers to achieve on-time, on-budget, high-quality deployments with strong user adoption and template adherence. Deep SAP S/4 HANA implementation and data migration expertise are essential, along with proven people leadership and vendor management skills.
At the heart of the program is an SAP S/4 HANA ERP core, integrated with a wide array of complementary platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors, and Microsoft Project Server. The transformation is driven by a template-based rollout model, with limited localization, ensuring consistency and efficiency across a heterogeneous landscape spanning manufacturing, software development, services, and security operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the multi-wave rollout plan and roadmap for all entities, aligning scope, capacity, and dependencies across eight process domains.
- Lead entity assessments, fit-to-standard posture, value case, and high-level solution/integration scoping.
- Manage cutover planning and execution, business readiness, training, and go/no-go governance.
- Own the end-to-end data migration strategy, governance, and execution, including scope, mapping, cleansing, and quality KPIs.
- Lead external service providers in scoping and managing deliverables, performance management, and resolving delivery constraints.
- Engage with stakeholders including Business Process Owners, Entity Leadership, and the change management team to shape communications and training content.
- Run program governance, reporting, and financials; ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory needs relevant to aerospace/defense.
- Lead and coach cross-functional teams, forecasting and allocating resources, while developing talent and a delivery culture focused on outcomes.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- 12+ years of large-scale SAP implementation experience with at least 3 full-cycle SAP S/4 HANA rollouts in engineering, manufacturing, or aerospace/defense environments.
- Proven track record as a Program or Delivery Lead managing concurrent rollouts/waves across 10+ legal entities.
- Demonstrable mastery of SAP Activate across all phases (Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, Run/Hypercare).
- Strong data migration expertise from strategy through execution, including hands-on knowledge of SAP Migration Cockpit and at least one other ETL/DQ tool.
- Excellent program management skills including plan/budget control, RAID, KPIs, and executive reporting.
Preferred
- Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or equivalent; an MBA or MSc is a plus.
- Project/Program management credentials (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) are desirable.
- Experience with project management tools (MS Project, Jira, etc.) and test management/test automation tools.
Location
Abu Dhabi, AE
