Executive Program Leader, SAP S/4HANA Transformation
Chicago, IL
Category: Advisory
Industry: Other
Standard Hours: Open
Reference ID: JN -092026-108639
Date Posted: 09/16/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/MGg0ss
Description:
We are seeking an Executive Program Leader to take ownership of a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation for a global enterprise organization. This is a high-impact leadership role for a proven transformation executive who can drive accountability, accelerate decision-making, and ensure program success from build and testing through cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
Reporting directly to executive sponsors and steering committee leadership, this individual will serve as the independent authority responsible for delivery readiness, technical risk management, and program execution.
We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $125.00 to $140.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
- Direct the SAP S/4HANA program with executive authority, reporting to the executive sponsor and SteerCo.
- Own program-level build, test, and cutover readiness including defect trends, test coverage, environment availability, interfaces, and data conversions.
- Manage solution and architecture decision processes and drive escalation and resolution of technical issues.
- Validate that the technical critical path and plan reflect reality and enforce technical quality gates and exit criteria.
- Challenge leadership and internal SAP teams when decisions stall or commitments slip and make accountability visible.
- Pressure-test assumptions, estimates, and technical recommendations on their merits and separate genuine risk from noise.
- Safeguard design integrity and scope across workstreams and control unresolved scope disguised as design decisions.
- Lead cutover and go-live readiness and oversee hypercare transition.
- Communicate status and risks to executive leadership and SteerCo with clarity and consequence-based timelines.
- Act as a change agent by identifying passive resistance, influencing without authority, and applying authority when required.Provide executive leadership and governance for a complex SAP S/4HANA transformation program.
- Own program readiness across build, testing, integrations, data migration, environments, and cutover planning.
- Drive architecture and solution decisions while removing roadblocks and escalating critical issues when necessary.
- Establish and enforce technical quality gates, deployment readiness criteria, and milestone accountability.
- Hold internal teams, implementation partners, and stakeholders accountable for commitments and delivery outcomes.
- Challenge assumptions, timelines, estimates, and recommendations to ensure successful execution.
- Identify and mitigate program, technical, and organizational risks before they impact delivery.
- Protect design integrity and manage scope across multiple workstreams.
- Lead cutover planning, go-live execution, and transition into hypercare support.
- Communicate program status, risks, decisions, and dependencies to executive leadership and steering committees.
- Influence stakeholders across all organizational levels and drive transformational change.
Experience Requirements:
- Executive-level leadership presence with credibility among senior executives, steering committees, and board-level stakeholders.
- Proven success leading multiple enterprise SAP S/4HANA transformations through deployment and hypercare.
- Deep understanding of:
- SAP architecture and solution design
- Integration strategy and execution
- Data migration and master data management (MDM)
- Cutover planning and go-live readiness
- Environment and landscape management
- Demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale delivery and technical risk.
- Strong decision-making and escalation management skills.
- Ability to distinguish genuine technical risks from distractions and maintain focus on business outcomes.
- Experience navigating complex stakeholder environments and organizational dynamics.
- A hands-on transformation leader capable of directing large SAP programs and driving accountability across teams.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field required.
- Master's degree (MBA, MIS, Engineering, or related discipline) preferred.
- SAP certifications and/or relevant program management certifications (PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent) are highly desirable.
- Equivalent combination of education, executive leadership experience, and successful SAP S/4HANA transformation delivery will be considered.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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