Director, SAP Technology & Solutions
$200,000–$230,000 year
HybridBuffalo, New York, United States
Job Summary
Lead day-to-day SAP S/4HANA technical delivery across solution design, build, integration, development, testing, cutover, and hypercare activities for the Business Modernization Program. Manage and coordinate SAP technical resources including functional analysts, Basis administrators, security specialists, developers, integration leads, data resources, and internal controls specialists. Establish and maintain technical delivery governance, including delivery cadence, decision forums, quality gates, technical design reviews, risk management, and executive-ready status reporting. Partner with business, IT, system integrators, and third-party stakeholders to align technical scope, solution direction, resourcing, timelines, dependencies, and deliverable expectations throughout the program lifecycle. Serve as the primary escalation point for SAP technical delivery issues, proactively identifying risks, resolving blockers, and implementing mitigation strategies before they affect program milestones. Oversee quality assurance for SAP technical deliverables, ensuring design documentation, configuration, developments, integrations, controls, test evidence, and deployment plans meet program standards. Guide SAP S/4HANA architecture and technical strategy decisions, including clean core alignment, extensibility, integration strategy, security model, controls design, and operational support transition. Coordinate technical cutover planning, mock cutovers, go/no-go readiness, deployment execution, hypercare support, and stabilization activities for a controlled transition to the live SAP environment. Work closely with internal controls and compliance stakeholders to ensure SAP security, segregation of duties, control design, audit readiness, and evidence requirements are embedded into delivery execution. Prepare and deliver concise technical status updates, decision recommendations, risk escalations, and executive briefings for program leadership, Steering Committee, and senior business stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business, or a related field
- At least 12 years of total professional experience in SAP, enterprise technology delivery, technical leadership, or large-scale ERP transformation programs
- Proven experience leading SAP technical teams across multiple disciplines such as Basis, security, development, integration, functional analysis, data, testing, and internal controls
- Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA implementation lifecycle, SAP Activate methodology, solution design governance, testing, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition-to-support activities
- Experience managing blended delivery models involving internal employees, contractors, system integrators, third-party vendors, and onshore/offshore teams across multiple time zones
- Ability to manage resource plans, delivery risks, technical dependencies, quality gates, budget inputs, and executive-level status reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Working knowledge of SAP security, role design, segregation of duties, internal controls, audit evidence, and compliance considerations in a regulated enterprise environment
- Strong executive communication skills with the ability to simplify complex SAP technical topics, frame business implications, and drive alignment with senior stakeholders
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA architecture, clean core principles, extensibility, integration patterns, data migration sequencing, testing strategy, and technical cutover planning
- Demonstrated ability to operate with urgency, structure, and judgment in high-ambiguity transformation environments while maintaining delivery discipline and team accountability
- SAP experience, ECC and/or S4 Hana platform
- Must live local to the Buffalo, NY area to work onsite, or be willing to relocate
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree
- PMP
- SAP certification
- Related enterprise architecture certification
- Experience in manufacturing, aerospace and defense, regulated industries, or complex global operations
- Experience in the Aerospace & Defense industry
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