Program Delivery Director - SAP

Our client, a leading State Government organisation, is seeking an accomplished

Program Delivery Director to lead the delivery of a significant enterprise-wide SAP transformation program.

This is a rare opportunity to shape and deliver a large-scale business and technology transformation that will modernise core corporate services, streamline enterprise processes, and drive long-term operational efficiency across a complex government environment. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership across the full program lifecycle, overseeing the implementation of SAP solutions whilst ensuring strong governance, stakeholder alignment, risk management and successful business outcomes.

The role requires a seasoned transformation leader with extensive experience delivering complex SAP-enabled programs within large, multi-stakeholder organisations. You will work closely with executive leaders, implementation partners, and business stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of a highly visible and strategically important initiative.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale SAP transformation program across multiple business functions.
• Drive implementation activities across SAP S/4HANA and associated SAP platforms, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and future operating models.
• Provide strategic leadership through all phases of the program, including planning, design, build, testing, deployment, transition and benefits realisation.
• Establish and maintain robust program governance, assurance, risk, financial and reporting frameworks.
• Partner with executive stakeholders to shape transformation strategy, drive decision-making and maintain program momentum.
• Lead complex vendor and systems integrator relationships, ensuring successful commercial and delivery outcomes.
• Oversee business process redesign, organisational change and operational readiness activities to support successful adoption of SAP capabilities.
• Manage program dependencies across technology, people, process and policy streams.
• Drive issue resolution and program recovery activities where required.
• Ensure effective transition into business-as-usual operations and ongoing optimisation.

About You

You are a highly experienced transformation executive with a proven record of leading large-scale SAP programs in complex enterprise environments.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide SAP transformation initiatives valued at significant scale and complexity.
• Deep understanding of SAP S/4HANA and broader SAP ecosystems across Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Asset Management and Shared Services functions.
• Experience delivering complex ERP modernisation programs from business case development through to implementation and operational transition.
• Strong executive stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage at Board, Executive and Senior Leadership levels.
• Extensive experience managing implementation partners, vendors and large multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Proven capability establishing governance frameworks, managing program risk and driving organisational change.
• Exceptional commercial acumen coupled with a results-driven approach to delivery.

Highly Regarded Experience

Experience across the following SAP technologies and transformation domains will be highly regarded:

• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP RISE
• SAP SuccessFactors
• SAP Ariba
• SAP Analytics Cloud
• SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
• SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)
• Enterprise data migration and integration
• Business process transformation
• Testing, cutover and deployment planning
• Benefits realisation and operational readiness

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to lead a transformative SAP program within a major government organisation at a critical stage of its technology and business transformation journey. You will play a pivotal role in shaping future ways of working, modernising core business platforms and delivering sustainable outcomes that will have a lasting impact across the organisation.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are encouraged to apply. To apply please click apply or call Phillip Yee on +61 2 82893143 for a confidential discussion.