Job Family:Technology Consulting
Travel Required:Up to 10%
Clearance Required:None
What You Will Do:We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to serve as a Governance Lead supporting an SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation. This role will provide independent oversight and coordination across multiple vendors and workstreams, ensuring alignment of requirements, solution design, and delivery execution.
The Governance Lead will act as a trusted advisor to the client, responsible for program visibility, process compliance, executive reporting, and ensuring that delivery activities meet expectations for scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
- Program Governance & Oversight:
Provide independent oversight of SAP S/4HANA program delivery across system integrators and vendors, ensuring alignment to approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. - Integrated Coordination:
Coordinate across functional, technical, data, integration, testing, and change workstreams to ensure consistency of requirements, design decisions, and delivery outcomes. - Stakeholder Management & Client Advisory:
Serve as a primary interface with client leadership, providing objective guidance, facilitating decision-making, and maintaining alignment across business and IT stakeholders. - Vendor & SI Management:
Monitor vendor and system integrator performance against contractual commitments, deliverables, timelines, and quality standards. - Program Reporting & Executive Dashboards:
Develop and maintain program dashboards, metrics, and reporting to support executive decision-making, budget tracking, and status visibility. - Planning, Risk & Issue Management:
Oversee integrated program plans, identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and support mitigation and escalation as appropriate. - Quality & Delivery Assurance:
Ensure deliverables are complete, consistent, and aligned to requirements, with appropriate rigor across design, build, testing, and deployment phases. - Cutover & Readiness Oversight:
Provide oversight of business readiness, cutover planning, and go-live execution to support a successful transition to S/4HANA.
What You Will Need:- 12+ years of program/project management experience
- Experience in ERP or large-scale enterprise transformations
- Experience operating in a governance / oversight / PMO role (not solely SI delivery)
- Experience coordinating with system integrators and multiple vendors
- Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive alignment across complex programs
- Strong experience with:
- Executive-level reporting and stakeholder management
- Program governance and decision frameworks
- Budget tracking, financial reporting, and performance metrics
What Would Be Nice To Have:- Bachelors degree
- Demonstrated experience supporting or leading SAP ECC to S/4HANA implementations or conversions - Highly preferred
- Experience in transportation, logistics, or similar asset-intensive industries
- SAP certification (e.g., SAP Activate) and/or PMP certification
- Experience supporting large-scale, multi-vendor transformation programs
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira or similar program tracking/reporting platforms
The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$216,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
What We Offer:Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
