Director Business Applications (SAP)

Director Business Applications oversees the strategy, implementation, and management of an organization's SAP systems, aligning technology with business goals to improve operational efficiency. They lead SAP teams, manage budgets, and act as a liaison between IT and executive stakeholders to drive digital transformation, such as S/4HANA migrations

• Strategic Planning: Defines the SAP roadmap and strategy to enhance business processes, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Develop core implementation deliverables, including solution designs, configuration documentation, test scripts, cutover inputs, deployment readiness materials, and training support artifacts.
• Leadership & Team Management: Leads, mentors, and develops SAP teams, project managers, and functional consultants. Facilitate client workshops to define future-state business processes, document requirements, support fit-to-standard decisions, and promote adoption of SAP leading practices and process standardization.
• Project Governance: Oversees SAP implementations, upgrades, and support projects, ensuring delivery within budget and timelines. Support functional delivery for large-scale SAP S/4HANA modernization programs, driving day-to-day workstream execution from design through testing, deployment, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Partner with integration and data teams to coordinate interface requirements, validate data migration readiness, and support accurate, controlled movement of data across systems and environments.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborates with executive leadership (C-suite) and business stakeholders to identify needs and communicate project status.
• Vendor & Budget Management: Negotiates with external vendors, manages service contracts, and manages the overall SAP budget.
• Technical Guidance: Provides expertise on SAP modules, architecture, and system integration, staying updated on new technologies like S/4HANA.

In addition:

· Support unit, system integration, and user acceptance testing by preparing scenarios, tracing requirements, documenting defects, coordinating fixes, and helping drive business sign-off.

• Help embed ERP controls, audit readiness, and compliance considerations into design, testing, cutover, and post-production activities.
• Coordinate and support deployment and go-live readiness activities, including cutover planning inputs, reconciliation tasks, issue resolution, training support, and early-life stabilization.
• Collaborate across functional, technical, and program teams to deliver secure, scalable SAP solutions in regulated government settings, with flexibility to travel as needed to support client delivery.

• Experience: Generally 7–10+ years of SAP experience, including extensive experience in SAP implementation, project management, and leadership roles.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Business Administration.
• Technical Knowledge: In-depth understanding of SAP modules (e.g., FICO, MM, SD) and implementation methodologies.
• Skills: Strong communication, strategic thinking, team leadership, and change management skills.