Director, Deployment (SAP S/4HANA)

Fresenius Kabi USA•Washington, NV

1d•$170,000 - $190,000•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Country Deployment Lead USA, leads the enterprise-wide deployment of Fresenius Kabi’s ELEVATE Global Template as part of its strategic business transformation and SAP S/4HANA implementation under the #FutureFresenius initiative in the US. The role provides global leadership and governance for rollout of standardized business processes, systems, and operating models across regions, countries, sites, and business units. Serving as the primary bridge between global program leadership and country execution teams, the Director aligns deployment with transformation objectives while addressing local business, regulatory, validation, and operational requirements. The role sets deployment strategy, oversees cross-functional readiness, and directs business and IT resources through planning, testing, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to sustained operations. In partnership with senior business leaders, Global Deployment Teams, Global Process Owners, IT, Validation, Change Management, and external implementation partners, the Director promotes adoption of global standards, mitigates deployment risks, accelerates value realization, and delivers measurable business outcomes. The role is accountable for deployment excellence, stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, and successful execution of a major transformation initiative. The position may be worked remotely, with priority given to candidates in the Chicago area. International travel is 35%, and travel may involve spending one to two months in a specific country. The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, business informatics, IT management, industrial engineering, or a comparable field.
At least 12 years of experience in ERP delivery, deployment management, or transformation leadership within complex enterprise environments.
Proven experience with SAP S/4HANA or large SAP ERP rollouts; multi-country, multi-site, or multi-business experience is ideal.
Strong understanding of SAP landscape components, core S/4HANA processes and modules, data migration, testing, integrations, extensions, authorizations, and cutover concepts.
Demonstrated ability to lead business readiness, UAT, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to business-as-usual operations.
Excellent written and verbal English.
Willingness to travel according to rollout needs, including during critical cutover and go-live phases; international travel is 35%, and trips may involve one to two months in a specific country.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Experience in Pharma/Life Science or another regulated or validated industry; familiarity with GxP, validation, quality gates, and audit expectations is strongly preferred.
Experience with SAP Activate and agile or hybrid delivery models preferred.
PMP, PRINCE2, SAP certification, or equivalent program/deployment certification is advantageous.
German or other regional languages are a plus.
12+ years of experience is preferred for senior global scope.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end deployment of SAP S/4HANA and ELEVATE program solutions across assigned countries, business units, and deployment waves, from planning and localization through go-live, stabilization, and transition to support organizations.
Translate the approved Global Template into scalable deployment strategies and execution plans while balancing global standards with local business, regulatory, compliance, and operational requirements; govern deviations and maintain design integrity.
Establish and lead deployment governance, including decision-making structures, accountability models, readiness assessments, escalation pathways, quality controls, and performance monitoring.
Drive organizational readiness and adoption by aligning business leaders, mobilizing regional, country, and local resources, and overseeing training, communications, risk mitigation, and contingency planning.
Lead cross-functional work involving Local Process Owners, IT, Validation, Data Migration, Testing, Integration, and Change Management to ensure alignment, execution quality, and milestone delivery.
Oversee deployment quality and readiness, including data migration, integrations, security and authorization models, testing cycles, user acceptance testing, cutover preparations, and go-live readiness reviews.
Lead enterprise cutover planning and execution, ensuring accountability, issue resolution, command-center operations, and informed go/no-go recommendations to senior program and business leaders.
Provide executive leadership during hypercare and stabilization, supporting rapid issue resolution, business continuity, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and transition to long-term support and sustainment organizations.
Identify, assess, and manage deployment risks, issues, dependencies, and scope impacts; report findings and recommendations and escalate to program leadership and executive stakeholders.
Improve deployment methodologies, governance processes, tools, templates, and best practices by capturing lessons learned and applying them across deployment waves.
Champion ELEVATE communications, engagement initiatives, and culture-building activities with Change Management to strengthen stakeholder alignment and transformation adoption.
Mentor and advise country and local deployment resources, building organizational capability and promoting best practices in large-scale ERP transformation and deployment management.
Ensure deployment activities meet applicable audit, validation, compliance, and regulatory requirements, maintaining appropriate documentation, controls, and evidence.