SAP Delivery Lead/Associate Director - Consumer Goods

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

2d•$138,800 - $413,600•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture’s SAP practice helps clients apply intelligence to set their business apart and make them more proactive, predictive, and productive through design thinking, agile development, and smart technologies like automation and AI. We emphasize training our people on S/4HANA and new SAP cloud products, supported by a large global community. Accenture's SAP practice has received over 70 SAP awards and is a leading partner for various SAP solutions. You are an accomplished SAP transformation senior leader who thrives in complex, large-scale business and technology transformations. You possess the vision, leadership, and execution discipline to deliver enterprise SAP programs that achieve measurable business outcomes while managing risk, cost, quality, and stakeholder expectations. You act as a trusted advisor to client executives and program leadership, aligning diverse teams around a shared transformation vision. You excel at navigating ambiguity, managing global delivery organizations, and ensuring focus on value realization. You continuously seek opportunities to modernize delivery using AI, GenAI, automation, analytics, and data-driven decision-making to accelerate transformation and improve predictability. You are passionate about helping Consumer, Goods & Services companies transform their businesses with SAP and emerging technologies.

Requirements

Minimum of 12 years of SAP Delivery, Program Management, Transformation Leadership, or Consulting experience
Minimum of 6 years experience in Leadership roles (Delivery Lead, Program Manager, Program Director, or Delivery Executive) for SAP transformation programs supporting Consumer, Goods & Services companies
Minimum two end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations with accountability for planning, execution, deployment, and business outcomes.
Experience managing large global SAP delivery teams (100+ resources) across multiple geographies and delivery centers.
Minimum of 2 years experience/strong understanding of SAP implementation methodologies, governance, testing, deployment, data migration, change management, and operational readiness.
Minimum of 2 years experience managing program financials, executive stakeholders, third-party vendors, and complex delivery risks.
Experience supporting business development, proposal efforts, solution shaping, or pursuit activities for SAP transformation opportunities.
Experience leveraging AI, GenAI, automation, or analytics capabilities to improve SAP delivery effectiveness and business outcomes.
Prior consulting or advisory experience supporting enterprise transformation initiatives.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience (If an, Associate’s Degree with 6 years of work experience)

Nice To Haves

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of large SAP transformation programs, accountable for execution, quality, financial performance, and business outcomes.
Partner with senior client executives to define transformation strategies, program roadmaps, governance models, and value realization objectives.
Establish and lead global delivery organizations across business, functional, technical, integration, data, testing, deployment, change management, and support workstreams.
Drive program planning, mobilization, estimation, staffing, governance, financial management, and execution across all phases of SAP S/4HANA implementations.
Manage program risks, issues, dependencies, scope, and stakeholder expectations, ensuring alignment to program objectives and delivery commitments.
Lead executive governance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder communications, providing transparent reporting and actionable recommendations.
Ensure adoption of SAP leading practices, Accenture delivery methodologies, quality standards, and governance frameworks.
Guide teams through major program milestones including design, build, testing, deployment planning, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to support.
Drive delivery innovation by leveraging AI, GenAI, automation, and analytics to improve productivity, quality, risk management, and delivery efficiency.
Build trusted relationships with client executives and become a strategic advisor on SAP transformation, delivery excellence, and business value realization.
Support account growth through delivery excellence, executive relationship development, opportunity identification, and participation in sales and pursuit activities.
Support sales origination, proposal development, solution shaping, and business case creation for future SAP transformation opportunities.
Develop delivery assets, accelerators, and leading practices while mentoring the next generation of SAP program and delivery leaders.