SAP Program/Delivery Lead - Associate Director

Accenture•Atlanta, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture’s SAP practice is a leader in building SAP solutions, transforming how businesses operate. We are expanding our SAP team with advisory skills to drive transformation at scale for our clients. This role is for an accomplished SAP transformation senior leader who thrives in complex, large-scale business and technology transformations. The ideal candidate brings vision, leadership, and execution discipline to deliver enterprise SAP programs that drive measurable business outcomes while managing risk, cost, quality, and stakeholder expectations. This role requires being a trusted advisor to client executives and program leadership, capable of aligning various teams around a shared transformation vision. The candidate will excel at navigating ambiguity, managing large global delivery organizations, and ensuring programs focus on value realization. Continuous modernization through AI, GenAI, automation, analytics, and data-driven decision making is key to accelerating transformation while improving quality and delivery predictability. A passion for helping CG&S/Utilities successfully transform their businesses through SAP and emerging technologies is essential.

Requirements

Minimum of 12 years of SAP delivery, program management, transformation leadership, or consulting experience.
Proven and established experience serving as Delivery Lead, Program Manager, Program Director, or Delivery Executive for large SAP transformation programs.
Minimum 6 years of experience with leadership roles in SAP transformation programs supporting CG&S/Utilities 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.
Strong understanding of SAP implementation methodologies, governance, testing, deployment, data migration, change management, and operational readiness.
Experience managing program financials, executive stakeholders, third-party vendors, and complex delivery risks.
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 (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year 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, serving as the primary delivery leader 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 while 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 to improve delivery outcomes.
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.