Sr. Director, SAP COE

Nova Biomedical Corporation • Waltham, MA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Nova Biomedical is seeking a Senior Director, SAP Center of Excellence to maximize the value of Nova Biomedical�s SAP S/4HANA investment under RISE with SAP. This strategic leadership role is responsible for establishing and leading a world-class SAP Center of Excellence that governs, operates, optimizes, and continuously enhances Nova Biomedical�s ERP ecosystem while enabling business growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation. The Senior Director, SAP Center of Excellence will serve as the bridge between business strategy and technology execution, ensuring SAP remains a scalable, secure, and innovative enterprise platform. This role will lead governance, architecture, release management, operational excellence, integration strategy, and continuous improvement while championing SAP best practices, fit-to-standard processes, and clean-core principles. This position will play a critical role in helping Nova Biomedical achieve long-term growth objectives through standardized business processes, data-driven decision making, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor�s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline required.
• 15+ years of progressive SAP leadership experience, including SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Proven experience establishing or leading a Center of Excellence or Business Delivery Center within a global organization.
• Deep knowledge of SAP ERP platforms, governance models, enterprise architecture, integration strategies, and operational excellence practices.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale ERP transformations and post-implementation optimization programs.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Experience managing global teams, external partners, and complex vendor ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of ITIL, service management, change management, and release governance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA Cloud preferred.
• Experience with SAP Integration Suite, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SuccessFactors preferred.
• Experience in regulated industries such as medical devices, life sciences, healthcare, or manufacturing preferred.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards and related integration frameworks preferred.
• SAP certifications in S/4HANA, Enterprise Architecture, or SAP Cloud technologies preferred.
• Experience leveraging AI, automation, and analytics to improve ERP operations and business outcomes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish, lead, and continuously mature Nova Biomedical�s SAP Center of Excellence operating model.
• Develop and execute the SAP CoE strategy, charter, roadmap, service catalog, and performance objectives.
• Serve as the executive leader of the SAP CoE and primary advisor to senior leadership on SAP strategy, investments, risks, and opportunities.
• Chair governance forums, advisory councils, and change governance boards to ensure alignment with enterprise priorities.
• Define and enforce SAP governance standards, policies, and operating procedures across the organization.
• Establish decision-making frameworks that balance business agility with risk management and architectural integrity.
• Own the long-term SAP platform strategy, ensuring alignment with Nova Biomedical�s business growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation objectives.
• Drive realization of business value from SAP investments through process optimization, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Promote fit-to-standard business processes and clean-core architecture principles.
• Define and monitor KPIs, OKRs, and value realization metrics that connect SAP initiatives to measurable business outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce technical debt, and improve operational efficiency.
• Build and lead a high-performing SAP CoE organization comprised of functional, technical, integration, testing, and operational specialists.
• Develop organizational capabilities required to support Nova Biomedical�s long-term ERP roadmap.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
• Reduce key-person dependency through documentation, cross-training, succession planning, and operational maturity.
• Lead training, adoption, and change management programs to maximize business engagement and platform utilization.
• Define and govern SAP architecture standards, integration patterns, and extension strategies.
• Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data & AI, and business leaders to ensure cohesive platform design and technology decisions.
• Lead integration strategy across SAP and adjacent platforms, including Salesforce, manufacturing systems, laboratory systems, data platforms, and third-party applications.
• Ensure scalability, interoperability, resilience, and maintainability across the application landscape.
• Provide architectural guidance on APIs, middleware, SAP Integration Suite, and emerging technologies.
• Own the SAP run-and-improve operating model, ensuring stable, secure, and efficient operations.
• Lead ITIL-aligned processes for incident, problem, change, release, and service management.
• Oversee SAP Cloud ALM utilization for requirements management, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational governance.
• Establish and manage the enterprise release calendar across SAP and integrated business platforms.
• Serve as final approval authority for SAP-related change and release governance.
• Ensure effective transport management, environment integrity, and deployment controls.
• Lead strategic relationships with SAP, implementation partners, managed service providers, and key technology vendors.
• Manage vendor performance against contracts, service level agreements, and transformation objectives.
• Clarify and govern responsibilities across SAP Enterprise Cloud Services, systems integrators, and internal teams.
• Conduct vendor due diligence covering security, privacy, compliance, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.

Benefits

• Flexible Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage
• Competitive 401k company match
• Bonus Program
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Generous Tuition reimbursement
• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements
• Professional development, engagement and events
• Company marketplace for lunch and snacks in our Norwood, MA, Billerica, MA and Westbrook, ME offices
• Company subsidized cafeteria in our Waltham, MA office

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director