Practice Director

Job Description

Practice Director

Stockholm, Stockholm

Job Summary

The SAP Program Manager (Director Level) is a high-visibility executive leader responsible for driving the strategy, governance, and end-to-end delivery of large-scale, global SAP transformation programs. Acting as the senior delivery executive, this role aligns multi-million-dollar technology investments with core business objectives, leading cross-functional teams through complex migrations (such as SAP S/4HANA transitions, RISE with SAP, and cloud integrations). The Director manages multi-vendor ecosystems, spearheads organizational change management, and maintains direct accountability to C-level stakeholders for program budgets, risk mitigation, and digital innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Governance: Establish and govern standardized SAP operating frameworks, roadmaps, and delivery center models across global entities. Lead steering committees and provide executive visibility into milestone achievements, resource constraints, and technical risks.
• Enterprise Transformation & Delivery: Own the full-lifecycle delivery of complex, multi-year SAP initiatives from inception through hypercare, utilizing modern frameworks like SAP Activate methodology.
• Financial & Commercial Management: Exercise full P&L accountability for the program, optimizing resource deployment models (onshore/offshore mix) and eliminating margin erosion or budget overruns.
• Vendor & Ecosystem Orchestration: Oversee major System Integrators (SIs) and external consultants (e.g., Big Four firms), managing Statements of Work (SOWs), contract compliance, and service-level tracking.
• Architecture & Innovation Leadership: Partner with Enterprise Architects to validate design paradigms, data migrations, and integrations across SAP BTP, core ERP, and adjacent third-party platforms. Drive modern optimization practices, including automation and GenAI application tracking.
• Talent Direction: Directly manage and mentor senior Project Managers, functional leads, and technical tower leads, actively building high-performance competency centers.

Skill Requirements

Executive Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• C-Suite Advisory: Proven ability to influence and align Chief Executive Officers, CFOs, CIOs, and business unit heads on complex digital transformation strategies.
• Organizational Change Management (OCM): Mastery in driving global behavioral change, training adoption, and communication strategies to minimize business disruption.
• Conflict Resolution: Expert capability to navigate matrixed corporate politics, align competing regional business goals, and resolve high-stakes vendor disputes.

SAP Portfolio & Program Governance

• SAP Delivery Frameworks: Deep practical knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, Agile, Scaled Agile (SAFe), and hybrid Waterfall frameworks.
• Large-Scale Financial Acumen: Advanced proficiency in managing $10M+ CapEx/OpEx program budgets, financial forecasting, and realization of Business Case ROI.
• Risk & Quality Assurance: Skilled in designing rigorous governance gates, proactive risk-mitigation frameworks, and compliance tracking for global rollouts.

Technical & Functional Mastery

• S/4HANA & Digital Core: Comprehensive conceptual understanding of SAP S/4HANA core architectures (Greenfield/Brownfield) and central deployment models (Public Cloud, Private Cloud, RISE with SAP).
• Enterprise Integration & BTP: Understanding of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) for custom extensions, data analytics, and cross-application integration with non-SAP legacy systems.
• Cross-Module Familiarity: High-level functional fluency across primary enterprise streams including Record-to-Report (FI/CO), Order-to-Cash (SD), and Procure-to-Pay (MM/PP).

Commercial & Vendor Management

• Strategic Sourcing: Expert skills in managing major System Integrators (SIs), negotiating complex Statements of Work (SOWs), and structuring performance-linked SLAs.
• Global Resource Modeling: Expertise in defining optimal onshore/offshore delivery ratios to balance delivery velocity with budgetary controls.

Other Requirements

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HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.